Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
| 2 | Returning to the bedroom she crept back to the bed , raised the knife and without a moment 's thought drove it down into the sleeper 's chest . |
| 3 | In fact , it was the extra revenue she brought in at the baby end that enabled the charity to open up units for cervical cancer , and fund other research into unappealing but equally vital conditions . |
| 4 | Getting up from her seat she walked over to the radio cabinet . |
| 5 | At the end of the ceremony she tottered off to the bus , looking as if she had every intention of popping in to the local when she got home and livening everyone up with a steady dropping of ‘ To think our ‘ Ilda should go before me ’ remarks . |
| 6 | With a little moan of fear she scrambled out of the car and raced to the house to hammer on the door , but it opened at the first blow from her fist . |
| 7 | I ca n't take my eyes off this beautiful woman and as if sensing my gaze she hurries off to the adjoining room to get dressed . |
| 8 | With a heavy sigh she lay back on the pile of beach cushions , closing her eyes against the early-morning sun , already climbing high in the sky . |
| 9 | Then with a sigh she sank on to the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , feeling the soft springs of the mattress bounce beneath her weight . |
| 10 | Rose listened , open-mouthed , and at the end of this recital she jumped down from the wicker basket and hugged Ruth all over again . |
| 11 | At the bottom of the companionway she struggled out of the wet oilskins and dropped them on the floor in a heap . |
| 12 | Oh Carolina is a girl she buck up in the |
| 13 | Without a moment 's hesitation she jumped down from the platform of the bus , as the driver slammed on the brakes , swearing : ‘ Make up yer bleeding mind , for Gawd 's sake ! ’ |
| 14 | With a quick wave she darted off through the clusters of people , and Caroline was left facing Roman , abruptly gripped by shyness as well as the usual quietly simmering resentment . |
| 15 | Because it had always been in the back of her mind , from the moment she got up in the morning until she went to bed at night . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , ’ said Betty , but after a moment she went out to the stream leaving Lydia to sit back on her heels and wonder why she found dressing-gowns and slippers so tawdry . |
| 17 | After a moment she came out on the landing and she was dressing . |
| 18 | Idealistic and romantic , Will Simpson responded to the beauty of nature almost as a duty and in strong contrast to his wife who found that it was always too cold and complained that the wind ruined her hair the moment she stepped out of the garden gate . |
| 19 | For a moment she stared down at the stains and the roses , and then she walked away . |
| 20 | With a murmur of thanks to the portiera she stepped out into the street . |
| 21 | At one point she roamed over to the window and gazed out . |
| 22 | Flavia was working ; the long days in the tower were intact , only in the evening she set out for the house on the other bay ; the difficult hour at the cafe was cut , even writing became bearable . |
| 23 | Placing the night-light against the wall she sat down on the top stair , humping the eiderdown high over her shoulders and gazing into the darkness . |
| 24 | In her plain blue suit she came down from the Clubhouse with two of the owners who seemed to want to be near the horses at ground level . |
| 25 | With a sad shake of her head she walked on towards the farm buildings . |
| 26 | When Flavia remembered that tomorrow was going to be her essay day she ran up to the tower to fetch some essential-books which she set out with grim awareness on the dining-room table at the villa . |
| 27 | One day she turned up with the Raleigh bike because she was worried that I did n't get out much . |
| 28 | That night she sneaked out of the house as usual , but this time she was carrying a case . |
| 29 | Last night she bowled along to the Royal Geographical Society to attend a lecture by Edward Whitley , a young writer recently returned from Madagascar with Gerald Durrell . |
| 30 | This week she came in with the garment — very nicely knitted but with the sleeves ( in the stocking stitch ) too short . |