Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosa cast an eye at her mother 's frowning back where she attended to some task and tried to exchange a glance of impatience with Tommaso . |
| 2 | He waved to her from the gate , where she stood like any housewife seeing off her man . |
| 3 | She probably managed to make him pay her a little more before she agreed to do what he wanted — and altogether earned for herself in one evening more than she does in several days of being a parlourmaid . |
| 4 | Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder . |
| 5 | Janine nodded and left the flat , feeling lighter hearted than she had for many days . |
| 6 | She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time . |
| 7 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 8 | Never in her life had she felt less like eating than she did at this moment . |
| 9 | Just as many children score lower on a word-recognition reading test than they ought , because the words have no context of meaning , so she may be able to spell better than she demonstrates on this test . |
| 10 | Esther is keeping my letter until she hears of more complaints about faulty harnesses , leads or dog toys . |
| 11 | Bypassing the entrance to the huge living-room , which looked dim and shadowy in the faint glow from the circular night-lights sunk into the wooden-slat ceiling , she followed the passageway until she came to another flight of steps , which obviously led down to the lowest level of the house . |
| 12 | until she got onto that crossbar and then she just flew straight back and did exactly the same thing all over again and I just thought sod it ! |
| 13 | Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like she felt at this moment . |
| 14 | She is as remote from me , as strange , as if she belonged to another time . |
| 15 | If she went on this way , you 'd be able to pick her up soon . |
| 16 | Quickly , she put on her coat and hat , looking round fearfully as if she expected at any moment to feel Sikes ' heavy hand on her shoulder . |
| 17 | Well , if she knows of any place where … ’ |
| 18 | If she reacts in this way , it will be best not to try to interfere or worry about her tiring herself out with too much activity , as this may be even more disturbing for her . |
| 19 | ‘ There 's never been a great woman composer , ’ said my mother with an air of triumph , not because she delighted in this deficiency of her sex , but because she thought it percipient to have noticed . |
| 20 | Because she lived against this woman . |
| 21 | But she must wear a special cap to protect her head while she waits for more surgery . |
| 22 | She remembered the things she had said since she came into this house . |
| 23 | ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’ |
| 24 | She was discharged home , apparently fit and well , and had five years of active , happy life before she died without much pain or distress from cancer . |
| 25 | And they grew when she told in another interview how she could live on prawns , salad and water , and found eating ‘ a drag ’ . |
| 26 | It seems she dressed herself up in the most provocative way possible when she got into this state and behaved like a caricature of the rich foreigner . |
| 27 | And I think when we talk in terms in getting around to spending the money we have got then we need to look quite clearly about how you make a place more inviting and it 's also about when people come into the building how they 're met what the receptionists like , when they ring up can they get through and I mean I 'm I 'm surprised that 's said about the tickets that I think that our reception ticket areas an excellent area the people working there are first class are very friendly very helpful so it 's trying to get that sort of concept through the building I thin k we work on that I think the building 's kept very clean people who clean the building are very good but I hear what you 're saying and I thinks it 's been said earlier by the lady here by the foyer downstairs she feels threatened when she goes into that bar because I think the whole decor and the way it is is a threatening place I think we need to look at those so that was an old and . |
| 28 | I did not find out how much she sold the garments for because she left me standing outside , but she always looked pleased when she emerged from these visits . |
| 29 | In her portrait of Medea — or Medee as she becomes in this staging of the original French version — this is what she uses consistently . |
| 30 | In her portrait of Medea — or Medee as she becomes in this staging of the original French version — this is what she uses consistently . |