Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But her consultant was n't too keen on the idea and she eventually settled for a domino birth . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've sometimes thought she was perhaps my mother , ’ she suddenly said in a rush and then paused , turning the statement into a question . |
| 3 | She finally came to a halt at the very far end of the garden . |
| 4 | But she was a cheery old sort , if a shade old-fashioned ( ‘ I am old enough to be your mother , Prime Minister' had gone down rather well ) , and when she finally shuddered to a halt , having gone through at least two red lights , she was rewarded with much applause . |
| 5 | ‘ Maybe my future , ’ she finally answered with a shudder . |
| 6 | She generally lived in a room next to the church , which had a window in the wall through which she could watch the Mass and receive the sacraments . |
| 7 | Well , she just asked about a bed , so I told her that we were |
| 8 | Well she just asked about a bed so I told her that |
| 9 | Rose 's mouth dropped open and she just managed to a catch a string of saliva on the back of her wrist before anybody noticed . |
| 10 | The photograph she always used as a bookmark fluttered out of it . |
| 11 | She usually arrived about a quarter to nine , greeted her colleague , read her correspondence , and was then prepared to face the assembled school . |
| 12 | ‘ Lovely ! ’ she would say as she cooked and ate it , with the little pursing of her lips and narrowing of her grey eyes which was the nearest she ever came to a smile or a laugh . |
| 13 | And , since you asked , she once went for a policeman with her stilettoes as he tried to bundle a black man into a car outside a dance hall on the bottom of the Tottenham Court Road ( derogatory remarks in that department were still more likely to earn a black eye than a black look in The Bar ) . |
| 14 | She still looked like a child . |
| 15 | She habitually moved in a kind of nautical crawl , with her stomach close to the deck , as though close-furled and ready for dirty weather . |
| 16 | She nearly slipped into a ditch and he pulled her out , giving her that ‘ I 'd like to fuck you ’ look . |
| 17 | One woman fainted on smelling the sea potion — it reminded her of when she nearly drowned as a child . |
| 18 | They included the former Communist , Alfred Sherman ( whom she later recommended for a knighthood ) ; Paul Johnson , one-time editor of the New Statesman ; and her close friend the former Labour MP and News of the World columnist , Woodrow Wyatt . |
| 19 | What the evidence does show is that he was genuinely fond of his new wife and that she probably died of a heart attack . |
| 20 | She also asked for a notice saying ‘ Please close the gate ’ . |
| 21 | She also toyed with a book she had been given as a Christmas present , In Tune With The Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine . |
| 22 | She also featured in a carving on a ‘ bull pitcher ’ made from the horn of the bull run in 1799 , which shows her wearing a crown and holding a flag with the words , ‘ God save the king and a bull for ever ’ . |
| 23 | She also helped at a Brownie Pack and was a volunteer mini-bus driver for children with special needs . |
| 24 | While still a baby , she often slept in a cot at his erotic theatre and she grew up in Soho . |
| 25 | Perhaps she even went into a doze , which was very unlike her usual alert self . |
| 26 | She even knew of a cleaner she was sure would be able and willing . |
| 27 | Adam was talking to a man she vaguely recognised as a financier of some sort , and she wondered when it might be possible to leave without appearing rude . |
| 28 | She gracefully collapsed in a waterfall of white tulle while the leaves thickly and fast filled the grotto . |
| 29 | She almost broke into a run to reach the hall . |
| 30 | The idea of the lofty Naylor Massingham sitting impatiently outside her apartment block for an hour was one which Leith found quite pleasing — so much so that she almost broke into a smile . |