Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] she [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went to the headquarters of the Special Air Services in Hereford where she underwent a ‘ terrifying ’ driving course where she learnt the basic techniques in handling a possible terrorist attack or kidnap attempt . |
| 2 | A harsh judgement would occasionally be reprieved by intervention from his sister , who sat by his side where she judged the women . |
| 3 | A shutter came down over his eyes and she had the sensation of having had a door slam very firmly in her face . |
| 4 | She had bought a pretty pine desk , and had scoured the antique shops until she found the perfect eighteenth-century light-mahogany chair to go with it . |
| 5 | She ran her trembling fingers through his hair , arching back as his lips found her neck and she felt the delicious sensation of his teeth , soft against her flesh . |
| 6 | Tucking the loaf into her shirt top , Jess wrapped herself monkey-like , legs and arms round the rope , swinging across the scummy water hand over hand , gripping and letting go with easy rhythm until she reached the side of the brig . |
| 7 | That wretched thumb was in her mouth again ; it left her mouth and she watched the hand it belonged to inch its slow way across the counterpane towards his , almost as though it had nothing to do with her . |
| 8 | The aunt searched his bedroom until she found the key to the box . |
| 9 | There was a sensation of rushing white coldness , scentless , but obliterating the faint tang of the tea and she heard the low growling roar of the sea . |
| 10 | She 'd bought an array of stylish cosmetics , received a free lesson on how to apply all her expensive purchases from one of the white-coated assistants in the department store , bought shoes and bags and accessories , flashed her friendly credit card until she thought the plastic might melt from overuse — and now the finishing and most dramatic change of all ! |
| 11 | In my hon. Friend the Minister 's view , what would be the effect on the economy and inward investment if she abolished the ceiling on national insurance , increased the ordinary rate and basic rate of tax for a third of the population in the south-east and introduced a higher rate of value added tax on luxury products — all measures proposed by the Labour party ? |
| 12 | He got back into the car and she heard the door slam , the engine accelerate and the tyres slide again on the gravel . |
| 13 | She must 've left her statement , walked over to her car and she checked the car before she checked the four kids . |
| 14 | Mrs Stowe was the wife of an ill-paid professor in an Ohio teacher training college and she shared the family 's abolitionist feelings . |
| 15 | Then she gradually took over the conversation , talking about her parents and the farm , saying she knew she was old-fashioned and some people laughed at the way she farmed , but she was happy with her methods and she liked the animals . |
| 16 | But she had just settled down , flicking the control through a dozen or so channels until she found the one she wanted , when the door opened and Marc himself came in . |
| 17 | Elizabeth , poor Elizabeth ran into the sunlight and he stopped the car and he got out and Elizabeth ran towards the car until she saw the girl . |
| 18 | The broadcast blade split into mirroring fragments and she kicked the red tube of its handle at Zuleika 's head . |
| 19 | By 1952 the contacts Ramsey had made in the US led to her being awarded a Smith-Mundt scholarship and she toured the country speaking as an authority on what was then pioneering work being done in the UK . |
| 20 | A woman with feelings of that intensity might be capable of any action if she thought the man she loved was seriously in love with someone else . |
| 21 | A cold came out after three days , she complained ( for the first time ever ! ) to her husband about doing his books and she put the house up for sale . |
| 22 | He raised the bone knife to the wooden lips and she felt the first gentle cut . |
| 23 | Tessa , a keen machine knitter , was a little nervous as she had just moved from the South and was conscious of the supposed North/South divide but she found the warmest welcome . |
| 24 | Finally Miss Thorne refused to wait any longer and told them to take a short break while she left the hall to make a phone call to Hillbrook Farm . |
| 25 | Dexter sat with the superintendent while she dialled the head of the Press Bureau , who told her his phone had not stopped ringing all day : press and television news editors were demanding to know why Scotland Yard was keeping such a low profile on the Nicola Sharpe story . |
| 26 | He stood at Rodie 's side while she made the courtyard ring with her eerie yodelling welcome . |
| 27 | He made her a cup of tea while she sorted the washing , closed up the cases and pushed them into the cupboard under the stairs . |
| 28 | Twelve months after she topped the amateur charts , when winning the British , French and Italian Amateur Championships , France 's Valerie Michaud left the professionals in her wake by triumphing in the Holiday Inn Leiden Open , at Rijswijk in Holland . |
| 29 | She must 've left her statement , walked over to her car and she checked the car before she checked the four kids . |
| 30 | After she had pulled on her baggy T-shirt , shyness made her step into her skirt before she opened the cabin door . |