Example sentences of "she [verb] [conj] she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worry about finding his half of the mortgage must be getting to her , she realised as she left the kitchen , knowing that just thinking of her brother was not going to conjure him home to pay his dues . |
| 2 | And the house no longer seemed to be on the defensive , she realised as she parked the car . |
| 3 | In cross-examination she agreed that she gave the police a statement and , when asked how many statements she gave , replied , ‘ I gave one statement to the investigating officer … the day after Paulette was murdered . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Any news about who did in that poor lady that you found , Mrs Craig ? ’ she asked as she took the money . |
| 5 | ‘ Are we eating out or in tonight ? ’ she asked as she took the sopping sponge from his hand and squeezed it murderously into the sink . |
| 6 | The intertwined limbs against a dark tree she passed as she left the park seemed beautiful to her . |
| 7 | Honestly , he 's driving me insane ! ’ she exclaimed as she stirred the Aga into reluctant life . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , it 's a reply to my fax from Beryl ! ’ she exclaimed as she scanned the first paragraph . |
| 9 | It would have been a particular thrill to have met the man who could pen such material , she mused as she closed the lid on her suitcase for the last time on Tuesday morning , but she knew that that was out of the question . |
| 10 | Presently she found that she had the gift of tongues : notions of sacrifice and immolation and of a saviour with hair of sackcloth poured out of her mouth like a river of lava . |
| 11 | She stopped as she saw the look of annoyance on his face . |
| 12 | She added as she reached the bottom of the stairs where Miss Merchiston had arrived to meet her , ‘ I 've told the mistress as how Miss Kyte is come at last , and she said to bring her up straight . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Please , ’ she murmured as she climbed the steps to the fifth-floor Brooklyn Heights flat she 'd subleased for the summer , ‘ please , let this be an acceptance ! ’ |
| 14 | She says that she likes the classes , they 're interesting . |
| 15 | She says that she wishes the chair had been available when Paul was younger . |
| 16 | She says that she loves the air of danger . |
| 17 | She tensed as she filled the kettle , and checked the fridge for something for dinner . |
| 18 | It had her dropping her aggressive stance immediately , and as he advanced she retreated until she felt the table hard and unyielding against her back . |
| 19 | She sighed as she finished the letter . |
| 20 | ‘ So you managed to escape unscathed ! ’ she commented as she led the way up to her sitting-room . |
| 21 | She smiles as she meets the first customers of the day . |
| 22 | Well she copes because she had the same problem as me with her hands if she 's writing for long , her hands ache , so she can write a longer letter if she types , so I said I , I did n't really , I like a hand written letter best it seems more personal somehow , perhaps they do , having a typed letter means you can send a longer one , they all mean |
| 23 | She was too well trained to take it out on Florence and she finished milking her , but she scowled as she lifted the heavy pails and carried them outside , lifting them into the water trough to cool . |
| 24 | ‘ Good God , ’ she breathed as she saw the state of him . |
| 25 | She needed a plan of action , she decided as she began the task of stripping several layers of wallpaper from the walls — a concerted campaign to protect the club , and if she were to be painfully honest , herself , from the marauding hands of the so-called Midnight Raider . |
| 26 | " You could order dinner , " she called as she kicked the bathroom door closed . |
| 27 | She laughed as she watched the dove soar above the chestnut trees , which were already showing the first flecks of green . |
| 28 | Merrill went straight up to her room , relieved to be alone and quiet at last , and as she undressed for bed she thought that she heard the door to Luke 's room open and close again . |
| 29 | And she thought as she crossed the threshold : He is still there . |
| 30 | Still , she thought as she closed the door of the trophy-room , it does n't give him the right to treat me like — She bit off the dreadful word that sprang to mind . |