Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb past] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stench of damp that enveloped her was noxious ; she tried to take short breaths . |
| 2 | At this moment it was difficult to recall how quiet , calm and determined she had been . |
| 3 | Because of this she felt generous and said she had realised some time ago that a really beautiful man was very much more beautiful than the most beautiful woman , and was n't that interesting . |
| 4 | He pushed the dress free and lifted her into his arms , walking to the bed , and Maggie made a small whimpering noise she did n't even recognise , a softly feminine noise of submission . |
| 5 | He was doubtful and told her that she would have to ask the Queen 's private secretary for approval . |
| 6 | ONE of the Spanish flunkies approached the Princess Royal in Barcelona last week when the Royal Box happened to be empty and suggested she sit there . |
| 7 | But Meh'Lindi neither gestured for the hypodermic nor did she abandon Grimm . |
| 8 | Jenna was surprised how gloomy that made her feel . |
| 9 | One of the younger men charged up to Sabine and pulled her into the circle . |
| 10 | The principal was immediately cautious and warned her that the boy was under age . |
| 11 | For once Miss Coldharbour had looked uncomfortable and said she 'd have to ask Canon Wheeler , from which Julia had inferred that they had hoped to get her for free . |
| 12 | Fred was delighted and led her up to his bedroom where a truly magnificent blue and yellow parrot sat in a tall cage . |
| 13 | The time had come and Ruth stood up , so nervous and overwrought she nearly dragged the damask tablecloth with her . |
| 14 | Her brother was disgusted and called her a filthy collaborator , but at least the Englishman was safe . |
| 15 | She supposed she had lost the baby but she herself felt reasonably comfortable apart from a plastic pipe stuck into the back of her hand which was sore and meant she could n't move . |
| 16 | I said I was sorry and hoped she 'd soon be better and to tell her not to worry , that of course we 'd manage . |
| 17 | He said he was sorry and asked her not to contact the emergency services . |
| 18 | Ice formed in her branches , seeped into the wounds in her body , expanded and cracked her . |
| 19 | Reference to Freemantle 's letter shows that although Philip and Anne Leapor both attempted to break their daughter of the habit of writing verses , toward the end of the poet 's life some accommodation was reached : ‘ But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , [ her father ] had of late desisted and left her more at Liberty ’ [ vol. 2 , p. xxx ] . |
| 20 | In a long conversation to another close friend near the end of June , Antonia said she was upset and worried she was n't seeing enough of her Minister . |
| 21 | When she 'd lain awake in the night realizing how upset and worried she was by Timothy Gedge 's visit , she 'd thought the one thing she would n't be able to do was Meals on Wheels with Miss Poraway . |
| 22 | That upset and confused her . |
| 23 | If Tim were guilty and told her so , he would not be the first person who had admitted a crime to a journalist . |
| 24 | She said that once he became really chatty and told her : ‘ This coffee tastes like washing-up water . ’ |
| 25 | He would give a clear , coherent account of how and why he had stabbed , shot , strangled , gassed or electrocuted her . |
| 26 | When Charlotte , ‘ a delicate and capable young person ’ , was caught travelling on the Underground without a ticket , it was not the 3s 6d fine that bothered her so much as the magistrate 's warning that , in consequence , her application for naturalisation might be rejected . |
| 27 | As she uncovered herself to him — ‘ for I love , and there is no loneliness , no misery , no doubt and ignorance , no hoping for that which seems vain as there used to be , but never will be again ’ — one glimpses the ideal that enabled her to accept without question the life that lay before them . |
| 28 | Mrs Over said : ‘ In November last year she was working extremely hard and decided she needed a three-week holiday . |
| 29 | Barbara Coleman stopped pouring and fixed her with a very severe look . |
| 30 | Beryl also welcomed Rita Quick and thanked her for coming to deputise for Molly at the afternoon session on Devising Display Items . |