Example sentences of "and she started " in BNC.

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1 But the evil ravages of the British educational system at its worst were not enough to keep her away from her first love forever , and she started to cook with simplicity and a straightforward style which she has maintained .
2 The tour finished in the kitchen and she started to busy herself around the cooker .
3 But I want my baby to have a father — ’ and she started to cry .
4 The Hare-woman 's hands steadied the gun and she started to lift it , taking aim .
5 After a few moments her voice grew louder , and she started to shout at her mother .
6 Tears jumped into Evelyn 's eyes and she started to hurry in the direction of the girls ' barracks , ignoring the missiles which caught her on the back and arms or dropped uselessly on either side .
7 He was due to go up to the Blue Mountains that morning and she started having pains , she said .
8 I went to visit her just for a coffee or something , and she started saying , after a lot of stuttering , that I was having an affair with her husband .
9 We started kissing , and she started pulling off her clothes .
10 ‘ We took her out to a local restaurant for a celebration dinner , ’ Mike says , ‘ and she started to take the mickey out of Diana , imitating the way she nods her head when she speaks .
11 She noticed the kids , and the plughead , and she started paying attention .
12 The other day I was telling her about something that had happened , crying as I told the story , and she started crying too .
13 She could see that nothing could harm her , that there was no danger , that danger in so far as it might exist was desirable , and she started to walk , slowly , up the street , looking at those who looked at her , exchanging glance for glance , shivering in the warm April air from a tremulous , hopeful , artificial apprehension .
14 And she started , did n't she , to cry .
15 Boredom suddenly unmasked itself and she started to look ahead .
16 Miranda 's face crumpled and she started to weep .
17 Elinor 's face crumpled and she started to cry .
18 She remembered the strange , thin little child , with her sad eyes , who arrived at Green Gables five years ago , and she started crying quietly .
19 And she started crying softly .
20 ‘ Sorry about the bang , ’ she called , much as someone might apologise for slamming a car door too loudly , and she started to walk towards him .
21 The strain provoked leaks in the hull and she started taking in water , but not seriously at first .
22 And she started right away .
23 He held her to him and she started to weep hysterically .
24 Suddenly Mozart seemed too busy and clever , and she started sorting in the cupboard under the turntable until she found a record of Papillons , and lay back surrounded by Schumann 's fluttering primary colours .
25 It began to climb fairly steeply upwards , and she started to get rather out of breath .
26 Roman threw her a look that would melt steel and she started to withdraw , but Claudia called her to come in .
27 Somewhere above , Folly heard footsteps , and she started edging towards the van .
28 But Lesley-Jane certainly did , and she started to giggle .
29 When she remained stubbornly in place he grabbed her abruptly by the elbow , and she started back in fright , her eyes widening in alarm .
30 He stared ahead through the windscreen , his hands clasped in his lap , and she started to drive again .
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