Example sentences of "[adj] she [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least on this she agreed with Guido . |
| 2 | After this she returned to the house hoping against hope that in the interval her daughter might have returned , but there was no sign of her . |
| 3 | Her favourite line was Bernhardt 's , and this she copied into the front of each of the eighteen notebooks , at least the five of them that I still have ; Oh well , I 'll just buy the theatre . |
| 4 | At this she burst into loud laughter that sounded rather like the hooting of a siamang and slapped her thighs with her hands . |
| 5 | This she took with her in the trap when she left to go to the market . |
| 6 | And with this she went into the scullery , Mick following her . |
| 7 | This she draped over the line , pinning it with a row of clothes pegs . |
| 8 | This she displayed at her belt , though she had neither the intention nor the resource to use it . |
| 9 | This she protested against very strongly , on the ground that she had known many missed and some murdered who essayed to travel round that way in the night ; not that she thought such dark deeds as robbery would be perpetrated by any of the islanders , ‘ But you see , sir , the island is very near the sea , and all sorts of men are sailing round about , an ’ when they 've spent all their own earnings on drink , it 's hard to know what they 'll no' do to try and get more . ’ |
| 10 | This she placed round Sara 's neck . |
| 11 | At this she turned on Karelius a look of such desperate gratitude that his selfish irritation was quite vanquished . |
| 12 | ‘ While he was doing this she shouted to her mother , who was sitting downstairs . |
| 13 | I had an old air-raid shelter , partly dug into the ground because of the slope : there was a load of stones on top , waiting to turn the shelter into an apple store disguised as a rockery , and when Mrs Wilson saw this she stood for a long time looking at the hump in the ground and the pile of stones . |
| 14 | She was able to talk about herself in a more positive way , and this she attributed to having felt useful and capable when helping her sister-in-law around the house . |
| 15 | All this she learned from him , with the help of two girl immigrants , who laughed and blushed either side of him . |
| 16 | I remember one subject that required that she lay flat on the ground , and this she did for hours on end while I drew her . |
| 17 | This she did to good effect because she came to know French , German , Italian , and Latin well and to read Spanish , Norwegian , Danish , Welsh , and Early English . |
| 18 | This she did to her quiet satisfaction , thanks to a careless slip by Janice . |
| 19 | This she coped with admirably , having a flair for such activities . |
| 20 | This she confined to the pocket in her overall . |
| 21 | In 1881 she moved to New York to act , touring the United States in several companies and working with Lawrence Barrett and Edwin Booth . |
| 22 | Twice weekly she went to Bath to meet Edward , though ever afterwards he made sure she was on the last bus home . |
| 23 | Early in the 1890s she went to work under Mrs Hugh Price Hughes at the West London Mission . |
| 24 | In 1123 she returned to Markyate . |
| 25 | As they stood on either side of the door looking at one another she felt as if a magic elixir was being created , ready to cure a disease . |
| 26 | On one occasion she threw herself against a glass display cabinet at Kensington Palace while on another she slashed at her wrists with a razor blade . |
| 27 | In Act I Scene V she calls to evil spirits , showing that she realises human feelings must be obliterated in the fight for power . |
| 28 | Oh , she knew what was going through his head all right , and how careful she had to be not to say or do anything he might misinterpret . |
| 29 | As she pulled her head free she looked at his face fearfully . |
| 30 | He stroked them , his fingers tugged down her bodice , and when her breasts bounced free she arched towards him passionately , and heard him draw in his breath again , sharply , whispering , ‘ Oh , God … ! ’ |