Example sentences of "[noun pl] she [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever risks she took in her career were calculated ones . |
| 2 | He smiled , a gleam in his eyes she recognised with a sharp pang . |
| 3 | Her cheeks were rosy from the exercise ; with her pointed features and sparkling eyes she looked like an amiable , wholesome witch . |
| 4 | In the light of the lamp her naked body was glistening with rain and perspiration and when she saw the desire in his eyes she fell to her knees beside him . |
| 5 | On unsteady legs she walked towards the painting , seeing for the first time the mischievous face of a gremlin peeping out beneath the skirt of an old lady bent double , sweeping a woodland path . |
| 6 | Athens , then , was not doctrinaire in the methods she used to further her interests on the mainland . |
| 7 | On brisk steps she headed through the door to the conservatory . |
| 8 | Mrs Stych snapped back that all the ladies present must be well aware of the multitude of offices she held in the charitable organizations of Tollemarche . |
| 9 | Again , anyone like Daphne Sheldrick , who wrote The Orphans of Tsavo about the wild animals she reared in Tsavo National Park , Kenya , where her husband David was for many years the highly successful warden , knows that African elephant calves are easily tamed . |
| 10 | On Tuesdays and Thursdays she looked after Patrick Robinson , the son of an American oil executive , work which she ‘ adored ’ . |
| 11 | She felt she had found her own style in O Pioneers , a style as loose , as fluid , as unemphatic , as shifting as the fine earth of the endless prairies she wrote about . |
| 12 | Forgetting her doubts she looked at her protector , but her wordless appeal was lost on him . |
| 13 | The mirror was broken and she hated the casual glimpses she got of her face as she cleaned her teeth or when she passed the hall-stand . |
| 14 | And it is true what your father says … when I think of what it was like after the War , and when I look around now — ’ suiting her actions to her words she looked around the café , at the ladies , old and frail , like herself , respectable in black and grey — ‘ these went through it too , ’ she said , ‘ and look at them , at us , coffee and cake on a Sunday morning . |
| 15 | The pictures she shot for the cinema were negligible compared to the pictures she shot for pure publicity . |
| 16 | The pictures she shot for the cinema were negligible compared to the pictures she shot for pure publicity . |
| 17 | She had no idea of the age of ‘ La Felicità ’ but such houses had stood on the white furrowed hillsides in the pictures she knew by heart . |
| 18 | Moira knew exactly what designs she needed in the shop and would tell Meirion to have two dozen of a particular style ready for delivery to the shop within two days at most . |
| 19 | McAllister , still beset by that strange mixture of desire and fear which gripped her whenever he began to make love to her at even the lightest level , found herself shivering , but allowed him to continue , and when the next kiss found her lips she responded to him , timidly , it was true , but still a response . |
| 20 | You refer to her stately homes , which she cared for deeply , but more importantly round these homes she knew by name a huge number of tenants , workers and friends who always received a warm and cheerful word , and many enjoyed great generosity from her and her husband . |
| 21 | Penny added to her load a pile of books she had in fact marked yesterday . |
| 22 | Every three months she returned to Henley to meet with other students — some international — also doing the course . |
| 23 | For three months she went by Underground to the Wimbledon home of Elizabeth Russell where for almost as long as anyone can remember she has schooled the daughters of knights , dukes and earls in the delights of sauces , sponges and souffles . |
| 24 | For the first few months she trembled at the thought of performing an official engagement on her own . |
| 25 | Suddenly , as his hands closed over her breasts , she realised that the black lace jacket of her suit was somehow unbuttoned and he was tugging down the lacy bra cups , whispering hotly against her naked throat , and as his head moved lower and his mouth closed hotly over her erect nipples she twisted beneath him , moaning , clutching his dark head as she felt his teeth graze her with agonising pleasure . |
| 26 | She stepped out herself then , hoping to get nearer ; she would like to see what he was doing to her , for she had no clear idea , in spite of the expert descriptions she provided for Cati in their vigils . |
| 27 | The sun caught her dazzling hair , and as Edouard sprang to his feet she smiled at him . |
| 28 | As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal . |
| 29 | A woman might marry someone who reflects the emotional responses she had with her father . |
| 30 | She was in a perpetual process of readjustment , not only to tides and seasons , but to the rats she encountered on the wharf . |