Example sentences of "she [vb past] a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the naked fear of falling in a space so huge that she did not know whether she was falling up or down , inward or outward , she met a fear so great that it burned away forever all the other fears . |
| 2 | She made a face now as she added , ‘ Annabel seemed to think that was generous . ’ |
| 3 | And what a month it 's been , ’ mused Breeze , and she made a peep-hole too , and looked out at the sodden fields where leggy lambs were standing in groups , obviously wondering what had become of the lovely sunshine their mothers had told them about . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Damian ! ’ she announced a moment later . |
| 5 | No , she got a friend there . |
| 6 | So , she got a bit more soft soap |
| 7 | She asked a question then that tore him apart . |
| 8 | ‘ And I suppose you know which is ? ’ she asked a shade wearily . |
| 9 | She became a teacher later on . |
| 10 | She became a teacher instead , she is probably good at it , though perhaps officious . |
| 11 | She tried a step backwards , testing the ground , and his hands tightened on her arms , gripping her shoulders . |
| 12 | She found a bathroom further along , and sat on the edge of the bath . |
| 13 | She jerked a glance upwards . |
| 14 | A MOTHER fighting for custody of her two young sons has been ordered to hand them back to her estranged American husband from whom she fled a month ago . |
| 15 | She stooped a shade awkwardly to rub behind a black velvet ear . |
| 16 | She wafted a butterfly away from her face . |
| 17 | She came a step closer , rested her hands lightly on his shoulders and kissed him full on the mouth . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't call me ma'am , call me Duch , ’ she told a friend shortly after her marriage . |
| 19 | She measured a shade under twenty-one metres from nose to tail , and a shade over half that across , from wingtip to stubby wingtip . |
| 20 | She adjusted a nose here , a thigh there , she shifted the alignment of a particularly alluring set of eyebrows , unzipped flies to inspect their contents , was disappointed and failed to put them back properly , so they peeked , pinkly , from between metal teeth . |
| 21 | Panicked , she threw a chair clumsily at him . |
| 22 | ‘ No , of course not , ’ she replied a fraction too quickly . |
| 23 | Putting a length of rubber tubing on to the attachment , she turned a bottle upside-down to allow the liquid to flow . |
| 24 | She turned a page noisily . |
| 25 | She fetched a towel then knelt beside him , towelling him , tending to him obediently , as a wife ought . |
| 26 | But if she faced a China intractably hostile , staunchly pro-American and modernising with a vengeance , would the USSR become more amenable or would she look for a means of escape ? |
| 27 | She ordered a spritzer then turned back to him , her face solemn . |
| 28 | At times she heard a voice clearly , She can not mean it . |
| 29 | Tentatively , her lips returned the brush of his , and she heard a moan deep in his throat . |
| 30 | Blanche thought she heard a bang outside . |