Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [conj] she [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of grinning Koreans from Kazakhstan craned their necks skywards as she spun like a top . |
| 2 | She 'd just box a few ears , knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries , and chase them off . |
| 3 | A passport inside containing the photograph of Eila Karjalainen , a Finnish student who 'd disappeared a few months before as she hitchhiked through Oxfordshire . |
| 4 | Widow Mary Todd , 64 , met Bill Raisbeck six months ago when she moved into the same sheltered housing scheme at Thornaby , Cleveland . |
| 5 | She lifted her head , brought her eyes around until she stared into his swarthy , angular face . |
| 6 | Her skirt had ridden up and she clung to his shoulders convulsively as she yielded to the sweet torment of his long fingers stroking over her thighs . |
| 7 | Tears filled her eyes again as she thought of the little gravestone in the churchyard : In loving memory of William Richard France-Lynch , 1978–81 . |
| 8 | The sound of wheels turned in her ears again as she thought of Maman driving off to the railway station as if on some brisk pursuit . |
| 9 | Ace smiled sweetly , and slipped her mirrored sunglasses on as she headed for the reception area . |
| 10 | She put the hairbrush down and began to pull hideous faces in the glass , pulling the corners of her eyes down with her forefingers and squashing her nose up with her thumbs so that she looked like an insane pug dog . |
| 11 | She posed languidly before Silas , smoothing her hips provocatively as she spoke with coyness , ‘ Remember my old joddies , darling ? |
| 12 | Two days later as she sat on the beach , staring glumly out over the ocean , Laura knew that she could n't fool herself any longer . |
| 13 | There were only a few weeks now before she went into dry dock . |
| 14 | Annis Garfield , caused a major row 2 years ago when she applied for a teaching post under a false name and was offered an interview , despite her application being littered with spelling mistakes . |
| 15 | Raymond and Koti met seven years ago when she went to Le Manoir . |
| 16 | She was spurred on to write 10 years ago when she appeared in The Gentle Touch , the TV series about a top woman cop . |
| 17 | She was fanning her cheeks desultorily when she realised with a start that they were pulling off the road and Niall was bringing the car to a halt . |
| 18 | This was such a beautiful city , Merrill thought a couple of hours later as she paid for her coffee and left the pavement café . |
| 19 | By the time she entered the building and hurried across to Occupational Health she was several minutes later than she liked to be in the mornings . |
| 20 | And so this is how it ends , she thought minutes later as she walked with steady steps across the wooden planks . |
| 21 | Ten minutes later as she sat in the Ladies ' cloakroom , smelling-salts to her nose , Sophie joined her . |
| 22 | ‘ She always had the rubber gloves on as she clucked about the place , ’ recalls Carolyn . |
| 23 | She saw him in the wings just before she went on stage and she chose to ignore whatever had happened in the interval . |
| 24 | Her marriage broke up in 1985 , leaving her to bring up seven children alone and she worked with local women 's theatre group , Charabanc , on a freelance basis . |
| 25 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 26 | And every year the little creeper remembers the words of the angel and blushes again as she thinks of them . |
| 27 | THE Princess of Wales spoke movingly of aching loneliness and rejection among AIDS victims yesterday as she appealed for compassion for sufferers and gave warning of the dangers of ignoring the disease . |