Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , she was very old ; she was twenty-four years old and she worked in the mill and earned eight shillings a week . |
| 2 | She was pretty and popular and she lived for the moment . |
| 3 | She 's wrong because she falls into the latter category . |
| 4 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
| 5 | The penguin felt embarrassed as she gazed into the black , unblinking seal eyes . |
| 6 | That 's the worst time for her , she gets afraid when she wakes in the night . ’ |
| 7 | The Queen looked drawn and unsmiling as she arrived at the games with Prince Philip , Prince Edward and the Queen Mother . |
| 8 | We talked as we went along , but Jane 's conversation became increasingly vague and absent-minded as she concentrated on the work in hand . |
| 9 | He produced newspaper cuttings proving that BB came to Nefta but I am not convinced that she stayed in the Hotel de la Liberté , whose plumbing leaves everything to be desired . |
| 10 | Mrs Lomax did n't exactly shrink back , but she seemed nervous as she glanced over the instruments . |
| 11 | Fearing that Austrian reprisals might be possible if she stayed on the continent , Hortense decided to take her son to England , stopping off in Paris on their way in the hope that the new King , Louis-Philippe , might allow her to stay there , at least for a time . |
| 12 | Since she was not particularly enamoured of Madame de Montijo it is little wonder that she arrived at the Cathedral in a state of high discontent . |
| 13 | Nils shoved her hard and she fell into the deep satin embrace of a sofa . |
| 14 | It was a relief therefore to make for the frozen shore where the parson was protesting that his wife would be safer and more comfortable if she remained in the carriage . |
| 15 | Billie could n't believe the cold and she rushed towards the warmth of the terminal . |
| 16 | ‘ So Father was forced to make a choice between Mother , and his fiancée and Venice , ’ she said , her face soft as she thought of the power of romance . |
| 17 | She was thus entitled to be as forthright as she wished about the travellers , who kept camping in the council yard and various public spaces and were cordially loathed by the local residents , whether they admitted it or not . |
| 18 | She was not entirely sure that she believed in the existence of the unicorn . |
| 19 | Although I had already spoken to her about past lives , Maxine was not at all sure that she believed in the concept . |
| 20 | She was pitchforked into it by the early death of her husband James V. But this woman from France made sure that she learned about the country she would control . |
| 21 | It would be very awkward if she called at the house and Miss Watson were just about to come over . |
| 22 | It was very embarrassing because she talked about the pain and degradation of sex and what a trap her marriage was . |
| 23 | Her name is Odette Smith and when I helped judge the finals , I had no idea what lay behind her fight to look as good as she did on the day . |
| 24 | She felt suddenly irritable as she bent over the cot and lifted the child to her breast . |
| 25 | However , I can give my hon. Friend the undertaking that as long as she remains in the House such research will not be the Cinderella of the health service . |
| 26 | ‘ Just as long as she knows about the increased risk of her baby getting gastroenteritis with bottle-feeding … ’ |
| 27 | Tight fit : Firemen last night used a hacksaw to rescue a seven-year-old girl who became stuck after she squeezed into the cradle of a baby swing in St Christopher 's Park , Richmond Street , Middlesbrough . |
| 28 | Irina had been brisk when she called with the news and told him to telephone Rakovsky at his hotel . |
| 29 | But she was alone when she climbed over the raised cot sides of her bed and crashed to the floor , injuring her head . |
| 30 | She felt unrested , her eyes heavy as she stared into the fire for the truth was that she had slept very little and , when she did drift off , dreams of being in Craig 's arms tormented her . |