Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive . |
| 32 | With one fluid movement she reached down on the bed and picked up her T-shirt , putting it on . |
| 33 | As they reached the door she glanced down at the small flower bed which gardeners in the congregation were trying to cultivate with more optimism than success in the unrewarding soil at the side of the path . |
| 34 | Whenever she was free from the brewing she hurried up to the bower to spin with the other women . |
| 35 | At the eighth floor she stepped out into the corridor , glanced to the right … |
| 36 | Her window had been wide all night and as she got out of bed she looked down on the dusty heads of trees where sparrows were fussing . |
| 37 | Without another word she went back into the kitchen then came out to him , closed the front door after her without locking it and got into the car . |
| 38 | One lady , he claimed , almost lost her marbles when the word she picked out of the hat was the same as the one she 'd been handed 27,000 feet up a Himalayan mountain in her backpack and bivouac , far-out , cool-man days . |
| 39 | When she had undressed and put it on without catching her own eye in the mirror she went back to the other room and dumped the handbag on top of the dressing-table . |
| 40 | It was identical to the one worn by the man in the photo she had back at the hotel . |
| 41 | Over the extended hand she looked up into the prince 's eyes , and saw there the same candid regard she had seen in his model ; yet the shafts that pierced into this boy 's inmost being were somewhere shuttered close , standing off all communion . |
| 42 | But in the end she pulled back from the brink , conscious of Charles 's silent but reproachful figure hovering on the edge of her vision . |
| 43 | At the end she turned off to the right and there was I with nothing to look at . |
| 44 | After replacing the receiver she sat down on the edge of the coffee table and smiled to herself . |
| 45 | The resemblance was there , not so much in looks but in the way she held herself , the way she looked out at the world with that little smile that dared anyone to try and touch her , he thought , remembering . |
| 46 | There was no guilt in the way she snuggled down under the coverlet , only a welcome sense of freedom . |
| 47 | Peter admired her for it ; he liked the way she stood out from the other wives . |
| 48 | Rachel sighed and shook her head slightly then with a little shrug she sat down on the side of the pool and dangled her legs in the water . |
| 49 | ‘ You do n't know which end is up , do you , piggy ? ’ she said , wiping his bottom with the clean nappy and then with it in one hand and Alex under the other arm she went back into the bathroom . |
| 50 | She bought a few bits and pieces from the post office and was feeling thoroughly deflated by the time she got back to the house . |
| 51 | It was dusk by the time she checked out of the Shelbourne ; night was approaching rapidly . |
| 52 | Doyle dreaded to think of how many mistakes were appearing on the court transcript , each time she looked up at the corner of the room , where the CI5 men sat , and found two youthful , smiling faces , fixing her with meaningful looks . |
| 53 | The next time she came down to the village was after a day or two . |
| 54 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
| 55 | But this time she staggered back at the force of his tongue , invading , probing and making her gasp with unwanted pleasure . |
| 56 | It was nearly six-thirty by the time she arrived back at the hotel , having spent more time wandering through Strøget on the way there . |
| 57 | She flung the fork down , looking daggers at him , and continued : ‘ The house she lived in during the war received a direct hit , and for two days she was buried alive nursing a glass vase belonging to her mother . |
| 58 | On her way to the house she stopped off in the Campo San Maurizio to see if Annunziata had everything she needed for the dinner she was preparing to welcome Comfort , and discovered that the English post had arrived with a letter from George Wilson . |
| 59 | Putting the envelope back on the hall table she went out to the shed for her bike . |
| 60 | Towards the end of her confinement she climbed up into the den and refused to leave . |