Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] she [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes both came together : very few of our sample lived as far out of town as the mining village of Gilmerton , but one woman compositor who did was the daughter of a miner and in due course she married a miner herself . |
| 2 | Every time afterwards when she saw her uncle wear that shirt she remembered the words that Rose spoke . |
| 3 | Late that afternoon she had a telephone call from Joe Martin , just back from a trip to New York . |
| 4 | On the way back that afternoon she bought a can of red spray paint in a car accessories shop . |
| 5 | At that instant she chose the path of her own life , and understood that in time she would have to part company with her friend . |
| 6 | In that instant she realised the whole shocking weirdness of what was going on . |
| 7 | And something stilled within her as in that instant she caught a tantalising waft of the rich , dark scent of him and felt the hard , powerful warmth of him press against her . |
| 8 | And in that instant she guessed the stars that ruled him . |
| 9 | When my hon. Friend was a Member of the European Parliament she did a tremendous amount of work to promote not only her region , but the concept of regional government for England . |
| 10 | Into each piece she inserted a small two-pronged cylinder the size and shape of a small capacitor , and twisted each of them . |
| 11 | Her first detective novel , The Man in the Queue , a highly accomplished piece of a work for a novice hand , was published in 1929 under the pseudonym of Gordon Daviot — the name by which she preferred to be known , in both public and private — though for her seven other works in this genre she took the name Josephine Tey . |
| 12 | As the wife of the civic leader , Mrs Murphy had to do considerable entertaining in generous western style , but in this field she made no attempt to keep pace with Olga Stych or Donna Frizzell ; she knew when she was beaten . |
| 13 | But whoever it was , they were determined to catch Artemis , for when Artemis stole another look she saw the horse behind was really stretching out . |
| 14 | In this light she had a washed-out look : colourless hair and face , even lips and eyes . |
| 15 | Once inside in the long , dimly-lit corridor she withdrew a photostat copy of the invoice from her pocket and handed it to him . |
| 16 | After some reflection she removed the brooch , but retained the small , black stud ear-rings . |
| 17 | And at this moment she had a finger threading the maze of the register , and one hand already vaguely gesturing towards the key-board . |
| 18 | At this moment she had the urge to fly back to the house , take her into her arms again and say ‘ I 'm going to make it up to you for all the love that I 've withheld , and for all the love you 've missed in your life . ’ |
| 19 | During this period she had an unhappy love affair with the painter Ambrose McEvoy . |
| 20 | During this period she published no fewer than ten books and articles in her field-the relationship between chemical structure and carcinogenicity . |
| 21 | During this race she had a lucky escape when she fell to the deck from spreader level while aloft trying to trip a jammed spinnaker . |
| 22 | Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye . |
| 23 | This girl this morning she threw a wobbly . |
| 24 | Earlier this month she received a serious head injury in a road accident in which a driver failed to stop . |
| 25 | Earlier this week she launched a withering attack on the Press claiming stories about her personal and professional life were ‘ venomous ’ and ‘ guff ’ . |
| 26 | As they rounded another bend she saw the lighted windows of the Swan Inn , relief swept through her . |
| 27 | Through a half-open door she saw a glimmer of white and stiffened , nauseated , as she saw Melanie over Penry 's shoulder , her face held up to his in impassioned invitation . |
| 28 | It is true that by this choice she sacrificed a community life , which has for many women proved nourishing , but she also gained in personal freedom . |
| 29 | In this state she had a vision of Jesus , about whom she knew nothing . |
| 30 | The last time she played in this competition she suffered a disastrous defeat and is keen to make amends . |