Example sentences of "she [verb] [vb pp] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , she has spent the last two years working on a book chronicling Basque life through its kitchens and markets . |
| 2 | She has spent the last 18 months researching and writing the kind of cookbook which brings all the old fun and the sheer sensual pleasure back into cooking — and eating . |
| 3 | She has spent the last year following her sailing pursuits but this year she gave priority to her GCSE exams and has done much less sailing . |
| 4 | Was it because she 'd broken the seventh commandment ? |
| 5 | Had n't she thought she 'd seen the last of Rourke Deveraugh ? |
| 6 | She 'd tacked the first sketches for this picture up on the wall and they looked as if someone else had drawn them . |
| 7 | She really had thought she 'd heard the last of that voice . |
| 8 | When she 'd finished the second glass , he was still there , and still trying to catch her eye . |
| 9 | It was a lame apology , but as she plunged into the cooler shadow of the house she knew she 'd used the first excuse which sprang to mind . |
| 10 | She had fulfilled the first part of the scenario . |
| 11 | Well , to hell with you , sweetheart , she railed , and , her pride once more up in arms , a certainty in her head that she had seen the last of Ven for that night , she rocketed from her bed , took a shower , and got dressed . |
| 12 | The walk there took only about ten minutes and she thought that even with the frightening weakness in her legs that she had discovered the first time she got out of bed she ought to manage that distance . |
| 13 | Brown Owl , moving quickly , placed Brownie after Brownie in position , until she had formed the first human letter : — |
| 14 | She was n't scared , not even when she was half-way up the path , dark yews all around her , and heard the sound she had heard the first time . |
| 15 | She was wearing the coat with all the buttons and buckles that she had worn the first time I saw her outside Kaama 's flat . |
| 16 | ‘ Ay , ’ rejoined Mrs Beattie , realising she had lost the first round , ‘ I was just on my wey up to see Thomasina . ’ |
| 17 | Without realizing it , she had reached the Second Level . |
| 18 | When she told Hawk of her dream , he told her she had reached the First Level . |
| 19 | She had reached the Fifth Level , and she could no longer go back . |
| 20 | When the mask came off , she knew she had reached the Fourth Level . |
| 21 | Red-eyed and hollow inside , she was appalled when he told her she had reached the Third Level . |
| 22 | The recent spell of warm weather was holding and Julie Murchison was feeling good in spite of the fact that she had spent the last hour in her Mother 's sick room . |
| 23 | A woman told how she had spent the last fifteen years of her life ‘ allowing my husband to make choices for me ’ . |
| 24 | She had spent the last ten days in bed , suffering from shock , the after-reaction fierce , frightening . |
| 25 | Only when she was halfway there did she remember that this , after all , was n't Chipchester , where she had spent the last six months at college — nor even Athens , where at least the drivers and pedestrians expected to engage in constant warfare — and that perhaps she should have checked the traffic before crossing … |
| 26 | She had spent the last six months learning to help many such at St Sylvester 's . |
| 27 | Co-director Deborah Coles recounted how she had spent the last 3 days attending the inquest on a man known to be at risk , who committed suicide in prison . |
| 28 | She worked steadily on , until she had finished the first coat . |
| 29 | But after she had finished the first part of her lecture ; after slightly nodding her head to the generous applause ; after the lights had gone up again ; after Ashenden had said ( as every chairman since Creation had said ) how much everyone had enjoyed the talk and how grateful everyone was that not only had the distinguished speaker fascinated each and every one of them but also had agreed to answer any questions which he was absolutely sure everyone in the room was aching to put to such a distinguished expert in the field … it was only then that Dr Moule was able to survey the two intruders . |
| 30 | By the time she had rolled the last lump of dog food into the canal , the sun was beginning to rise in the east . |