Example sentences of "[adv] she was [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , like a dam bursting , suddenly she was diving across the room , a sob escaping from her lips as she reached out to snatch it up . |
| 2 | Tamworth , yeah , he works in Tamworth and she has to fetch him cos he does n't drive , sometimes she fetches him a rather that him get the bus home and so she was going along the main she said the name of the road , but I ca n't , th , the number of the road but I ca n't remember she says she saw rats just trotting down the side of the road , you know ! |
| 3 | So she was going to the opposite direction actually , and I insisted that I do n't want to take her that long she would have to walk back again . |
| 4 | But inside she was cringing at the memory of that appalling evening at the Grand Hotel . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course , ’ she said expressionlessly , but inside she was devastated by the loss of her sensual lover . |
| 6 | But as Claire walked away she was followed by the boyfriend . |
| 7 | But tonight she was walking towards the bomb-site , towards one hell of a surprise . |
| 8 | Then somehow she was spreadeagled along the seat and he was half-kneeling , half -lying on top of her and suddenly she did not think that what was between her legs was his finger . |
| 9 | Soon she was recognised by the group as their specialist on facts and figures and formal press officer . |
| 10 | She felt her arm being grabbed , and slowly she was pulled from the quicksand . |
| 11 | Eventually she was appointed as the Mission 's Scottish Deputation Secretary where the full range of her gifts were put at the disposal of the churches . |
| 12 | Eventually she was moved onto the General ward . |
| 13 | Some attempts were made to raise an interest in preserving her but without success and eventually she was towed to the breakers yard at Bo'Ness in July 1977 and broken up . |
| 14 | And always she was haunted by the knowledge that if she failed her mother would lose her home . |
| 15 | Yesterday she was hit by the ‘ instant justice ’ promised in a tough Christmas drink drive blitz . |
| 16 | Thirty minutes later she was drowning in the river Severn at Stonebench in Gloucestershire Bristol Crown court was told . |
| 17 | Contrary to all expectations , ten minutes later she was seated at the washbasin , and forty minutes after that she emerged from the salon feeling refreshed and certainly different . |
| 18 | Seconds later she was connected to the consultant physician . |
| 19 | A few minutes later she was hurrying through the sombre squares and lanes . |
| 20 | And a few moments later she was shown into the office she remembered from before . |
| 21 | Two days later she was buried in the Badcox Lane Baptist Burying Ground by John Kingdon , the pastor , ‘ aged 1 year ’ . |
| 22 | Shortly after breakfast Fabia nosed her Volkswagen Polo in the direction of that other spa town and fifty minutes later she was walking through the spa park with its trees , benches and bandstand . |
| 23 | Twenty minutes later she was sitting in the back of her big black car , drinking a cup of coffee and talking to the Chief of Airport Police on the car telephone . |
| 24 | For thirty days and nights she did not sleep , and throughout she was supported by the bird , who sang to her as well to rally her spirits — and to keep her awake . |
| 25 | Now she was rattling along the empty streets , the horse 's hooves sounding sharp and crisp in the silence . |
| 26 | During the few moments in which she paused in her ascent to the church she reflected that now she was looking at the view the other way round ; now she was in one of the overcrowded little alleys visible from San Martino as merely a crack in a vast expanse of roof tiles and crumbling masonry and noticeable from that lofty vantage point because of the fluttering of the washing hung out on poles over the street to dry . |
| 27 | She had experienced the ecstasy , and now she was living through the agony . |
| 28 | ‘ Leave them alone , ’ he said , for now she was fiddling with the crochet mats of green wool , flipping them over like pancakes . |
| 29 | Now she was walking along the parade and came upon old Cornelius Fennell in his bath chair , with Gay beside him , wearing a paper hat . |
| 30 | Now she was waiting for the food to reach her at the rapidly expanding camp . |