Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] she [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Either the mermaid was energetically breasting the waves or she sat on the upturned keel of a drowned vessel and combed out long and improbably yellow hair .
2 She bust her moorings and she belted into the coal-tips , ready for loading .
3 The gown slipped soundlessly from her shoulders and she tiptoed like a shadow towards him .
4 Min 's head was almost level with her shoulders and she smoked with a long black cigaretteholder .
5 She could not communicate with their static sky-fires but she watched/felt/learned of the realities of Spiderglass on the Earth of a century before , back when industry meant manufacture or service and did n't encompass its environments or political power .
6 Her hair was dressed in a pyramid of fat ringlets and she looked like a Restoration wench , maid to Millamant , scene stealer , fit to be kissed in corners .
7 The wood cracked against Belle 's hands and she sat for the rest of the lesson holding her knees .
8 They sent her to London for elocution lessons and she grew into a lovely young lady .
9 When they reached the first floor , he opened one of the doors and she walked into a large bedroom with a huge bed , masses of cupboard space , a comfortable armchair , and a table and chairs set by the window .
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