Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [conj] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | That particular snap prompted the memory , the afternoon returning as she stared at it — the sandwiches had been of marmite , Edward had found a hawk-moth caterpillar . |
| 2 | Then she let the door swing shut and went into her bedroom , feeling the tears sting her eyes like hot needles , her mouth trembling as she moved to her wardrobe , got her case , unzipped it and began blindly packing everything she could fit inside . |
| 3 | Fully awake now , Polly lay absolutely still , her mind racing as she tried to work out what was real and what had been part of her dream . |
| 4 | She wrote Ben a hasty reply saying that she would love to go with him , thank you very much , and posted it through his letter box almost immediately . |
| 5 | Picture a teenage girl in Morocco for whom premarital loss of virginity is culturally intolerable and who faces the ‘ choice ’ , under male duress , of tolerating anal intercourse , or of submitting to vaginal penetration knowing that she will thereby have to leave home for a life of prostitution ; she may even know that both are related to acquisition of HIV . |
| 6 | In each charge there was an alternative alleging that she cruelly and unnaturally treated the two women in her care , to which she also pleaded not guilty . |
| 7 | Maggie awoken from dreams of flying , from dreams of women with long hair building houses of hair , sits on the lavatory calculating whether she can afford a new pair of tights this week . |
| 8 | The china was so thin that Dougal could see the level of the tea swaying as she stirred it . |
| 9 | Folly just stared , her mind spinning as she tried to fit these new facts into perspective . |
| 10 | But she could feel her mouth smiling as she said it , belying her real nervousness . |
| 11 | Then she replaced it and went over to see to Mrs Mitchell who lay on the top of the bed dressed only in a calico nightgown groaning as she writhed about . |
| 12 | Is the little dark-eyed doe implying that she has n't been haunted , since the moment of their first encounter , with images of our fascinating , leather-jacketed heroine ? |
| 13 | And Anjelica Huston returned to her own home saying that she had been humiliated for the very last time . |
| 14 | In fact we had a letter did n't we from the neighbourhood watch co-ordinator saying that she sort of goes on patrol when she takes the dog a walk |
| 15 | She would feel like a spoiled child insisting that she wanted to go home . |
| 16 | But she forced the Volvo into first , the engine screaming as she drove fifteen or twenty yards down the road . |
| 17 | ‘ No woman would ever want to walk down the aisle thinking that she was the bet in a silly game of golf . ’ |
| 18 | Theda stood appalled , all her defiance collapsing as she realised the consequences she had brought down upon herself . |
| 19 | Suddenly a low , mocking laugh rang out in the corridor , and she jumped as though she 'd been shot , her heart racing as she looked round into scornful green eyes . |
| 20 | The beginnings of a smile lurked deep in his eyes , setting Isabel 's heart racing when she ventured a glance up at him . |
| 21 | She sat in front of her turfed teepee like a re-located squaw — the mass of brown hair loosely braided and heaped on her head like a parcel carelessly tied with twine , her forget-me-not blue eyes looking at Mary only when she thought she was unobserved , at all other times intent on the middle distance , her small , slight , quick body quivering as she enjoyed the rare comfort of proper sat-down company and felt the physical , close interest of another human being . |
| 22 | Donna rubbed both hands across her face , her body quivering as she began to regain some warmth , some feeling in her extremities . |
| 23 | Her lips felt swollen from his kiss , her body shuddering as she felt his hand , pressed tensely against her spine , hesitate for a moment and then , as if he could not stop himself , slide around caressingly over her slender body and up to the full swell of her breast . |
| 24 | He looked around for Reni 's wife — the mother of Neferukhebit wondering if she was the source of the girl 's character . |
| 25 | This was her great-grandmother speaking and she could n't believe her ears . |
| 26 | Because she only rang up very shortly before the meeting saying that she could n't come . |
| 27 | I should think probably Mrs. Thatcher would send a letter to the Three Hundred group saying that she supported your aims , did n't she ? |
| 28 | She could not see why her mother wanted her , nor what she expected her to do in Northam , and whenever she mentioned the subject to others they exclaimed in horror , commiserating with her , telling her that she must be firm , never for half a moment assuming that she could or would really do it . |
| 29 | Robyn gasped incoherently as his mouth played and teased , felt the moistness of desire increasing until she wondered dazedly whether she could endure such ecstasy any longer . |
| 30 | But it was the unexpected shots that would provide the spice to the story — like the ones she had just made of the little midinette enthusing as she saw the dress she 'd sweated blood for , if not created , come down the catwalk to the roar of applause . |