Example sentences of "[noun sg] and she [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She realised that she had imposed on Miss Hatherby 's kindness and she blushed for her lack of consideration . |
| 2 | As she ran down the driveway of the semi-detached house , a shot was fired from an upstairs front bedroom and she fell to the ground . |
| 3 | " It never occurred to me till yesterday , Mr Feather , when I was sitting on the seat and she smiled at me . |
| 4 | Elissia tickled the back of her neck and she leapt in the air . |
| 5 | He had told her that he had wanted her that night at the house , but he needed no words now — his body was evidence enough — and sheets of flame seemed to shoot through her as her arms wound around his neck and she arched against the demanding , hardening muscles . |
| 6 | Rachel 's hand flew to her mouth and she stared at Sybil in dismay . |
| 7 | Her hand went to her mouth and she looked at me wide-eyed . |
| 8 | She saw his gaze fall to her mouth and she looked at him and waited , wanting him to kiss her , hardly daring to move in case the moment , the spell should be broken . |
| 9 | Hari took the money out of the old cracked teapot she kept on the shelf , she had just enough for the rent and she smiled in relief . |
| 10 | A flush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks at her own uncharacteristic forwardness and she lapsed into an unhappy silence , which to her surprise the Frenchman broke a minute later . |
| 11 | Someone had put on a Roy Orbison album and she slipped into the man 's arms to the strains of ‘ Crying ’ . |
| 12 | They ate with a shared teaspoon out of the tin and she looked at the sardines and condensed milk now exposed between John Donne and Rosa Luxemburg . |
| 13 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 14 | She said in a statement that there was a lot of blood and she went to a neighbour for help . |
| 15 | He cared about her pleasure and she responded to him more strongly than she had with anyone . |
| 16 | A stitch seared her side and she came to a stumbling halt , pressing her palms to the painful place , waiting until the sharp sting had eased a little . |
| 17 | The traffic was too heavy for her to go to the driver 's side and she stormed along the pavement to the offending car and opened the passenger door . |
| 18 | Deep down she was almost ready to beg to stay , but her old character came to her aid and she fought for control . |
| 19 | Her hands fell idle in her lap and she stared around her at the bits of leather on the floor , at the row of wooden lasts along her bench , at the boots that needed new soles and heels and , with a sigh of despair , she dropped her knife and rose to her feet . |
| 20 | Christopher cut through her much-vaunted intelligence and she degenerated into passivity . |
| 21 | Maureen 's friend Chris was now a full-time fireman and she worried about him constantly . |
| 22 | Mrs Olive Davis , 47 , was walking home with her husband , Joe , 59 , when they saw the crash and she spoke of how Mr Swales died in her arms . |
| 23 | Some of his possessions were on the top of the chest by the window and she looked at them curiously . |
| 24 | And it was going , but she doing something and she the Lady seen her going through a corridor and she said to her , Run Annie run . |
| 25 | When her cloak was removed in the Rectory hall and she went into the drawing-room which had been lavishly and clumsily decorated by the children on precisely the principle Alexandra had used in dressing , they crowded round her with gasps of delight and wonder . |
| 26 | Her legs locked round his waist and she arched against him , pleading with him , and slowly , with infinite care , he eased into her . |
| 27 | Tragically the rope tied around Mrs Love 's ankle slipped from her husband 's grasp and she fell to her death . |
| 28 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 29 | Eventually though , after Madeleine 's fifth chemotherapy session , it was discovered the cancer had spread to her liver and she died in hospital . |
| 30 | An Enfield clerical family took in a great-grandmother in her nineties for her last two years : ‘ she did n't want to go in a home and she wrote to my mother and asked if she could possibly look after her . |