Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the piece speaks to our fears and insecurities , but in order to do so she uses an apposition between previous understandings , and contemporary questioning , which lends credence to modernist philosophic attitudes when her purpose is to challenge . |
| 2 | Nevertheless she made an attempt . |
| 3 | Slowly she sealed an envelope as he put on his coat . |
| 4 | Eventually she became an alcoholic . ’ |
| 5 | Trollope describes her eyes as having talent , the fire of passion and the play of wit but no love , but still she inspires an envy in the hearts of the readers which is amazing considering her background . |
| 6 | But later she developed an allergy to feathers , and that made it very difficult for her when I wanted to keep birds in the house ! |
| 7 | Two years later she won an Oscar for Roman Holiday . |
| 8 | A moment later she gave an exclamation of relief . |
| 9 | But now she had an air of confidence a bloom on her skin , a light in her eyes . |
| 10 | now she has an iris mountain , with Sir Cedric 's and the many more she grew from seed brought back from America , fenced off from the main garden in her ‘ Stalag 13 look ’ . |
| 11 | No , she said well she means an oven dish . |
| 12 | Fortunately she had an order for a full-length wool coat and dress , and worked in happy isolation in the small room at the back of the shop , her mind lingering on the implication of Penry 's invitation as her fingers flew independently to finish the order for a customer due to return to the States a few days later . |
| 13 | Maybe she requires an X-ray ? ’ |
| 14 | Sometimes she had an audience , sometimes not . |
| 15 | Now and then she lifted an eyeglass up and peered through it for a moment , and , evidently finding it useless at this distance , let it fall again , shaking her head in a frustrated way . |
| 16 | Then she had an idea . |
| 17 | You get Ann , senile dementia , they had to get the taps off the gas fire because she kept turning it on and off without it being lit again , found wandering in her nightclothes , injustice , and then we found Eileen , who was in an upstairs room , yes she enjoyed that life for about five years , great council house then she had an accident and then because she could n't re-house her , she was a virtual prisoner inside her own home that she 'd made up . |
| 18 | Then she had an obsession with changing the political map in the guise of union bashing , she also smashed the engineering industry , especially in the North . |
| 19 | Then she married an American . |
| 20 | Doreen 's eyes continued to dart from one to the other ; then she made an attempt to put Lucy in her place by reminding her that she was merely a member of the staff . |
| 21 | Just then she saw an animal in the water near her . |
| 22 | But then she saw an office at the corridor 's end , and it was occupied . |
| 23 | Then she smiled an acknowledgement and dropped an eyelid in half a wink . |
| 24 | Indeed she had an air of conspiratorial joy . |
| 25 | At least she evinced an interest in the natural landscape . |