Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Mrs Thatcher has talked at length and often about popular capitalism and consumer choice , and she has also said much about freedom and democracy . |
| 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 | She has since toured extensively in the USA and parts of Europe , but has made very few appearances in these islands . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But she has long scored highly on the qualities of being decisive , resolute , and principled , a perception helped by the Falklands war and the comparison until 1983 with Michael Foot , the Labour leader . |
| 8 | She has never stepped out of line . |
| 9 | ‘ It is , ’ she agreed , then bit her lip , only seeing the trap he 'd set for her when she 'd already tumbled straight into it . |
| 10 | At the age of 23 she 'd already travelled alone in Europe . |
| 11 | Could it be that what he was feeling was a kind of envy , in the sense that he 'd brought her here , to a place that he felt he 'd made his own , and in a matter of weeks she 'd already grown closer to it than he could ever hope to be ? |
| 12 | Lewis , standing at the front gate , had managed to catch most of the exchanges ; had watched Mrs Williams as she 'd finally turned away from Morse in tearful distress . |
| 13 | Her heart raced like a riptide ; her ears rang and lights fizzed at the back of her eyes as if she 'd just dived deep into the bosom of Ocean . |
| 14 | I thought she 'd just popped out of her house like to have her hair done . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | she 'd gone out , she 'd just slipped out with Alice for something |
| 17 | She 'd just walked in to the nearest doorway and spilled the whole thing to a complete stranger . |
| 18 | On hearing of the don 's disappearance , she 'd naturally rushed up to Oxford in the hope of tracking down her precious notes . |
| 19 | She recalled that as a young girl she 'd often sucked slowly at a big lollipop to see how long she could make it last . |
| 20 | So I rang the midwife again , who decided she 'd better come over after all . |
| 21 | She moved back a step , after discovering that she 'd unknowingly moved closer to him than was socially acceptable . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She 's allergic to alcohol , she ge she gets really pissed on like one , two glasses of wine . |
| 24 | The car 's headlights picked out a road sign and she swung slowly left on to the narrow lane indicated . |
| 25 | She felt utterly hemmed in by the panelled walls adorned with religious pictures , crucifixes , statues and ornate candlesticks . |
| 26 | She felt curiously distanced now from all the problems of the morning . |
| 27 | She felt rather put out at Elizabeth 's going off like that . |
| 28 | Several times she felt almost caught up with the constant demands for her attention . |
| 29 | One she carried tightly rolled up in her hand ; the other she pinned inside her coat . |
| 30 | 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 . |