Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Germany 's Seizinger , narrow leader in the battle for the World Cup overall title , fell on the second leg of a giant slalom in Are , Sweden as she tried desperately to make up for lost time . |
| 2 | Using the hypothetical examples above , for instance , this is how it might work out : skilled employment ( 4 ) the top possible score : employment duration — she has just gone back to work ( 1 ) ; housing — she has had to move to a smaller flat(l) so has n't been there long ( 0 ) ; she does have a bank account ( 4 ) ; but is separated ( 0 ) ; and quite young ( 2 ) . |
| 3 | Occasionally flicking back a stray blonde hair , Mrs Bottomley comes to the despatch box as if she has just leapt out of a hair spray advert . |
| 4 | MRS Thatcher 's friends tell me that she has finally come around to the idea of going to the Lords after the election . |
| 5 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
| 6 | She has never stepped out of line . |
| 7 | I thought she 'd just popped out of her house like to have her hair done . |
| 8 | Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox . |
| 9 | she 'd gone out , she 'd just slipped out with Alice for something |
| 10 | She 'd just walked in to the nearest doorway and spilled the whole thing to a complete stranger . |
| 11 | On hearing of the don 's disappearance , she 'd naturally rushed up to Oxford in the hope of tracking down her precious notes . |
| 12 | There was no one about in the woods , so she 'd better hurry back to the town as fast as she could . |
| 13 | So I rang the midwife again , who decided she 'd better come over after all . |
| 14 | And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry . |
| 15 | In spite of this , it was half an hour before she came downstairs dressed up to the nines in a pin-striped trouser-suit , her hair caught up in a turban of white silk . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I was , ’ she nodded then looked back at the other man . |
| 17 | Sometimes , when he went for a walk , she followed him ; if he stopped to look at something she stopped too and when he walked fast , she walked fast to keep up with him . |
| 18 | She 's allergic to alcohol , she ge she gets really pissed on like one , two glasses of wine . |
| 19 | The car 's headlights picked out a road sign and she swung slowly left on to the narrow lane indicated . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't you want me ? ’ she growled innocently looking up into eyes now slate-blue and heavy-looking with unsated sex . |
| 21 | She felt utterly hemmed in by the panelled walls adorned with religious pictures , crucifixes , statues and ornate candlesticks . |
| 22 | She felt rather put out at Elizabeth 's going off like that . |
| 23 | Several times she felt almost caught up with the constant demands for her attention . |
| 24 | Unable to cope with her displacement , she tries desperately to hold on to her Frenchness . |
| 25 | And when the babies were both a ripe four-plus , and she did indeed go off to Peking and left them with me , the ensuing fun made me wonder sometimes whether I was their father , which is no question to put , since the answer should be proffered , I suppose . |
| 26 | When she leaned forward to get out of bed , Culley reached under her arms , taking a breast in either hand . |
| 27 | One she carried tightly rolled up in her hand ; the other she pinned inside her coat . |
| 28 | That afternoon , hearing him talk about his sister , then lying beneath the trees with him , she had really thought she had finally broken through to a real live human being beneath the glacial exterior . |
| 29 | They had wanted each other from that first night , and now , in this dimly lit room , with Nicolo 's mouth on hers , with his hands on her breasts , she had finally run out of lies and excuses , not just for him but for herself . |
| 30 | She had finally walked out on him and it had only been the intervention of Philpott that had brought them back together again . |