Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She failed him as a great ‘ silver ’ power , as a naval power at Trafalgar , and by 1807 her domestic polities were so confused by court intrigue that she appeared scarcely a reliable political ally . |
| 2 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 3 | She met it with a puzzled look in her eyes . |
| 4 | She propelled her to a low wall and sat her down beside her suitcase . |
| 5 | I waited in the office for an hour before she led me into a darkened side ward . |
| 6 | She led them down a narrow corridor and into a comfortable lounge . |
| 7 | She led them onto a small covered terrace running the full width of the house . |
| 8 | He caught them and tried to hold her still but she fought him like a spitting cat . |
| 9 | Whatever the grandeur of the situation she transcends it with a sweet serenity which mesmerizes everyone . |
| 10 | Soon she aligned herself with a small group of women who wanted to break into publishing . |
| 11 | Short of battering him on the head with a blunt instrument — the thought held immense appeal , and she savoured it for a long moment , before reluctantly putting it on hold — she could n't come up with any way out of the present situation . |
| 12 | And if he decided that he did n't want a divorce ? she asked herself with a small shiver . |
| 13 | " And what next ? " she asked herself in a low voice . |
| 14 | She passed him with a fractional quickening of her pace . |
| 15 | How could she describe herself as a revolutionary , a serious person , if she were a thief ? |
| 16 | She was a scrawny red shorthorn with a woolly poll and she regarded me with a contemplative eye as I bent down . |
| 17 | She regarded herself as a Catalan first and last . |
| 18 | She bore it with a little smile of amusement that began to enrage me . |
| 19 | She dismissed it with a regal gesture . |
| 20 | She found him behind a tall potted plant in the far corner where , she suspected , he had been deliberately steered by the proprietor in order that as few people as possible should be aware of his presence in the establishment . |
| 21 | She found him in a small single room that was obviously intended to be his dressing-room or study , furnished with a single bed , rows of built-in cupboards , and under the window a desk and chair . |
| 22 | Since Robbie 's own heated state had been engendered by his unexpected physical onslaught , she found herself without a suitable answer . |
| 23 | When she emerged , she found herself in a small square beside a canal so wide that she immediately realised it must be the Grand Canal itself . |
| 24 | She was endeavouring to find her way to the courtyard when , reaching the end of one of the wide corridors , she found herself in a long gallery lined with portraits . |
| 25 | When Sarella pushed it open she found herself in a sunlit room full of the latest office equipment . |
| 26 | But somehow , she found herself in a large , empty room . |
| 27 | Her new velvet cloak was whisked away , and she found herself in a large red room full of lights and people . |
| 28 | She found herself in a large square hall , with a pair of half-glazed doors ahead of her leading directly into the kitchen , and wooden double doors to her left , giving access to the rest of the house . |
| 29 | Opening it , she found herself in a large room in which row upon row of men sat behind video screens . |
| 30 | She ranged it beside a dozen other pots and jars and bottles on her dressing-table and it looked well . |