Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] she [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no evidence of her having a psychiatric disorder , although it was clear that she had become somewhat withdrawn and had lost confidence in herself since the break-up of her relationship with her boyfriend . |
| 2 | It was clear that she had picked up a lot from the Prince 's own style , especially the self-deprecating wit . |
| 3 | Other speakers followed , but it soon became clear that she had spoken for ail present . |
| 4 | Life in the office was tense , but the work was far more interesting than she had imagined it would be . |
| 5 | Now that she saw Rupert again he was rather less interesting than she had remembered — a little older , slightly inhibited in his conversation , and unresponsive to her semi-flirtatious looks and remarks in a way that puzzled her . |
| 6 | We are all very saddened that she has died . |
| 7 | She had stopped being so afraid once she had heard him talking to her mother . |
| 8 | He was taller than she remembered , more powerfully built , the angles of his face even harder and more menacing than she had recalled coming up in the lift . |
| 9 | Giles 's motive in telling her of his expectations was so transparent that she had lost interest in him . |
| 10 | It is doubtful that she has transformed the role of the Prime Minister in British politics . |
| 11 | ‘ Of course it 's lovely having tea , ’ said Ianthe , afraid that she had sounded ungracious . |
| 12 | It was as if he were gazing into heaven , and Agatha was n't so old that she 'd forgotten what that felt like . |
| 13 | Because the queues at the sandwich bar had been so horrendous that she had decided to go without lunch and now she was feeling disconnected and light-headed . |
| 14 | From what her mother had told her the experience would be horrendous and she had cried herself to sleep for the past week thinking about it . |
| 15 | The few rooms were large and high and she had painted the walls in pale yellows and greens . |
| 16 | Well I , I met him actually through er I was nursing erm a baby , she was only three months old and she 'd had , she 'd caught , from her older sister she 'd caught whooping cough . |
| 17 | Then he said , ‘ It 's nothing to do with what 's right or wrong , just that she 's old and she 's got nowhere to go . ’ |
| 18 | So she 's completely and totally paralysed but she 's paralysed and can feel pain . |
| 19 | Afraid lest she had revealed too much , she added quickly , ‘ Tell me about your visit to Maythorpe House . ’ |
| 20 | It was not immediately clear whether she had fallen or been murdered . |
| 21 | The transmat journey had been as brief , uneventful and nauseating as she had expected . |
| 22 | The city spread out below her looked so calm , almost as calm as she had felt such a little time before . |
| 23 | He was younger than she had supposed from Jenny 's description — in his early thirties , and as good-looking as she had expected . |
| 24 | He would think it funny when she had said she had to hurry if she just went on sitting there , so she got up to go . |
| 25 | Dot had been right all along and Mrs Parvis wrong when she 'd insisted that it was all over bar the shouting . |
| 26 | You know , think it was about ten year old when she got rid of it . |
| 27 | Donna saw it in the rear-view mirror , convinced and elated that she 'd done it crippling damage . |
| 28 | These words are well past her point of failure in the Schonell Test ( that is , ten consecutive errors ) , and so it is possible that she had reached a level of frustration : feeling that all the words were too difficult she ceased to think carefully about whether what she was writing down was likely , and simply put down anything that came to mind . |
| 29 | Was it possible that she had tried to bribe the undertaker with her body ? |
| 30 | Was it possible that she had allowed Harry to make love to her ? |