Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [conj] she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , her heart sank when she examined the bowl more closely . |
| 2 | Most of the shops seemed already to be closed and her heart sank as she identified the unlit frontage of number seventeen . |
| 3 | Her heart sank as she remembered the phone call which for the first time began to make sense . |
| 4 | Meredith asked as she took the cup . |
| 5 | Zach nodded and she opened the door out on to the landing and closed it behind her . |
| 6 | Sue sighed as she regulated the dial for the toast . |
| 7 | Salt 's great shoulders twitched as she turned the pie and put it back , but she did n't deny it . |
| 8 | Breeze was so hot already that she could n't blush any more , but her eyes flashed as she faced the witch , and shook her head . |
| 9 | Her eyes glittered as she saw the bottle . |
| 10 | You will do it carefully ? ’ he added , his tone sounding suddenly a little dangerous , and Maggie stopped as she reached the door . |
| 11 | Nannie sighed as she dropped the Viyella nightdress over Nicandra 's head . |
| 12 | Beryl 's ordeal began when she phoned the police , who promised to fax her details to the motoring organisation . |
| 13 | His grip slackened and she took the opportunity to tear away from him . |
| 14 | She just sat on the stairs eating biscuit after biscuit until , just before midnight , the telephone rang and she heard the voice of the surgeon telling her that the operation was over , that it had been a complete success and that Paul was likely to make a rapid recovery It was after that call that Annette realised that she had steadily munched her way through two and a half packets of biscuits . |
| 15 | Charlotte , Ruth thought as she penned the note , would be delighted . |
| 16 | The sun westered as she passed the gutted farm that had now been pulled down . |
| 17 | Tallis gasped as she saw the bones of men and horses piled by the river and flung into the branches , grim remnants of those who had not won the day . |
| 18 | What Dilys Powell missed when she described The Wicked Lady as a concatenation of ‘ the hoary , the tedious , the disagreeable , ’ as did other critics who saw Gainsborough 's films as a reassertion of an old escapist tendency in British cinema , was how much of an advance such films offered on everything of a similar sort that had gone before , and how they touched the sentiments of audiences who could no longer respond to stories of gallant endeavour quite as they could when it seemed that defeat was an imminent possibility . |
| 19 | Zurachina turned when she heard the sound of approaching footsteps . |
| 20 | Her heart pounded as she joined the throng of girls in the gloomy yard , all looking most dramatic with their hair loose and their long black robes and witches ' hats . |
| 21 | Rain asked as she watched the tea poured . |
| 22 | Mrs Frizzell 's nose quivered as she caught the scent of change . |
| 23 | The motors whined as she put the speeder into reverse . |
| 24 | When asked about statistical material , the teacher stated that she had the national statistics . |
| 25 | Rain frowned as she poured the coffee . |
| 26 | Helen worked because she needed the income , quite apart from anything else . |
| 27 | Jeanie watched as she chalked the board . |
| 28 | Better though that he simmered for a while , Carrie thought as she stirred the greens and tested the potatoes with a fork . |
| 29 | Elaine chuckled as she reached the bottom of the cliff and jumped from a smooth , rounded boulder into the shallow water . |
| 30 | Rain wondered whether she had the cheek to install her in the Antibes flat borrowed from her newspaper colleague . |