Example sentences of "and she [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she proceeded to press upon Liz various samples of her skill , but Liz was unable to eat , nervous , wishing that it would all begin , that the curtain would rise , that the house would fill and the thick conversation rise like smoke through the thin , empty air . |
| 2 | After checking that I was not talking to the media , I asked what the nature of her enquiry was , and she proceeded to furnish me with the facts . |
| 3 | And she 'd to go to , to get her into the pony and cart and get her away to the doctor 's and get it stitched and , oh boy . |
| 4 | Then a movement caught her eye , and she looked to see Adam coming warily round the car , Undry in his hands . |
| 5 | They made their own amusements , and she learnt to knit and they had long winter nights round the fire o and they used to go She used to call it , we used to go after day set , that she called evening . |
| 6 | Even allowing for delicious exaggeration it still added up to a horrifying picture and she began to wish she had n't even tried to get into the company . |
| 7 | The man who called himself John looked at her increasingly steadily , lengthily , certainly , and she began to hold his glances and eventually to return them . |
| 8 | But Deana 's persecution , continued more subtly and covertly as the days went by , had left its sting , and she began to wonder if living in the nurses ' home was really the right thing . |
| 9 | Her longing for her daughter outweighed all else and she began to sob . |
| 10 | And she began to sob . |
| 11 | Trying to keep her voice calm , and almost choking on the tears of guilt that had come to her eyes the moment she heard her aunt speak , Constance said , ‘ Oh , Aunt Louise , I 've met a boy … no , not really a boy … a young man ’ — and she began to sob . |
| 12 | But the results were good ; people praised her cooking lavishly , and she began to take a pride in doing it well . |
| 13 | He behaved in a pleasant , friendly manner towards her , and she began to lose her fear of him . |
| 14 | But slowly her body began to respond to the powerful but gentle kisses , and she began to lose her apprehension . |
| 15 | The blood slipped from her face and she began to faint . |
| 16 | As her record sold in millions and she began to entertain ideas of being a full time pop star for the first time , Kylie knew who she had to thank . |
| 17 | She had written little in the hour before the sudden sound had startled her and she began to sing to herself , the words of that same song she had sung so long before in this same room . |
| 18 | The twitching grew , a bubble of laughter burgeoning inside her , and she began to giggle , trying desperately to hide her mouth with her hand . |
| 19 | The exertion and self-scrutiny had made her flush , and she began to turn purple under layers of powder . |
| 20 | Her friend greeted her as if she had never been away , so the guilt evaporated and she began to talk about Nicky . |
| 21 | Inside the farmhouse , she showed me some of her furniture and when I saw all the cards around the place and she began to talk about how proud she was about the large number of people who wrote to her , it dawned on me that she must be a bit of a celebrity . |
| 22 | No , she would not think of that — no , never that , and she began to wield her feather duster with such angry vigour that Dr Neil , coming in , was amused at her bright energy which even the ever-lasting drudgery which she performed could not dim . |
| 23 | Her dress fastened up the front and she began to undo the buttons . |
| 24 | Within moments the wine , the heat and the excitement of the day caught up with her and she began to snore softly into his thick cable-knit cardigan . |
| 25 | ' and she began to weep again . |
| 26 | The horror gave way slowly to self-pity , the blue eyes filled with tears and she began to weep , the tears making runnels down her heavy makeup . |
| 27 | Her head turned away and she began to mutter incoherently . |
| 28 | The emperor gave Venice exceptional mercantile privileges , and she began to form the trading posts and colonies — quite in the manner of ancient Athens — which may still be discerned , with Genoese and Turkish towns adjacent , along the Bosphorus . |
| 29 | ‘ You want to tuck them in well , ’ said Miss Maynard , as Harry immediately stopped crying and she began to demonstrate the correct way of settling him into his cot . |
| 30 | It came as the drug took control and she began to slide away . |