Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She made off along a long marble-floored corridor . |
| 32 | With a winning smile at a rather bemused young man , she dragged him up to dance , and every time she saw Feargal she made off in the opposite direction . |
| 33 | A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England . |
| 34 | Stella kept them waiting a long time , and when she did appear she sprinted off down the street ahead of them . |
| 35 | The prosecution allege these scratches had been inflicted just an hour earlier by Mrs Chandler as she fought back during the brutal sex attack . |
| 36 | In no mood now to finish her work , she stalked along to the kitchen . |
| 37 | She stalked off across the road , her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line . |
| 38 | And she stalked off to the foyer . |
| 39 | She stalked off into the house . |
| 40 | She stalked off like a scarecrow in a rage . |
| 41 | She stalked out of the factory , intending to walk through the grounds to cool off , and it was n't until she was passing the administration block that she realised it was raining . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | She lived in as a bride . |
| 44 | Taken from her monthly BBC Radio ‘ Woman 's Hour ’ series and culminating as she flies over for the opening night of ‘ 84 Charing Cross Road ’ . |
| 45 | Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling . |
| 46 | She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford . |
| 47 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 48 | She gazed around at the paintings which hung on the walls , looking but not really seeing . |
| 49 | But , as she gazed around at the chintz sofas , and the French-provincial-style velvet-upholstered dining-room chairs — which she could see through a far open doorway — it occurred to Laura that maybe it was the only way to preserve such sumptuous furnishings on a shoreline likely to be damp and salty in the latter part of the year , while , outside the large windows , she could see automatic sprinklers drenching the fine green lawns that ran down to the beach . |
| 50 | She gazed out of the window , rehearsing conversational gambits . |
| 51 | Kicking off her sandals , she curled her legs up beside her , running slim fingers absently along the silky golden skin of her shins , her grey eyes unfocused as she gazed out of the window . |
| 52 | She gazed out of the window aware now of how close they were to the centre of the city and Rune 's apartment . |
| 53 | She gazed out of the passenger window with unseeing eyes , hardly aware of the changing scenery as it flashed by , letting the music wash over her , concentrating on the familiar piece , losing herself in its beauty . |
| 54 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 55 | She gazed out as the beach gradually emptied of holidaymakers , and felt grateful to Rosie for having persuaded her to come to Samana . |
| 56 | She gazed out over the flat , dark countryside as the lights of Ghent were left behind . |
| 57 | The warm wind blew her hair from her face and she gazed out across the sea where craggy pitons struggled up from the blue sea . |
| 58 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 59 | She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings . |
| 60 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |