Example sentences of "[vb past] she [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found she could sit at work in the Rose Bowl , her hands occupied as they were now , while in her head she relived the moments she had spent with Luke ; his hands caressing her ; his mouth on hers . |
| 2 | If a door creaked she 'd jump with fright . |
| 3 | She knew what they were saying and realized she could come to church no more . |
| 4 | As she bustled about the mess , he did n't so much as look at her , which meant she would have to comer him to talk to him . |
| 5 | It meant she could answer without thinking , which was an infinite mercy , for suddenly she was quite incapable of thinking . |
| 6 | Occasionally , he took his hand off the gear lever and reached out for hers , and sometimes he glanced towards her with a look so full of tenderness that she felt she could weep for joy . |
| 7 | Mrs Whitehouse , in turn , began to organise those organisations on whom she felt she could count for support . |
| 8 | She hoped such mundane matters would keep his mind occupied for a good while , because , if he ever discovered how helplessly she had responded to him , Isabel knew she would die of humiliation . |
| 9 | In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold . |
| 10 | The cry that escaped from Rosalba made Caterina 's throat tighten ; she dropped Rosa 's hand from her grasp , and thought she might weep in sympathy with the funny sound , half-sob , half-gasp , that issued from her sister . |
| 11 | There was one particular youth whom she thought she might approach for information . |
| 12 | And if Paula should tell her mother she thought she would die of shame ! |
| 13 | Secondly were Mrs White 's brother and sister-in-law who were reported earlier as saying at second interview that they thought she should remain at home ‘ if things keep as they 're going now , and she gets the services she 's getting ’ . |