Example sentences of "[adj] she [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 At this she gave off a pulse of hesitation .
2 On this she turned about and walked slowly from the room with the old woman 's voice crying after her , ‘ You 'll see .
3 In 1885 she took over the management of the embroidery section of Morris & Company , her father 's firm .
4 This is very difficult to do , and unless the practitioner is careful she ends up resembling the Prime Minister feigning compassion in the face of some disaster .
5 At 0400 she blew up with the loss of fifty-seven of the precious tanks and ten of the even more precious Hurricanes .
6 2 She thrusts out the leg , pushing the hips into the kick and using a footsword to break the boards .
7 Hand outstretched she came up to where I was sitting .
8 Lesley was a devoted family girl , but at 22 she moved off to live at Warrington , 15 miles away .
9 She has always been interested , and taken part , in physical exercise , and was introduced to Medau through Joan Daniels ' first class in 1966 ; June enjoyed it so much she went on to train and qualified as a Medau teacher in 1974 .
10 It was so dark she switched on her car lights .
11 Shortly after ten-thirty she switched off her light .
12 A college for women had been Mrs Reid 's dream from childhood , and in 1849 she put up the money to found Bedford College , hoping for hundreds of applications but in fact receiving at first only a few dozen , including those of her own friends .
13 When she retired from the RCM in 1948 she went on to run the Violet Melchet Infant Welfare Centre near Sloane Square , a job she held for the next twenty years .
14 Six weeks after the acute she came along with headaches , anxiety , depression and low-grade digestive symptoms .
15 And then once Helen and that had woken up that was about half eleven she woke up and then it like , oh , our provisions and then we started talking and everything else together like
16 At a quarter to eleven she galloped back up to the attic room .
17 ‘ In 1986 she stops over in New York for an exhibition and at the same time visits two postmodern ‘ simulationist ’ painter , Philip Taaffe and Ross Bleckner , in their studios .
18 With that she drove out of the station and home .
19 With that she carried on walking with her father .
20 With that she reached out a tentative hand and gently stroked the silver hair .
21 After that she stalked off and refused to come near me .
22 And with that she stalked off , head held high , and it was only later when she calmed down that she realised he still thought Mick had stayed the night .
23 After that she took out the contents of the red velvet box Marc had pressed into her hand that morning and put on the pearl earrings that had once belonged to her beloved 's grandmother , knowing that now she had a right to them .
24 And with that she went off to the shop to collect the miserable amount of provisions that were due .
25 With that she brought out a shining copy of Charles Kingsley 's The Water Babies .
26 With that she got up , put her knitting away and said she would go with me as far as our house .
27 After that she put on a dress of burnt sienna which contrasted with her pale gold hair and made her feel more feminine .
28 After that she settled down to rest properly .
29 And with that she marched out of the class-room , slamming the door behind her .
30 With that she marched off , and after we 'd got our breath , I made the usual cup of tea while Frankie went to fetch nails and hammer from Dad 's tool box so he could fix the door before Mum returned and explanations were necessary .
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