Example sentences of "she [vb past] [subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's only one bed made up , ’ she whispered as he carried her up the stairs . |
| 2 | As he prodded around all the dreamy romantic feelings she experienced when he kissed her disappeared and all she could think of was when would he stop , and could n't he please just hold her again , very close , with the firm bulge of his body against her , far more erotic through several layers of clothes than his scratching , poking finger . |
| 3 | ‘ But she makes nice chocolate cake and she 's handy when the cook 's on holiday , ’ she admitted as she examined her face in the shine . |
| 4 | Where she met where she met him then ? |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , yes — yes , of course , ’ she agreed as she realised what he was saying . |
| 6 | Ded … ’ she cooed as she hugged it . |
| 7 | ‘ Where are you now ? ’ she asked as she thought she heard voices in the background . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you think whoever wrote those letters killed poor Mary ? ’ she asked as she saw him out of the door . |
| 9 | ‘ What 's happened ? ’ she asked as she caught him up . |
| 10 | All in a flurry of dust it came towards her and then she heard Ferdinando shout her name and the neighing of the horse as it was pulled in and she trembled as she opened her eyes and looked up . |
| 11 | He made toys that parodied her innocent amusements and those of her brothers and she trembled when he raised his leonine voice . |
| 12 | Helping herself to what looked like a gin and tonic — and was a very strong one , she found when she tasted it — as well as a tiny chicken and mushroom vol-au-vent , she was about to make a beeline for an unoccupied chair in the corner when a stranger spoke beside her . |
| 13 | She stopped before she revealed her future plans . |
| 14 | She stopped when she saw me , wound the window down . |
| 15 | ‘ Pregnancy suits you , ’ she added as they made their way slowly back to the house . |
| 16 | And here 's the key to my desk , ’ she added as she drained her cup . |
| 17 | ‘ Some charm , ’ she muttered as she threw herself down on the bed . |
| 18 | ‘ How — er — how did you know that I lived here ? ’ she muttered as he led her inside the lift , reaching across to push the correct floor button . |
| 19 | She came when it suited her , when she could spare the time from her other work , but she always popped in on Monday afternoons to make a start on the ironing . |
| 20 | ‘ Not at all , ’ she replied as she shuffled her papers into a neat pile . |
| 21 | She turned as he reached her , hardly out of breath after his steep climb . |
| 22 | Together they looked at huge bound tomes which contained drawings by the Wardley ancestors on the Grand Tour — ‘ Great Uncle Charles , died of pneumonia in Genoa , ’ she snorted as she closed his sketchbook and picked up a folio of the architecture of Rome , Naples and the Campagna . |
| 23 | She nodded as she combed her fingers through his dark hair . |
| 24 | She sighed when she set it back in its saucer — and sighed again with pleasure as she bent over her poached egg . |
| 25 | She sighed as he kissed her again . |
| 26 | She sighed as she felt his mouth gently touching hers , before the sweet warmth of his tongue parted her lips to avidly savour the inner softness of her mouth . |
| 27 | She sighed as she tidied her hair , which hung to her shoulder-blades , curling tightly . |
| 28 | She sighed as she realised it was a Californian bedroom , wooden floors and a window the length of one wall overlooking trees and a river , on a hilltop . |
| 29 | ‘ Like your tie , by the way ! ’ she commented as she adjusted her horn-rimmed spectacles on the bridge of her nose . |
| 30 | She frowned as she remembered her dream . |