Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , then your outraged mother leapt into the car which was loaded with our luggage because we intended to be off to Urbino that morning , and apparently she decided on some kind of hara-kiri or felo de se , a consummation of our marriage devoutly to be wished but never performed . |
| 2 | Timidly she tacked on another question that bothered her . |
| 3 | So she scored on that line . |
| 4 | So she agreed to that bargain , and for a few days more kept the secret to herself , still hopeful that she might be mistaken , and yet at the same time aware of a feeling of inner triumph at the knowledge that she had her very own baby growing inside her womb . |
| 5 | She tried the back door and found it open , and going in she turned on some lights and made herself a cup of coffee . |
| 6 | Now she knew beyond any doubt that they were going to spend the rest of the evening together . |
| 7 | Was n't she entitled to some time of her own after a busy week 's teaching and little free time on Saturday ? |
| 8 | She found herself wondering painfully how she compared in that respect with this Sybil . |
| 9 | Ronni was n't quite sure how she felt about that judgement . |
| 10 | Lisa could n't figure out quite how she felt about this development . |
| 11 | Leonora thanked him quietly , not quite sure how she felt about this idea . |
| 12 | What she said to me on the subject of the race riots and how she felt in that context makes me think that this stage in her life was nothing to do with race . |
| 13 | Abruptly she looked in another direction — somehow , she felt unsteady , as if everything was getting away from her ! |
| 14 | ‘ Mrs Wright asked if I wanted a lift home , then she went to that house , the one in the photograph . ’ |
| 15 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 16 | Then she began on another tack . |
| 17 | And then she hid inside this cow ! |
| 18 | There she studied for several months at the Académie Carmen with James McNeill Whistler [ q.v. ] , |
| 19 | Once there she spoke to several people including the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 20 | That was why she had reacted to him with such ferocity , why she had such difficulty tearing her mind away from him , why she shivered inside each time she pictured his face . |
| 21 | However , Brenda 's turn is so constructed that it starts in London English with a statement about what happened , and switches to Creole at " cause " ( which could be London English or Creole ) — precisely the point where she begins her explanation of why she acted in this way . |
| 22 | Instead she sipped on several cups of reviving , strong black coffee , and chewed listlessly on a piece of cardboard masquerading as toast . |
| 23 | Do you know when she left on that trip she left behind a list of about 28 things I was to do . |
| 24 | For she knew where she stood with that family . |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't ask me , missis ; all I know , wherever she went on those nights , she 'd leave here at half-past six and it was lucky if the clock saw her coming in that door at half-past eleven at night . ’ |