Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [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 | SHERYL Garratt says her heart dropped when she saw the ages of the jury . |
| 5 | It was not that the family did not make her comfortable or spare any expense to see that she had the clothes and servants she needed , but rather that she found their way of life , their attitudes , their conversation , humour , tastes and ideas completely alien to everything she was used to . |
| 6 | After spending two weeks in Edinburgh and London , discussing plans for the final publication of her surveys in the Golan undertaken while she held the Lady Carlisle Fellowship , she returned to Oxford and enjoyed the hospitality of Somerville S. C. R. for a fortnight 's intensive work in the libraries . |
| 7 | Pulling herself together once more , Rachel 's mouth tightened and she knew the best thing would be to get away for an hour by going to lunch and pushing all thoughts of Damian Flint from her mind . |
| 8 | Beryl 's ordeal began when she phoned the police , who promised to fax her details to the motoring organisation . |
| 9 | His grip slackened and she took the opportunity to tear away from him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The sun westered as she passed the gutted farm that had now been pulled down . |
| 12 | Theda stood appalled , all her defiance collapsing as she realised the consequences she had brought down upon herself . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Rain asked as she watched the tea poured . |
| 15 | Mrs Frizzell 's nose quivered as she caught the scent of change . |
| 16 | She sat in front of her turfed teepee like a re-located squaw — the mass of brown hair loosely braided and heaped on her head like a parcel carelessly tied with twine , her forget-me-not blue eyes looking at Mary only when she thought she was unobserved , at all other times intent on the middle distance , her small , slight , quick body quivering as she enjoyed the rare comfort of proper sat-down company and felt the physical , close interest of another human being . |
| 17 | When asked about statistical material , the teacher stated that she had the national statistics . |
| 18 | Emilia reveals that she found the handkerchief ( ‘ Villainous whore ! ’ and ‘ Filth ’ , he calls her ) , and with her dying breath — that most crucial of all utterances to Renaissance beliefs — proclaims her integrity : ‘ So come my soul to bliss , as I speak true ; /So speaking as I think , alas , I die ’ ( V.ii.253f . ) . |
| 19 | Rain frowned as she poured the coffee . |
| 20 | So you 'd made a verbal contract over the phone with a lady who you found living on the premises so you had every right to believe that she owned the furniture . |
| 21 | ‘ it would appear that the vital matter for determination is whether at the time that the infant plaintiff avers that she suffered the damnum , i.e. at the date of her birth , had the defendant committed a breach of any and what duty to the infant plaintiff causing such damnum ? |
| 22 | ‘ Having emphasised these three points , it would appear that the vital matter for determination is whether at the time that the infant plaintiff avers that she suffered the damnum , i.e. at the date of her birth , had the defendant committed a breach of any and what duty to the infant plaintiff causing such damnum ? |
| 23 | There was no need to show that she foresaw the possibility of some harm . |
| 24 | Rain wondered whether she had the cheek to install her in the Antibes flat borrowed from her newspaper colleague . |
| 25 | But it was the unexpected shots that would provide the spice to the story — like the ones she had just made of the little midinette enthusing as she saw the dress she 'd sweated blood for , if not created , come down the catwalk to the roar of applause . |
| 26 | This made me shudder but I was brought back to my own worries when I heard Mum demand that she gave the lump of coal back . |
| 27 | The court heard that she showed the picture to her father , Geoff . |
| 28 | Her blonde head dipped as she traced the path to get to the Colombian city . |
| 29 | She smiled at her own ingenuity , the smile fading as she realized the ploy would only work if Worsdale was actually in the gallery . |
| 30 | She set to work on Emily 's shoes , pride insisted that she finish the job she had begun even if she was never paid for it . |