Example sentences of "[pron] she [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is Mrs Crupp 's dish of kidneys , sir , for which she sent out to the pastrycook in David Copperfield . |
| 2 | Tilda appeared with a ball of oozing clay in her arms which she flung down on the table . |
| 3 | One of his favourite cakes was a sticky gingerbread which she made frequently in the cold days of winter . |
| 4 | The locals thought she was a stuck-up bitch from Belfast , which she played up to the hilt , and the other guests — foreigners , mostly Dutch and Germans by their collar sizes — were taken by her vivacity , and the calm indulgence of the quiet , handsome man opposite her , who said little , smiled a lot , and ordered a second full fried breakfast in a way that had the waitress fit to melt into his arms . |
| 5 | She had passion , love and warmth of character , which she developed well towards the end . |
| 6 | From it she took a book , which she carried over to the dressing-table . |
| 7 | The next day she appeared with a box of her own tapes of classical music which she thrust endlessly into the cassette machine with a distracted smile . |
| 8 | She bought a small shotgun and it was a simple business shooting spotted guineafowl or the umber-coloured francolin , which she stewed slowly on the fire . |
| 9 | There is Ethel and her cello , at which she saws away to the halting accompaniment of Lou , the schoolgirl niece . |
| 10 | She found a penny and two ha'pennies in her purse , and the publican had served her a little port in exchange , which she sipped close to the blazing fire . |
| 11 | For the first time since Tamar had met her , the putty-coloured cheeks were flushed and the hands which she held out for the child were shaking . |
| 12 | And Miss Streep duly arrived on her bicycle which she chained confidently to the theatre railings . |
| 13 | Another friend puts all her bits and pieces like grooming brushes and fly repellent in an old door manger , which she fastened on to the door . |
| 14 | By the way — ’ She opened her bag and drew out the incriminating tape , which she put down on the round antique table which stood at the centre of the hall . |
| 15 | She dresses for the most part in a pink frilly fairy costume in which she walks down to the beach , paints , dances and collects snails . |
| 16 | PRINCESS Diana will spend this Christmas wracked with heartache , separated from everyone she loves best in the world . |
| 17 | As she reached them she glanced back at the hire car , knowing that she could n't leave it there for long . |
| 18 | And now she is married to Brian Bowen , towards whom she drives home through the January night . |
| 19 | Salina 's husband is dead , she has three children whom she feeds mostly from the food she can glean from the rubbish tips , largely banana skins . |
| 20 | Her other recreation is playing the violin , something she took up at the age of 11 when she went on to become a member of the Preston Youth Orchestra . |
| 21 | He was hardly aware of moving , but when he pushed the postern closed behind him she stepped back into the gateway , eyeing him with very human caution . |
| 22 | But this Anne Mowbray would stop at nothing — she would chance all to be alone with him she loved best in the world ; on one throw of the dice … |
| 23 | When he opened the door for her she stepped out towards the dark stairs of the barn , her mind still in the bright , airy room , and at the top of the steps she suddenly swayed giddily , pitching towards the stairs . |
| 24 | When he tried to upstage her she sauntered down to the front of the stage and such was her control over the audience now , he had to back off , otherwise it would have been he who looked ridiculous . |
| 25 | And sh they she was given erm some sort of oh something to put her to sleep or whatever gas and I know sh she seemed to know what she was doing but this lady that was there with her she passed out with the smell of gas in the room so she was n't much help . |
| 26 | Then with her crutch to aid her she slipped out of the door and round the blind side of the building , hobbling into the cover of the under-brush . |
| 27 | It was as if her mind had split into two separate portions , Gina thought as with one part of it she listened attentively to the technical explanations and absorbed the aesthetic appearance of the system with approving eyes , her creative instincts stimulated with the challenge with which she 'd been bestowed . |
| 28 | ‘ The first time she went out in it she came back into the house giggling that she 'd driven through town with the top down , even though it was freezing . |
| 29 | She still travels the world , tirelessly delivering papers at scientific gatherings and converting anyone she comes across on the way . |
| 30 | But Bella Latimer , she decided , was the kind of woman who would go on getting what she wanted even in the darkest days of the war . |