Example sentences of "[subord] she [vb past] [pron] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 However , although she changed her name her thought remained unchanged .
2 Panic-struck once she saw her mistake she immediately confronted Bernard with the truth , apologized and offered her resignation .
3 Until she won their trust their manners were deferential , identical to the old-fashioned manners of her own youth .
4 her lips curled in a smile , and Patrick wondered if she knew what effect she was having on him — and then realized that she probably did .
5 Yet if she voiced her objections it would only serve to alert him to how uneasy she felt .
6 She put it off because Christmas was coming up , and then Tony her boyfriend wanted to take her to Paris and she knew if she revealed her pregnancy she would n't be allowed to go , so she said nothing .
7 If she closed her eyes she could see again those glittering lights and hear the gay , entrancing music .
8 Robyn knew that if she opened her eyes she would see the speaker , come face to face with the resigned irritation .
9 At first Miss Outram told them to ask their mothers , but feeling she might lose the girls ' confidence if she blocked their curiosity she took a more direct approach .
10 She found that if she turned her back he was more likely to put food in his mouth .
11 I mean while she had her career it did n't matter so much because I was there .
12 The 21-year-old 's half-dressed body was found covered in blood on a nature reserve after she told her boyfriend their relationship was over .
13 Then before she realised his intention he had slipped the doge 's ring on to her third finger .
14 Before she reached my name I had chosen the wife for Old Red ; when Gwenellen Jones answered I had also chosen my bridesmaid 's dress , asked Matron for an extra holiday , coaxed our fare money out of my father , and was flying out to Singapore with Dickie .
15 When she heard my voice she gasped , then collapsed into giggles .
16 When she told her age she was cross .
17 She rubbed her face and when she dropped her hands her eyes had welled up with tears .
18 She heard the quiet click of the door and when she raised her head she had got what she wanted — she was alone .
19 ‘ I wondered this afternoon if something was wrong , then when she belittled her headache I thought I was over-reacting . ’
20 My scream brought Mum up to see what was wrong and when she saw my face she ordered me back into bed .
21 When she realised her mistake she tried to keep the door shut , but the man forced it open .
22 When she crossed her legs you could almost see her stocking-tops .
23 When she tossed her head her hair fell around her shoulders and upper arms in a lovely auburn cascade .
24 When she resumed her story her voice was different , flat and uninflected , as she told him that one day a journalist and a photographer had come to Chastlecombe to do a feature on the shopping arcade for the colour magazine of one of the Sunday papers .
25 When she turned her head her hair was matted to the nape of her neck .
26 When she turned her head she saw the calm face of a man , a gentle man , a debonair man , a wandering but caring man .
27 He did n't answer , his silence becoming unnerving , and when she examined his features she was dismayed by the bleakness she saw there ; then , with almost cold deliberation , he turned away and sat on the edge of the bed with his back to her .
28 When she examined his eye she saw the splinter , a tiny coil of metal shaving which appeared to be sticking to the iris .
29 It was as if when she caught her breath she would necessarily break into a hysterical laughing and crying .
30 When she opened her mouth they darted out , glossy and black and white .
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