Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words .
2 She drew up a second chair and came and sat by him .
3 However when the party broke up and he offered her a lift home , she was quick to negotiate secretly with her hostess for her bike to remain unmentioned in the stairwell until she came back the next day to collect it .
4 When she came back the next day the stripes had been dyed her natural brunette , but badly , so that her hair still seemed striped , hence her nickname , Bunte .
5 Granted this authenticity even for the symbol , she came back the next day , nobly escorted .
6 She came back the next day .
7 She went back the next day .
8 She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat .
9 Lisa dived in hungrily , spreading butter and honey on a croissant , and reflecting as she washed down the first bite with coffee that it was even more delicious than it looked .
10 Later , she washed down the last table and put the final glass in the dishwasher .
11 She picked up the second carrier bag and saw me to the door with it .
12 She picked up the first box of jars and went back to the room .
13 That should shake the audience to attention , she thought , as she picked up the first book .
14 There were three letters and an electricity bill addressed to Mrs Emma Funnell , three circulars and — she picked up the last envelope — a cheap blue paper one and addressed to herself , not as Mrs Margaret Jones , but Mrs Peggy Jones .
15 She dived down the first alleyway , until she came to the window beside the white door with the red strip on the step .
16 She held out the first page of the manuscript file for him to read .
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