Example sentences of "she [vb past] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She whispered the words aloud : " He will share your bed and possess your body . " |
| 2 | She whispered the words . |
| 3 | Though ‘ attraction ’ was an anaemic description of her feelings , still she hugged the words to her like some priceless gift . |
| 4 | And you can take these with you — ’ She flung the contents of the case at him , and watched with satisfaction as she made a direct hit . |
| 5 | ‘ I hope not , ’ Sophie said involuntarily , then flushed as she met the others ' surprised looks . |
| 6 | In satirical sketches of the Scholar , the Country Squire , the Beau , the Virtuoso , the Poet , and the Coffee-house Politicians she revealed the weaknesses of men . |
| 7 | She lowered the glasses and glanced at her wrist . |
| 8 | She lowered the glasses for an instant so that he could see her eyes , then raised them again . |
| 9 | She lowered the binoculars . |
| 10 | Nicknamed Janet Gaynor by the make-up artists because of her resemblance to the star , she was generally liked not simply because of her sunny nature , but because she had a special hobby ; she read the teacups . |
| 11 | She read the spines of my table-top library . |
| 12 | She read the words , then looked at him . |
| 13 | She read the words aloud . |
| 14 | And , as she read the words , written in a flowing feminine hand , the oddest sensation went lurching through her . |
| 15 | She emptied the contents of her bag on to the bed , smiling ruefully at the conglomeration of articles , some of which she had carried about forever . |
| 16 | She scanned the dancers , saw Claudia moving vampishly against another man , Ted . |
| 17 | Sometimes she 'd keep me waiting there for over an hour while she scanned the surroundings through 180 degrees , over and over again . |
| 18 | She scanned the houses in the streets , looking at the Christmas trees in gaily lit windows , the decorations that were hanging from ceilings . |
| 19 | As she scanned the titles Polly 's brows contracted in a puzzled frown . |
| 20 | She scanned the newspapers for offers of adoption , of which there were many . |
| 21 | She scanned the contents of the keep net with interest . |
| 22 | One contained the proofs of an article she had written for an academic journal ; she scanned the contents of the envelope briefly and pinned it to her noticeboard to be dealt with on her return from Oxford . |
| 23 | Driving back she scanned the fields , the forestry , the ditches at the sides of the road , anything but Leon Kennedy . |
| 24 | She scanned the displays set round the visor on the inside of the helmet . |
| 25 | Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes . |
| 26 | Gunnell , a real golden girl with glittering earrings and necklace as she attacked the barriers , pulled up alongside the exotic Farmer-Patrick coming off the final bend . |
| 27 | The young Beatrice Potter , anonymously living among the textile workers of Bacup , had no doubt that she shared the lives of the ‘ comfortable working class ’ — dissenters and co-operators , a tight community without the casual , marginal or ‘ unrespectable ’ , surrounded by ‘ the general well-being of well-earned and well-paid work ’ , ‘ the cottages comfortable and well-furnished , and the teas excellent ’ . |
| 28 | She swished the dregs around at the bottom of her can . |
| 29 | She expected no favours from Ace , and he would be the last to give her any as far as her job was concerned . |
| 30 | As she expected the children had vanished perhaps into the trees . |