Example sentences of "[verb] and she [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hands dropped and she surveyed the company , who , without exception , showed concern not condemnation . |
| 2 | I asked my neighbour to turn down her records as I found it impossible to concentrate and she said the only way she could cope with the stress of her reality was to blast her music . |
| 3 | Over her supine body Andrew and Horatia 's eyes met and she took the initiative , knowing she had to get the better of the marquis straight away . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Zach nodded and she opened the door out on to the landing and closed it behind her . |
| 6 | She imagined he looked almost relieved and she felt the same . |
| 7 | His grip slackened and she took the opportunity to tear away from him . |
| 8 | She 'd been trying to get rid of it and then suddenly it worked and she lost the baby . |
| 9 | She turned up and she was absolutely wonderful She just had a kind of visual imagination that most people do n't have and she had the ideas even though she did n't have any teaching techniques or anything . |
| 10 | She just sat on the stairs eating biscuit after biscuit until , just before midnight , the telephone rang and she heard the voice of the surgeon telling her that the operation was over , that it had been a complete success and that Paul was likely to make a rapid recovery It was after that call that Annette realised that she had steadily munched her way through two and a half packets of biscuits . |
| 11 | Her feet still hurt and she felt the tingle of cramp in her right arm where Jane 's head rested heavily . |
| 12 | She wanted to cry and she imagined the tears flowing down her cheeks and dripping on to her jersey and how he 'd probably say that she should go somewhere else to cry . |
| 13 | A clock struck and she counted the chimes . |
| 14 | The years reeled back , her old saggy breasts seemed to respond and she crossed the room without realising it , wrapping both her children in the Chinese spread and taking them into her arms like a mediaeval St Anne with Virgin and Child . |
| 15 | Roman let her go and she closed the door on him with relief , pushing any tinge of regret that he had n't kissed her firmly away . |
| 16 | to say that we could n't go all er go er tt all go to her house and I was just about to ask Sam if Jenny knew and she put the phone down and she had n't told Jenny . |
| 17 | Ace 's voice was slurred with exhaustion , but Kate 's ear was finely tuned and she caught the bitterness hidden behind the carefully banked anger . |
| 18 | Pulling herself together once more , Rachel 's mouth tightened and she knew the best thing would be to get away for an hour by going to lunch and pushing all thoughts of Damian Flint from her mind . |
| 19 | Then he was gone and she held the receiver for a moment feeling unexpectedly bereft . |
| 20 | And that 's one , that 's one Evelyn took and she got the light in but that 's it look . |
| 21 | She wished Taureg would come and she wished the sailor would go away . |
| 22 | Sally sat down hard on them , forcing her legs together , but as usual in the end he won and she retrieved the panties from the floor , pushing them behind her on the seat before they were trampled underfoot . |
| 23 | Fascination with the older girls won just as it always did and she crossed the landing , an expanse of lino dotted with what her mother referred to as ‘ slip mats ’ , pushed open the door and went in . |
| 24 | She was suddenly flushed and she let the dog slide from her lap to the floor . |
| 25 | This continued until the female had finished and she left the cave . |
| 26 | But in the end something prevailed and she had the shampoo and set . |
| 27 | Then her vision cleared and she saw the familiar objects , the Aga and the gas stove with the nearby working surfaces , the table of polished oak in the middle of the room with its four elegantly crafted chairs , and at the far end Alice 's office with the walls covered with bookshelves and her desk piled with proofs . |
| 28 | So after dinner I said and she rang the Leeds and they said the cheque comes back here . |
| 29 | Her heart leaped and she ran the rest of the way like a child in her delight . |
| 30 | But this struck at the very heart of what Laura was hoping to achieve and she quashed the suggestion with ferocity . |