Example sentences of "[coord] she [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person ‘ goosed ’ then chases round and tries to catch the runner before he or she gets back to the space where the goosed person was sitting . |
| 2 | He had rammed his foot down on the accelerator , the Mercedes shot forward , the little grey 's neck jerked frantically and she cartwheeled violently in the air crashing to the ground , to be dragged ten feet before Angel braked . |
| 3 | She felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up into the thin face of Edward Morris . |
| 4 | Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse . |
| 5 | The desperate woman 's eyes sparkled and she looked up at the crafty totter with new interest . |
| 6 | The fortune-teller lay on her back behind the low wall and she was dying , or perhaps she was dead , for her eyes were open and she looked up at the stars . |
| 7 | Her hands , like claws , clutched her cup and she looked sorrowfully at the lukewarm tea . |
| 8 | Everything she had thought had been a lie and she looked carefully at the things she now possessed with new eyes . |
| 9 | Deep inside she knew that if he had tried she would have repulsed him , and she looked out of the window at the moonlit sky . |
| 10 | Roman drove steadily over the causeway and she looked apprehensively at the expanse of sea on either side . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'll go out and eat , ’ she said quickly , ‘ I 'll get ready , ’ and she twisted away to the bathroom , which also served as her wardrobe , and slammed the door to leave me alone with McIllvanney and Bellybutton . |
| 12 | The wall of the house was behind her and she leant back against the warm brickwork and closed her eyes . |
| 13 | He moved towards her and she flinched back against the cushions . |
| 14 | His tongue licked the small nerve-points that he could so easily locate , and she shivered even through the heat . |
| 15 | They fell apart , wood splintering , nails wrenching , and she burst out of the side of a building . |
| 16 | That stung , and she swung round in the seat , her hands clenching into fists . |
| 17 | The muffled jangle of the bell disturbed her reverie , and she glanced up at the clock — it lacked a few minutes to three — her visitor was punctual as usual . |
| 18 | She was tired out now , her eyes ached from lack of sleep and jet-lag , and she glanced longingly at the king-sized bed with its lace-trimmed peach silk sheets . |
| 19 | hit the front of the car and she went that way , and she finished up in the hedge |
| 20 | And she goes up to the two blokes and she grabs them by the balls and goes mm not bad , nice butt , you know ? |
| 21 | And she goes out into the street and she pulls her skirt up . |
| 22 | He gave her the rake and she went vigorously at the hay while he plaited a grass rope to put round a burden and heft it down to the byre . |
| 23 | Something had apparently been decided , for Margaret 's continuous muttering stopped and she went silently about the business of washing the tins . |
| 24 | And she went out of the room , leaving Clare and Bryony facing one another over two thousand five hundred sheets of paper that had to be folded by Friday . |
| 25 | He turned the horse away and walked off , ignoring her , and she went back to the house seething with annoyance . |
| 26 | He gave her a quick nod of approval and she went down to the end of the shop and began filling in the certificates , taking her information from the records Mr Miller had already made . |
| 27 | It was like a drug , like the swell of the ocean , and she went down under the waves . |
| 28 | The warm wind blew her hair from her face and she gazed out across the sea where craggy pitons struggled up from the blue sea . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm going to cry until I 'm ill ! ’ and she dropped on to the floor , her shoulders shaking and the tears rolling down her face . |
| 30 | James pushes Sandra and she falls over onto the cake that Sharon has just baked in cookery . |