Example sentences of "and she [vb mod] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The telephone call was made , and Margaret , heard amid the distant screams of children quarrelling , gushed that it was a darling-idea and she would telephone the Advent herself , since she knew the women 's editor well . |
| 2 | He would throw paint imitating a comet ; and she would paint a part of the milky way . |
| 3 | And should she at any time be incapacitated , Henry had to bring the books to her , and she would scrutinise every penny that went out or came in . |
| 4 | And she would have no doubt told about that . |
| 5 | Freedom , if only for a short time , and she would have a chance to speak to Rose , whom she had not seen since their evening out together up West . |
| 6 | We told her when they said her transplant was looking good and she would have a future after all . |
| 7 | Never before had she held a conversation with anyone like this , and she would begin a sentence and not know how to finish it . |
| 8 | And she would bake a chocolate mousse torte . |
| 9 | For , whatever else , she would not marry Havvie Blaine now , and she would lose no time in informing him of that fact . |
| 10 | In cricket they used to put her at ‘ long leg ’ where the ball hardly ever penetrated , and she would take a book and lie down to read in the long grass . |
| 11 | And she would take no counsel from him . |
| 12 | Claudine is on the phone and she would like a word with you . ’ |
| 13 | And she would spear a piece of chicken and carry it high in the air towards that great black hole of a mouth and , still talking about her therapy , her plans for the future , his inability to understand her as a woman , his crude , male-orientated sexuality , she would munch , munch , munch … |
| 14 | And she would provide a substitute for the two weeks she reckoned it would take her , an English maid called Phoebe Crabbe with whom she had become friendly . |
| 15 | So somebody had told her to apply and she would get a grant , to help towards her special diet . |
| 16 | ‘ Emily has a quick temper , ’ Craig said , ‘ but she 's fair minded and she 'll reconsider the situation , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 17 | Oh , she misses him , yes , but she 's better off without him , and she 'll see the truth of that before too long . |
| 18 | And Mandy gets thirty four pound a week , one year 's benefit , and she 'll get the family allowance set now . |
| 19 | She wants a family ; I 've heard her say so , and she 'll have a family , and I hope it 's a big one , ten , twelve … |
| 20 | ‘ And she 'll have the South Sussex team manager stoned to death at dawn with vegetarian Scotch eggs if they do n't win , ’ murmured Bas Baddingham who 'd just rolled up and was kissing Daisy . |
| 21 | ‘ She appears as a symbol for art ’ , he explains , ‘ also she can be a feminist or a subordinate , then she can appear very positive and she 'll have the power to move . |
| 22 | All she had to do was push that door and she might find a friend , someone who could understand . |
| 23 | All was suddenly quiet , and she could picture the audience , goggle-eyed as the driver 's hand clutched the wheel . |
| 24 | The light was an intense green and she could tell the passage of sun and seasons above her . |
| 25 | Foolish in that it gave a great deal away to the other woman , and she could tell the woman looked at her as someone who could be aggressive and perhaps a bit vulgar , someone who said things which ought never even to have been thought . |
| 26 | His hands rested on her shoulders and she could feel the warmth of them through the coarse material of her bodice . |
| 27 | His breath was warm on her hair , and she could feel the trembling in his arms . |
| 28 | He was kissing her hair , her brow , her ears , then bending to kiss the hollow of her neck , and she could feel the breathing in his throat growing harsher and his hunger thrusting hard between his legs . |
| 29 | Sara could see the raindrops falling from the bare branches of the apple tree in the garden , and she could feel the freshness of the wind on her arms . |
| 30 | He was standing behind her now , and she could feel the energy emanating from him like a tangible force . |