Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [conj] she [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Meredith asked as she took the cup .
2 Zach nodded and she opened the door out on to the landing and closed it behind her .
3 Sue sighed as she regulated the dial for the toast .
4 She made Frankie smile because she believed the bird could say all sorts of real words , when in fact it did nothing but whistle and chirrup and squawk .
5 You will do it carefully ? ’ he added , his tone sounding suddenly a little dangerous , and Maggie stopped as she reached the door .
6 Mary Jane says that she loves the feeling of space but the only drawback is not having a hallway to put the wet coats and muddy boots in when it rains .
7 Nannie sighed as she dropped the Viyella nightdress over Nicandra 's head .
8 Charlotte , Ruth thought as she penned the note , would be delighted .
9 Marie Wassilieff relates that she seized the gun , forced Modigliani out of the door and rolled him down the stairs .
10 she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship .
11 Tallis gasped as she saw the bones of men and horses piled by the river and flung into the branches , grim remnants of those who had not won the day .
12 What Dilys Powell missed when she described The Wicked Lady as a concatenation of ‘ the hoary , the tedious , the disagreeable , ’ as did other critics who saw Gainsborough 's films as a reassertion of an old escapist tendency in British cinema , was how much of an advance such films offered on everything of a similar sort that had gone before , and how they touched the sentiments of audiences who could no longer respond to stories of gallant endeavour quite as they could when it seemed that defeat was an imminent possibility .
13 Zurachina turned when she heard the sound of approaching footsteps .
14 Helen worked because she needed the income , quite apart from anything else .
15 Jeanie watched as she chalked the board .
16 Better though that he simmered for a while , Carrie thought as she stirred the greens and tested the potatoes with a fork .
17 Elaine chuckled as she reached the bottom of the cliff and jumped from a smooth , rounded boulder into the shallow water .
18 ‘ We will let Posy have a look at the male tortoises we have got on Sunday to see if she likes the look of them , ’ said Ms Jackson .
19 When Sam flopped as she hosted the 1989 Brit pop awards Pat was her shoulder to cry on .
20 In the magazine profile , Ms Sheehy divulges that she interviewed the woman named by Mrs Clinton .
21 Nicola listened as she walked the grass lip .
22 Minnie wept when she heard the news and willingly accompanied Julia to see their mother .
23 Meg waited until she heard the main bedroom door shut before going herself to the bathroom .
24 " Cheers , " Timothy Gedge said when she opened the hall door .
25 Mary smiled as she negotiated the three awkward steps down to the sunken floor of the huge kitchen .
26 Secretary Joan Smiles said that she preferred the Dean Centre to Westwood House while clerical officer Norma Clark said : ‘ Westwood House has n't got the character of Dean , but the facilities are much better . ’
27 Marianne laughed as she twisted the knife still deeper .
28 ‘ I can , ’ Caroline muttered as she inched the tiny plastic teeth shut , ‘ if you can do without breathing .
29 Cassie shivered as she contemplated the knowledge that she had been here in this kitchen once before … or as near as made no difference .
30 Caroline smiled as she clasped the old woman 's hands .
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