Example sentences of "she [verb] [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has plenty of the proper sort . ’ |
| 2 | Now she wears nothing but the same thing , and always . |
| 3 | She heard nothing but the endless whine over the wire . |
| 4 | And Clara , who could see no elegant way of enlarging this tantalizing scrap of information , had to make do with it — she dared not ask any further , for she knew nothing about the Labour Party , nor about the elder Ash 's political views , nor about A. J. Warbley himself , beyond the fact that his name was written up in black Gothic letters over his son 's shop door . |
| 5 | She knew nothing about the particular thing . |
| 6 | She knew nothing of the real woman behind it . |
| 7 | She saw nothing of the pale green clusters of new leaves adorning the elm trees , nor did she see the arum lilies glowing with white purity beneath them . |
| 8 | With him , she felt none of the seething intoxication of love or lust or whatever it was which called her to Cameron . |
| 9 | Lucy herself said she remembered nothing of the dreadful cockchafer affair . |
| 10 | In fact , she liked everything about the dismal house with its strange air of disuse . |
| 11 | In Venice she had nothing beyond the one case except for learning Italian , teaching English , sightseeing and trying to be patient with , and understand , her increasingly morose husband . |
| 12 | Not seeing Jane , however , was no cause for regret ; she had none of the kindly qualities of her husband . |
| 13 | She and Susan had rooms adjoining , so she had none of the creepy feelings one often gets in a strange house . |
| 14 | Tension had given her a dull , thumping headache so that she absorbed nothing except the first entry on the list . |
| 15 | If Eleanor Darcy can manage a private room in a prison , perhaps she manages one in the local pub as well ? |
| 16 | Environmental issues are also important to Alison although she believes none of the major parties have a good green record . |
| 17 | But from the tall , hawk-faced man beside her came nothing of the subtle serenity she hoped for , only a sense of controlled power that dispersed when he said prosaically , ‘ I 'm sorry , did I kick your ankle ? |