Example sentences of "it [vb past] she [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It drew her to a big yellow truck , where a dark scarf of smoke tugged across the pavement . |
| 2 | The thought of it filled her with an immense regret because a child could not stay a child there would be men ( a man she hoped ) in Nicandra 's life , Aunt Tossie thought with pity and some disgust — her mind scampered hurriedly from the contemplation of a subject not forbidden so much as not existing for her . |
| 3 | It stung her to a sharp reply . |
| 4 | It brought her to an abrupt halt on legs that felt suddenly weak , and several small gasps of dismay escaped her . |
| 5 | Ruth swung to see his eyes had changed to cold hostility and the set of his jaw was so damned determined it chilled her to the very marrow of her bones . |
| 6 | It reminded her of the first time she 'd seen him . |
| 7 | In her view the film had been ‘ quite careful ’ to show that it was an allegory and it reminded her of the British classic film Black Narcissus . |
| 8 | It reminded her of the old days when just a passing glance of his could reduce her to a state of burning confusion . |
| 9 | It reminded her of the disastrous pole-vault on the school sports-day , when Enid had cast a spell on Mildred 's pole to help her , but had inadvertently overdone the magic and Mildred had sailed through Miss Hardbroom 's study window . |
| 10 | She could still hear the faint murmurs of Tom Russell and his sister talking on the veranda , and it distracted her from the real purpose of this time alone , which was not to go on reliving that moment when his hand had covered her own , but to obediently follow his suggestion of giving herself time to fully think this through . |
| 11 | It left her with a great admiration for the contemplatives , even if God still has to forcibly take her by the scruff of the neck and put tier in a position where she has no option but to be still on occasion . |
| 12 | But even as she deliberately shut him from her thoughts , it struck her with an icy sense of unease that over the past week something rather worrying had happened . |
| 13 | It struck her as a terrible waste , for she felt nothing as Kattina erotically licked her sensitive flesh in dainty , small circles commencing at her throat , and finishing inside her dinky navel . |