Example sentences of "she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Oz found the note , we reckoned it might be — it might mean — ’ She doubled her fists and looked frantically up at Mr Hollins . |
| 2 | She doubled up in pain , and rested her forehead on the carpeted floor . |
| 3 | She doubled up as matron , treating every illness , injury , headache or toothache with determined suspicion , certain in her own mind that the pupil was trying to get away with something . |
| 4 | She doubled up as another pain hit her . |
| 5 | She doubled her fists and Nick laughed and dodged out of reach round the table . |
| 6 | There , she doubled back . |
| 7 | With a gasp of pain and surprise she doubled up . |
| 8 | What she decrees is law . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Money is never the motivator , ’ she insists . |
| 10 | She insists there was no one in the car but my father and herself . ’ |
| 11 | The speculation , inevitably , was that Cat was Prince 's new girlfriend , but she insists that their relationship was strictly professional . |
| 12 | After all she has been compared to Monroe , a parallel she does n't argue with although she insists she wo n't get into the same mess as the icon who screwed up her life with an overdose of men , booze and drugs . |
| 13 | She insists she is the established challenger to Mr Forsyth 's crown and argues that he has not appeared particularly sure-footed during the campaign . |
| 14 | As she insists on dabbling in nuggets of ‘ culture ’ , I must remark that there is only one swan in her chosen Sibelius tone poem , and it is Dr Jekyll who turns into Mr Hyde . |
| 15 | She insists that even with the provisions of such a charter the idea ‘ can only work out in reality if both partners , in fact , share [ the childcare ] , because there is not much point in allowing women the opportunity of going further up the ladder if they continue to have almost sole responsibility for childcare . ’ |
| 16 | She insists on a dignity which has nothing to do with appearances . |
| 17 | They follow two lines : either my child commands me to do something , and if I do n't , she insists , and eventually has a tantrum ; |
| 18 | ‘ Scientific writers , novelists and poets , ’ she insists at the outset , ‘ can all be found putting forward similar views of humanity , society and nature , often by means of similar language and imagery , ’ |
| 19 | There is no need , she insists , to fear the tests . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're not trying to trap people , ’ she insists . |
| 21 | She insists that it was entirely benign . |
| 22 | She insists , ‘ during life drawing classes at art school , I used to love doing the bodies , but the heads were always faceless , always anonymous . |
| 23 | She knows she will always be small for her age — even now she is still under five feet — but she insists that wo n't stop her achieving her ambitions . |
| 24 | ‘ Even if you do find a photo , ’ she insists , ‘ it 's not me ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ They all get listened to , ’ she insists . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not asking you to marry me , ’ she insists . |
| 27 | ‘ Rock'n'roll opens up these floodgates , ’ she insists . |
| 28 | Despite her success , she insists on being down-to-earth and believes she has an obligation to give a little back to the sport which shot her to fame . |
| 29 | And smile , she insists . |
| 30 | She insists the gruelling teaching process is fun but warns : ‘ Patience is most important for the training . ’ |