Example sentences of "and she [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 Yeah , she 'd got a boyfriend and , with her school work as well , like she 's doing her A levels now and she just got a little bit , you know , because it is a big you know you 've got to be dedicated have n't you ?
2 She said this stiffly , not wanting to be accused of bragging — something else that had happened to her when she was a child , and she just stated a fact , or answered a question .
3 He saw her shoulders shift , and she unconsciously raised a hand to undo the buttons of the bodice of the dark pelisse she still wore over an equally dark gown , the top of which was now revealed , made high to the throat .
4 and she willingly made a gift of it to her mother in sincere , if perhaps slightly exasperated affection .
5 Why it should suddenly be important to prove this to a number of people that she had n't even met , she did n't stop to question , and she firmly suppressed a naggingly persistent image of Tom Russell and Marise Wyspianski last Saturday all dressed up for the annual Christmas ball given by the Coronation Hospital board .
6 ‘ I gave her some poached chicken breast at lunchtime and she even managed a couple of scones for tea . ’
7 Erm she would ask that and fine that impose today er , could be paid by her at the rate of five pounds per week erm , she er runs a car her invalidity income amounts to forty six pounds fifteen pence per week and she also receives a super annuation payment from her former employers Goldeson 's Hospital at the rate of a hundred and three pounds per month but she and her husband do have to er to run the home and er , and run the house er , run run the car and she would ask that she 'll be allowed to pay at the rate of five pound per week .
8 She soon found that they were English and she also felt a certain amount of unexpected dismay because the woman flung her arms around Felipe and kissed him .
9 The Society presented her with a beautiful flower arrangement and she also received a selection of other gifts including a small tea service .
10 The Society presented her with a beautiful flower arrangement and she also received a selection of other gifts including a small tea service .
11 Birds nested in the eighteenth-century ballroom but the chapel was carefully maintained and she also retained a butler and a chauffeur for the Rolls-Royce .
12 He is a successful business executive with all the trappings heavy responsibilities , large car , mobile phone — and she also has a career , with professional qualifications .
13 And she also has a sense of humour .
14 ‘ Mrs Smith is a model and she also runs a shop in Solihull ; coincidence does n't go that far , Miss Adams . ’
15 She stopped struggling ; she swallowed the liquid ; and she somehow managed a wry smile .
16 The Irish National League asked her to witness evictions taking place in Donegal and she soon acquired a reputation as a charismatic force .
17 The melodrama of it appealed to her sense of the ridiculous , and she hastily stifled a laugh as a youth passing inside gave her an odd look .
18 Though not intellectual , my mother was intelligent , and she now acquired a wide range of new interests .
19 Alas , Thompson and her chosen theatre were star-crossed and she now has a production but nowhere to stage it .
20 ‘ It was pouring with rain and she only had a thin dress on . ’
21 And , since the banks were now firmly closed until the end of the holiday , and she only had a small amount of currency in her purse , she had no way of being able to buy any new , cooler dresses .
22 Her ‘ traditional ’ primary education restricted her and she only became a professional journalist ( Echo February 4 ) .
23 She supplemented the once-weekly group sessions by finishing activities begun in the session with her class and she sometimes initiated a task for the whole class to do to reinforce what had been done with the advisory teacher .
24 Gracie Fields had a tremendous faculty of projection , perhaps stemming from her old Music Hall days , and she never needed a microphone for her ringing voice ; either belting out ‘ Its the Biggest Aspidistra in the World ’ , or singing gently ‘ Sally ’ , each syllable was heard in every corner of the huge auditorium .
25 ‘ I think she is a great player and she really puts a lot in the game on the court and off .
26 She retains a liveliness of mind which is quite extraordinary under the circumstances and she still displays a keen sense of humour and a warmth of contact despite the fact that she has to use a machine .
27 Some children become institutionalised more quickly than others , and she still had a bit of fire left in her when I went to the orphanage for her .
28 Karen went to a wedding and er somebody 's wedding and she still has a dress .
29 And she too has a ‘ sporting background ’ in that she is one of about 500 people at the last count who were in the same class in the Primate Dixon PS in Coalisland as snooker superstar Denis Taylor !
30 Slowly she discovered tricks of the trade such as weighting her hems so that they did n't blow up in a breeze and she gradually acquired a coterie of designers , including Catherine Walker , David Sassoon and Victor Edelstein , whom she now relies upon .
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