Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That mean she could no longer counter-sign company cheques . |
| 2 | Even in her grief she could still look out for her remaining children . |
| 3 | Because as she opened her eyes she could plainly see that there was nothing even remotely ghost-like about the tall , broad-shouldered figure of her husband , Ross Wyndham , now sitting on the seat beside her . |
| 4 | It took a little time , and without the guidance she would never have found it in a million years . |
| 5 | It was not a matter of ‘ if only … ’ , but rather a nostalgia for a different , a parallel plane of existence , a nostalgia for a future she could never have lived . |
| 6 | The two students who were watching over her told her very sensibly that if she tried to drive the car she 'd probably kill herself . |
| 7 | She would likely never see her sister again , so that in her mind she would always be as she had been on that last walk over the moor to Barnswick . |
| 8 | On the other hand , the man she had been wary of seeing , who had a bad reputation , who in her right mind she should never have got involved with , had turned out to be a good man underneath . |
| 9 | In her mind she could still hear the other woman saying lewdly , ‘ She 's certainly got the hots for you . ’ |
| 10 | It did n't even matter that coffee would probably keep her awake — in her present state of mind she 'd never be able to sleep anyway . |
| 11 | Erm but to get into the social work department she 'll still have to do the that that |
| 12 | But once she was on a downward incline she could only run faster and faster , squawking with fury as she lost her balance , till she tripped over and fell in a tumble of feathers and feet . |
| 13 | It singles out one form of non-marital living arrangement and penalises it ( if the woman sets up house with her sister , her father , her adult children or her lesbian lover she would still have some entitlement to SB ) . |
| 14 | Having to hold the button down all the time made it a bit awkward for looking out of the side window , but by craning her neck she could just manage to see the hole to the rear of the craft . |
| 15 | In the dim light she could just make out some moving shapes . |
| 16 | With Ellie out of action she will shortly be welcoming a new team chasing prospect to her stable — a 16. lhh black Thoroughbred racehorse called Badger . |
| 17 | Her coach , Ian Threadgill , said : ‘ We 've got to be delighted with that without the wind she would easily have got the qualifying time . ’ |
| 18 | She felt as though she had regained consciousness in a hospital bed after some physical calamity , that because of injury and loss she must now map out a new existence for herself . |
| 19 | A woman living in Melsonby Crescent , which backs on to the plant , told Darlington council 's planning applications committee she would no longer put up with the ‘ disgraceful conditions ’ . |
| 20 | The numbing cold which had crept up her legs from feet she could barely feel was forgotten . |
| 21 | It had occurred to her that by devoting her life to her work she would never have the chance to look after her own babies , and her thoughts turned once more to the young man with the dark wavy hair and the expressive blue eyes . |
| 22 | For a second she could almost feel the warm slump of the hare 's body , and its weight when it swung from her hand , heavy and loose , as she carried it home by the ears . |
| 23 | For a second she could only gaze at him , completely at a loss . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm taking you in my arms , ’ he returned with a calmness she could only envy from the bottom of her heart . |
| 25 | Despite the fact that she wanted to weep , and she was shaking so badly inside that it was a wonder she could still stand up straight at all , she snorted derisively , because she was too afraid to believe his words . |
| 26 | When she 'd first moved in she had n't cared about anything , certainly not her surroundings — they had been the least of her problems — and if the villagers had n't so kindly donated her furnishings she 'd probably still be existing in empty rooms . |
| 27 | Perhaps it can be traced even deeper in the past — we can go back to the time when the woman first attracted the man whose child she will later bear , or to the onset of her menstruation , when her body signalled its readiness for pregnancy . |
| 28 | But then , even as a child she 'd usually persuade him to let her do this or that against his better judgement . |
| 29 | Immediately she thought guiltily that if Betty had not been such a nice girl she would now remark acidly that a weasel had got it . |
| 30 | ‘ Your mother 's been very worried about you , ’ Leith remarked , having good occasion to remember that , were it not for Mrs Hepwood being nearly demented with anxiety she would never have had his vile and lofty cousin insisting she answered his summons at her door at close to four in the morning . |