Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] she [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Lemass made it clear where she stood by using a press conference in London at the launch of the sixth BDA week in October 1987 , for announcing that her committee would be calling on the European Parliament , the European Commission and the Council of Ministers to waive all opposition to the use of sign language and to demand official recognition within the EC . |
| 2 | She also made it clear that she preferred to be alone . |
| 3 | Minutes later he was loving her completely , his thrusts deep inside her , his penetration so absolute , so wonderfully possessive that she closed around him instinctively , holding him where he belonged , within her for evermore . |
| 4 | If only she could jump on her back and not stop galloping until she got to Ricky and Palm Springs . |
| 5 | In fact , she was very old ; she was twenty-four years old and she worked in the mill and earned eight shillings a week . |
| 6 | She was pretty and popular and she lived for the moment . |
| 7 | She would not travel on the underground or in an aeroplane , and felt panicky if she went into a department store and was too far from the door or windows . |
| 8 | So my mum went out but then she still had to read it all because I was under-age and she had to be there . |
| 9 | He was not in any way foolish and she bowed to his orders as ever . |
| 10 | It was still empty and she wandered at will around the main hall , seeing only those involved in administration moving about . |
| 11 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
| 12 | Indeed , if it was not clear before she went to Australia , it must have been before she left , that only when she has once more played in The Championships — and preferably won the title — will people be ready to forgive and forget . |
| 13 | Her voice was calm as she said to Sisters Monica and Aloysius . |
| 14 | Would she hit him in public as she did at home ? |
| 15 | Judy Rumbold , the fashion editor of The Guardian , could n't have been more wrong when she wrote about trainers ( August 21 , 1989 ) : ‘ In Tom Wolfe 's Bonfire Of The Vanities , sneakers are documented as an intrusive part of young American street style ; not just symbols of black affiliation and for high performance on the dancefloor but as crucial elements in maintaining a lugubrious , rhythmic gait that Wolfe coined the Pimp Roll . |
| 16 | The penguin felt embarrassed as she gazed into the black , unblinking seal eyes . |
| 17 | His face too was unsmiling as she looked into it and said , ‘ Yes , very likely ; ’ then asked , ‘ Do … do you travel a great deal , sir ? ’ |
| 18 | The Queen looked drawn and unsmiling as she arrived at the games with Prince Philip , Prince Edward and the Queen Mother . |
| 19 | We talked as we went along , but Jane 's conversation became increasingly vague and absent-minded as she concentrated on the work in hand . |
| 20 | The foyer , too , was empty as she walked across it , nodding to the girl behind the reception desk . |
| 21 | Never very healthy , she nevertheless managed to live on well into retirement , and was 74 years old when she died at Alf and Bessie 's house in 1951 . |
| 22 | He says a rape in daylight involving an 11 year old as she walked to school is particularly serious . |
| 23 | The Minister for Health sought to defend the indefensible when she wrote in a recent letter to The Guardian about the abolition of the tests . |
| 24 | Her limbs were unsteady as she padded on bare feet , staggering a little , towards the door , oblivious to the fact that she was dressed only in a thin nightgown , that her half-combed hair flared untidily about her shoulders . |
| 25 | That being so , he was a joy to walk — which made it odd that she felt as if something was missing . |
| 26 | She felt reckless and more alive than she had for months , her own desire rising as his hungry mouth fell on her breasts like a starving child , and his eager hands tore at her clothes . |
| 27 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 28 | Garry 's wife suspected there was another woman and she was so upset that she turned to her brother for help . ’ |
| 29 | Flavia was there so early that she ran into Therese in the little square where people left their cars . |
| 30 | He went to her and put his arm round her shoulders , dimly aware that he might have hurried her but still convinced that she longed for his comfort and protection . |