Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [verb] [adv] [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 | It was the piece she liked best in the whole house . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then with a sigh she sank on to the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , feeling the soft springs of the mattress bounce beneath her weight . |
| 11 | As a child she roamed freely along the country lanes , knew the wild flowers by name and smell and the birds in dialect . |
| 12 | Rose listened , open-mouthed , and at the end of this recital she jumped down from the wicker basket and hugged Ruth all over again . |
| 13 | At the bottom of the companionway she struggled out of the wet oilskins and dropped them on the floor in a heap . |
| 14 | Oh Carolina is a girl she buck up in the |
| 15 | Using the fork like a pick she chipped away at the soil . |
| 16 | Her earliest memory was of him holding her tightly by the hand , when she was just a toddler , in case she strayed too near the rushing river . |
| 17 | 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 ! ’ |
| 18 | She scorned the ‘ literary ’ but still believed in the literature she admires here in the work of Christina Stead , Louise Erdich , and in the best discussion of Jane Eyre you will ever read . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | After a moment she came out on the landing and she was dressing . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | For a moment she stared down at the stains and the roses , and then she walked away . |
| 25 | For a moment she stood uncertainly at the entrance to the marquee , the simplicity of her dark long dress in elegant contrast to the exotic fancydress all around her . |
| 26 | With a murmur of thanks to the portiera she stepped out into the street . |
| 27 | At one point she roamed over to the window and gazed out . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |