Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [conj] she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crept downstairs , remembering to avoid the creaking step , and padded softly across the living-room floor , hardly daring to breathe as she opened the front door . |
| 2 | He was difficult to live with , impossibly single-minded over his career , yet none of that seemed to matter as she balanced the weight of her new discovery against all she knew of him . |
| 3 | Suddenly she dropped his hand and slid her arms about his waist , knowing she 'd won when she felt the thunder of his heart against her cheek as she burrowed her face against his chest . |
| 4 | The years reeled back , her old saggy breasts seemed to respond and she crossed the room without realising it , wrapping both her children in the Chinese spread and taking them into her arms like a mediaeval St Anne with Virgin and Child . |
| 5 | When Cinzia said she was staying ‘ in town ’ , he 'd assumed that she meant the Miletti villa . |
| 6 | She was instantly aware that she 'd over-reacted as she saw the expression on his face . |
| 7 | He gazed at her , in silence , as if waiting to see if she had the strength to carry out this assertion . |
| 8 | The Californian court trying Patricia Hearst for bank robbery was asked to hear stylometric evidence to help determine whether she composed the propaganda for the Symbionese Liberation Army which was part of the case against her . |
| 9 | His hostess was beginning to wilt as she greeted the guests who , by now , were queuing half-way up the grand staircase . |
| 10 | She was halfway round and beginning to fret when she entered the Fragonard Room and was briefly transported to a French salon of the eighteenth century . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake . |
| 12 | They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door . |
| 13 | The applicant did not wish to retire when she reached the age of 60 and that requirement was waived by the authority until shortly after her sixty-second birthday , when she was dismissed . |
| 14 | She would have spat if she had the spit to spare in her dry carcass . |
| 15 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , where a creditor knew that security was being taken for the benefit of a debtor from a surety who was likely to be influenced by and to have some degree of reliance on the debtor , the creditor should seek to ensure that unfair advantage was not taken of the surety ; that , if the creditor failed to do so and the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by the debtor 's undue influence or material misrepresentation or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction , the security would be unenforceable ; that the bank knew that the defendants were husband and wife and that the wife was being asked to provide security for the husband 's business and was likely to rely on his judgment , and they should have ensured that she understood the nature and effect of the document which she was asked to sign ; and that , since the bank had failed to do so and had left it to the husband to explain the transaction , so that as a result of the husband 's misrepresentation the wife entered into the charge on the misunderstanding that her liability was limited to £60,000 , they could not enforce the charge against the wife save to the extent of £60,000 ( post , pp. 620C–G , 622F — 623C , D–F , 635G — 636F ) . |
| 16 | If he had lived , her hard-pressed mother might not have insisted that she accept the advances of the heir to the Sherman tobacco fortune . |
| 17 | Flinging her head upwards , she stared at Leo , and several seconds must have elapsed before she had the gumption to grasp his extended hand . |
| 18 | He ran after her , calling her name , but she ignored him and kept running until she reached the road . |
| 19 | Then acting like a fifteen-year-old girl now , she turned and ran along the path , around the ornamental clock , and kept running until she reached the east gate of the park . |
| 20 | Robin-Anne nodded , but was too busy eating to take much notice of her brother , though she did manage to mumble that she thought the diet soda was really kind of good . |
| 21 | But what would Gemma want to eat if she had the choice ? |
| 22 | For example , it could appear that She washed , and dressed the baby means that she washed ( herself ) and then she dressed the baby , while She washed and dressed the baby would seem to suggest that she washed the baby and also dressed it . |
| 23 | will never be allowed to forget that she cut the Social Services budget by one tenth . |
| 24 | In September 1991 , Bernhard flew his small aircraft along , and videoed , the exact route and at the same altitude that W1048 had flown when she attacked the Tirpitz in 1942 . |
| 25 | Her initial insane reaction to the loss had eased when she confronted the reality of the other woman and the new tears played an essential part in her healing . |
| 26 | Phoebe , on the other hand , suddenly could not remember what false name she had given when she made the appointment . |
| 27 | She never told her husband about her relationship with Phillip Levy and it was only after both men had died that she made the difficult decision to confess her secret life . |
| 28 | Sara had smiled when she read the letter . |
| 29 | Knowing Candy would only continue to probe till she got the truth , Rory gave in gracefully . |
| 30 | The romantic fantasy world that she had entered when she left the train with Ludo was dissolving in the light of reality . |