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

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1 She turns and goes back to the house .
2 They met on the Ponte Trinita , she seeing and calling out to him first .
3 He had hoped she would n't notice the impertinence , but she coloured and began angrily , ‘ I do n't see that that 's any business of yours … but yes , it was . ’
4 ‘ Sorry — I ca n't stop ! ’ she cries and lets out the clutch .
5 She had said nothing , nothing at all to reveal to him how she took the idea of Florence Ames , whether she cared or did not care .
6 In therapy , she realised that making almost any change was better than standing still .
7 She choked and spat out some seawater and then swallowed a lungful as she went into a spasm again .
8 She straightened and looked up at him , at the wind in his hair .
9 But then she realized that laid out before her was a flat surface .
10 In the fitting rooms at Taylors she fussed and fretted over her creations like a mother hen and though Paula was overawed by the great designer she also liked her on sight .
11 As he hopped along beside her , she hopped and sang too , to show him that she was his friend .
12 It was difficult to fasten the buttons down her back as she bent and moved about in front of the mirror , powdering , moistening , curling .
13 ‘ That is not your business ! ’ she shouted and went upstairs to dress for the evening .
14 ‘ Come on you bastard , ’ she shouted and pressed down hard on the gas .
15 The decisive customer knows what she wants and goes straight to the counter to ask for the item she requires .
16 She rose and flounced off in a swish of skirts and a whiff of fragrant perfume .
17 She rose and came over to him .
18 Then she rose and went over to the bed , pulled back the covers and slipped between the cool , fresh sheets .
19 But she rose and walked over to the table , moving stiffly because of muscles chilled from sitting in the stone window embrasure for so long .
20 A part , of course , assumed that certain favours would be forthcoming , especially as her reputation , in the newspapers , was in tatters ; Mr Poole did not use so graphic a word , but his hands continued to make free of Dinah 's body , and soon she rose and shook out her skirts .
21 In time , however , she rose and moved off to sample the hedgerow , stretching her long , white neck to nibble delicately at the tips of the hawthorn .
22 Conversely , she may recoil completely if he seems oblivious to every other need that she has and reaches straight for her genital area .
23 Suddenly she stopped and let out a cry .
24 When the woman reached the centre of the bridge , she stopped and looked around anxiously .
25 Finally , exhausted , she stopped and looked up .
26 ‘ Also — ’ She stopped and looked up , and Snodgrass said , ‘ Someone 's coming . ’
27 Where the lawn ended she stopped and looked out across the bay , scanning the water for any sign of life .
28 When she got to the large graph that shows the state of the church-roof appeal , she stopped and looked down at the waiting crowds as if she was a victorious politician looking down on her compliant voters .
29 He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings .
30 Franz pulled Therese 's arm through his and began to lead her up the track towards the car park , but she stopped and looked back .
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