Example sentences of "she [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But if that paradigm seems untrue , to her or to the scientific community in which she works , it can be jettisoned in favour of a new construction of reality . |
2 | Ruth was tempted to tell her that at the time she had not had the vicar in mind , but since Mrs Peterson had not come to bring her any comfort , she simply turned her face to the wall . |
3 | ‘ It was going all right , but now it wo n't go at all , ’ she added more slowly , as she struggled for composure and it dawned on her that with a GB plate stuck on the back of her car that it would n't take a genius to work out that she was probably English . |
4 | Rain felt a surge of annoyance : Shildon could have told her that on the telephone and not wasted part of her evening . |
5 | But the sight of Elise 's work , hanging in Luke 's house , had caught her unawares , underlining her loss and , at the same time , reminding her that on the only occasion when Elise 's name had been mentioned Luke had adopted an attitude of total indifference , not even bothering to mention that he owned one of Elise 's paintings . |
6 | When Ariel gently lifted the old woman to move her to her own quarters up the path in the forest , Sycorax gave a huge cry , the folding of her body in Ariel 's arms shot fiery rivers of pain through her that for a while swallowed up all the others she suffered from her burns . |
7 | And it seemed to her that for a moment his eyes ensnared her , as though he had reached out a hand and taken hold of her . |
8 | Then her arms went about him and there was a heat in her that for a moment matched his own . |
9 | The derisive query showed her that as a bombshell it had failed to explode . |
10 | He might have told her that in the United States for over a decade now , the journals and magazines and guide-to-life books , aided and abetted by manufacturers , traders , and advertisers , had sung the song of the perfect home and the perfect homemaker . |
11 | A sleepless night had convinced her that in the event of Thomas 's death her role was forlorn fiancée . |
12 | You had no business to talk to her except through a qualified Steward … |
13 | Apart from reviews , nothing seemed to have been written about her except for a sympathetic article by Richard Strachey in the London Mercury . |
14 | Until Margaret 's frantic visit four days earlier she 'd resolved to apply herself assiduously to her job in an attempt to exorcise Marcus Pritchard from her memory entirely , and Denmark had meant nothing to her except as a dark finger of land on a map pointing upwards into the North Sea . |
15 | I ca n't think why she stays because he 's no easier on her than on the rest of us . ’ |
16 | ‘ Why are you not acting ? ’ he asked her abruptly ; more interested by far in her than in the genteel maunderings on stage . |
17 | Camb opened the door for her and with a crisp ‘ Good afternoon ’ she took her leave of them . |
18 | A loose stone unsteadied her and with a little cry of surprise , she fell . |
19 | Once the Juvenile Employment Bureau had registered and placed the adolescent , the ‘ helper ’ resumed responsibility by attempting to keep ‘ in effective touch ’ with either him or her and with the home . |
20 | She was silent for a moment , thinking of the drudgery to which Hubert 's vision had condemned her and of the advantages it had denied the children . |
21 | The little stone winked like a red star in the firelight and Carrie thought of Mrs Gotobed , suddenly ; of the time she 'd had tea with her and of the way the flames danced in her rings as she stroked the silk of her dress . |
22 | He found himself smiling widely as he went to obey her and for a moment he felt he had dropped into a home which was familiar to him . |
23 | They looked at her and for a time no one said anything . |
24 | It woke her and for a moment she struggled , her hands coming up as if to tear it away . |
25 | The anticipation drained from her and for a moment she stood irresolute . |
26 | He turned and glared at her and for a moment she thought the old Georg was going to start carping and nagging and telling her what she ought or ought not to do . |
27 | Georg looked at her and for a moment she thought he was going to grab her , thought he was going to cry himself , but he suddenly stormed out of the dairy and began to stride up towards the lower pasture . |
28 | She hit her and at the same time as she hit her she virtually came to a er , a stop because of the fact she wa she started to brake as soon as she saw the the children appear er , but ne never the less contact was made but thankfully for her and for the child the the contact was a a at no significant speed , the child was just knocked off her feet and she got up and waved to Mrs and said I 'm alright and she ran off and she was away before Mrs had time , even to undo her safety belt to get out of the car . |
29 | She hoped that she had n't made an enemy out of Joe Lucas ; she knew that what he 'd done , he 'd done for her and for the memory of Christine . |
30 | Wolfgang and his sister Nannerl remained on close terms throughout his life : his early letters to her and to a Salzburg cousin , Anna Maria Thekla ( ‘ the Bäsle ’ , as he called her ) are full of juvenile high spirits , spiced with an earthy , often indelicate sense of humour , while his later letters to his sister show a touching solicitude for the state of her health and spirits . |