Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [conj] she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Katherine started awake , confused for a single moment , images of the dream in which she had shot John Lewis still vivid behind her eyes — except now when she raised the gun and pulled the trigger , it was her son who spun away , red blossoming on his shirt . |
| 2 | ‘ Playing with D'Arcy has been a real education because up until she joined the band I always thought about rock in male terms . |
| 3 | As soon as she reached the open deer-park she ran , and she hardly paused until she came to the broad track that sloped down to the marsh , smiling and vivid green in the late afternoon sunshine . |
| 4 | Up the tree she had decided to make a dash for home as soon as she reached the ground , without giving the witch a chance to grab her , but now she did n't do it . |
| 5 | To her chagrin he skied straight over to her as soon as she reached the field , and a faint , self-mocking grin touched her lips as she surveyed his outfit close at hand . |
| 6 | As soon as she reached the club , as soon as she was back in the public eye , she would have to switch on the false persona that had carried her through the past week . |
| 7 | As soon as she released the stick , he shot off , following its long , curving flight out on to the sandbanks . |
| 8 | As soon as she left the main tourist route it became quieter and darker . |
| 9 | As soon as she passed the gate she could hear the sirens of ambulances echoing round the valley , and see the flashing lights of the emergency vehicles . |
| 10 | ‘ As soon as she had the call to go to the scene , adrenalin would have started pouring into her bloodstream increasing her heart rate and alertness , ’ she said . |
| 11 | But as soon as she saw the tooth , she lost interest . |
| 12 | Well , for instance ; one night Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor who had called Stella II a skinny black bitch right in the middle of her rendition of ‘ Te Amo ’ , and he meant it , right there in the middle of his number — well Madame not only showed her approval of the assault by conspicuously buying Stella drinks every night for the whole of the following week ; as soon as she saw the fight starting she got off her stool , yanked out the plug on the sound system , hitched up that frock , got straight up on the stage while they were still on the floor ( she knew Stella would sort him out ) and she went into an unforgettable aria of abuse against this stranger which culminated in her eschewing all her usual magnificence of phrasing and just standing there shouting fuck off at him , screaming fuck off , if you do n't like it you can fuck off , E , X , I , T , there it is , you came in through it and now you can fuck off out of it , fuck off out of it why do n't you you stupid bastard ( and by now of course someone had dragged Stella off and we were all up on our chairs cheering while the disgraced stranger made his slow and humiliating exit through the parting crowd ) why do n't you just piss off and insult someone who does n't have the balls to answer back because you 've picked the wrong girls here darling , fuck off that 's it , fucking fuck off , fucking fuck off right through my front door and do n't you ever , do n't you ever , do n't you ever step on my fucking frock again . |
| 13 | ‘ She told me she had made it up on the spot as soon as she saw the bloke . ’ |
| 14 | She hit her and at the same time as she hit her she virtually came to a er , a stop because of the fact she wa she started to brake as soon as she saw the the children appear er , but ne never the less contact was made but thankfully for her and for the child the the contact was a a at no significant speed , the child was just knocked off her feet and she got up and waved to Mrs and said I 'm alright and she ran off and she was away before Mrs had time , even to undo her safety belt to get out of the car . |
| 15 | She also left the book undisturbed but felt , as soon as she saw the title , a further fellow feeling with S. Kettering . |
| 16 | She just went haywire as soon as she saw the instructor . |
| 17 | She stopped as soon as she saw the effect of her words . |
| 18 | It confused her , that contact , and she broke away as soon as she felt the solid deck beneath her feet . |
| 19 | As soon as she entered the room she knew that Clare had already been telling tales ; or at least complaining to her colleagues . |
| 20 | She spotted Adam almost as soon as she entered the club , but though he was sitting only a short distance away with a stocky sandy-haired man she did n't recognise , it took her some time to reach his table , since she was obliged to stop at every few strides to talk to customers . |
| 21 | She was on the run as soon as she won the lead role in Bitter Harvest — back to her pop star husband Jim Kerr and two-month-old son James . |
| 22 | her carnal pleasures never made her fear the wrath of God , the scorn of Jesus , or the candied disgust of the Holy Virgin … for as soon as she recognized the presence within her of seeds of these fears ( divine wrath , scorn , disgust ) , Divine made of her loves a god above God , Jesus , and the Holy Virgin , to whom they were submissive like everyone else . |
| 23 | As soon as she brung the tray through , I just drank it , took the book and bolted . |
| 24 | She heard voices as soon as she opened the glass-panelled door , and had already been warned by the four cups that Faye 's husband must be home . |
| 25 | As soon as she spoke the words she flinched inside . |
| 26 | As soon as she helped the maid to clear the table , we had our feet under it , after first washing our hands . |
| 27 | Their eyes met and Ruth 's fingers tightened around the stem of her champagne glass — a defensive gesture as always when she caught the eye of a seriously good-looking male . |