Example sentences of "and she [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martha 's face was now flushed and she looked on the verge of tears . |
| 2 | The returning colour drained out of her face again , and she looked on the point of collapse . |
| 3 | She could see Keith , crouched over his papers , and she rapped on the living-room window to tell him to let her in . |
| 4 | At 19 she was married to an affluent US writer Harry Mathews and she modelled on the cover of Vogue and Life magazines . |
| 5 | It was a Wednesday morning and she walked on the beach before dawn , early so she could dawdle all the way to the fish lines and be home in time to make breakfast and get her gran up and doing . |
| 6 | And she knocked on the door had this crap conversation and then buggered off . |
| 7 | And she fell on the |
| 8 | The door was open , and she halted on the threshold and stared in astonishment at the collection of memorabilia that littered every available surface . |
| 9 | And she sits on the opposite to us last year . |
| 10 | After a while , Jay could no longer pick her out against the distant sand , and she lay on the bed , under a sheet , downed the last of her drink , and slept . |
| 11 | But just as she was burying her head beneath the blanket in utter dejection Ella came to bed , and she passed on the most extraordinary piece of news . |
| 12 | Well she I think it was Karen that did something for Children in Need last year and she sang on the air . |
| 13 | It is known that he and she spoke on the telephone at about the time the power of attorney was executed . |
| 14 | A cow lashed out at her and she slipped on the wet floor . |
| 15 | Irene Markham indicated for her to sit down and she perched on the very edge of an upright chair suddenly feeling quite miserable and wishing she had n't come . |
| 16 | His soothing voice reduced her screams to a quieter moaning , and she huddled on the floor against the bed in a pathetic foetal position . |
| 17 | I told her I 'd been dreaming and she sat on the bed and held my hand for a bit . |
| 18 | Henniker moved a chair for her , and she sat on the extreme edge of it . |
| 19 | He put more logs on the fire and she sat on the floor with her back resting against a settle . |
| 20 | President Marjorie Clarke expressed pleasure at seeing Kay Hampton back after her recent illness and she reported on the good progress being made by Sue Rankin and Miss Elliott who had also been ill . |
| 21 | Her shoulder was brushing his arm , and she yanked on the door with strength born of pure panic . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not sure whether I should be flattered or otherwise , ’ her host drawled , and she decided on the spot that she hated men with sophisticated wit — was he saying that he took it as a compliment , or not , that he only got one mention at lunchtime ? |
| 23 | That thought merely deepened her gloom and she floated on the water , wishing that Ana would come back . |
| 24 | Her car started to overheat and she stopped on the hard shoulder . |
| 25 | Claire Samways blasted the ball off Alison Vance , the Portadown keeper , but it fell to Jeanette Turner loitering at the post and she spun on the ball firing it in from an acute angle . |
| 26 | There was no time for emotion as the blood was swabbed away and she concentrated on the badly gashed cheekbone . |
| 27 | Rosie 's face was distorted with pain now , and she writhed on the couch . |
| 28 | ‘ Dammit , ’ she snapped , and she pounded on the door with both hands . |
| 29 | And she took the skin and she ran down to the shore and she put on the skin , dived back into the sea . |
| 30 | It vanished completely as Alec opened the door for her and she stood on the threshold , looking into the dark , listening to the wind whining away outside the house . |