Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was just about to go inside again when over to her right , by the high stone wall that marked the boundary of the Roscarrock estate , she heard a single , high-pitched whistle , and looking round she saw a face observing her from the other side . |
| 2 | And then she heard a gunshot and the sound of a horn , and looking back she saw , high on Ballymacadoyle Hill , her own father and brothers and a crowd of others too , and they were waving and shouting — and suddenly she understood exactly what was happening : they were giving her their last farewell ; she was leaving Ireland , and might never return . |
| 3 | anyway she says I 've set my mind on it , and she said I kept going round and going round she says it was such a price |
| 4 | She tried the back door and found it open , and going in she turned on some lights and made herself a cup of coffee . |
| 5 | There was no awkwardness now , no face turned away , just the joy and exhilaration of love and flying where she had n't been before . |
| 6 | It was quite a long way , and coming home she let the pony trot while she ran beside me . |
| 7 | He smiled , as if knowing why she 'd attempted a joke , and turned her around , leaning her into his body . |
| 8 | By then her father had noticed her disappearance , and guessing where she had gone , pursued her . |
| 9 | She was also looking carefully around her as went , and watching where she put her feet . |
| 10 | He had looked at her in a way that frightened and worried her , but looking back she became excited and stirred by his attention . |
| 11 | Lord C had said she 'd borne them with stoicism , but looking back she realised she 'd been disappointed not to receive the whole dozen . |
| 12 | ‘ She is still in bed but smiling profusely she has a lovely pair of eyes . ’ |