Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Impatiently she pulled off the blouse and unhooked the brassiere , throwing them out of sight into the pool house . |
| 2 | Somehow she bit back the words and said , ‘ Will you please let go of me ? ’ |
| 3 | Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet . |
| 4 | Desperately she fought back the tears , not knowing why they had formed so swiftly . |
| 5 | Slowly she picked up the flowers , not knowing what to say . |
| 6 | Nervously she put down the hairbrush , turned out the side-lamp and slid into the cold sheets , fully expecting to sleep immediately . |
| 7 | Eventually she plucked up the courage , half afraid by now that Luke would come to find her if she was any longer , and stepped out . |
| 8 | The more she saw of Alain 's mother and the more she breathed in the atmosphere of this house , the more she felt outside it all , an intruder who was here to rock the peace of the place , to alter their lives . |
| 9 | Quickly she locked up the car . |
| 10 | Judy 's house was struck by lightning during that storm , and moments later she switched on the radio to hear that he had died . |
| 11 | Hesitantly she picked up the soap and began to soap the expanse of his chest , while he looked down at her . |
| 12 | The curtains were drawn back as far as they would go , and whenever she looked up the green-brown panorama confronted her and the pale bowl of sky . |
| 13 | Recklessly she built up the lie , agitatedly aware that she was protesting too much in her desperation but unable to prevent herself . |
| 14 | Well she come up the other day , they wanted to exchange Kelly 's old house for , for , for her , somebody wants it er part exchange Kelly 's house , you know then go and |
| 15 | Why wo n't she take up the offer of just a fortnight 's short-stay ? |
| 16 | Fascinating to watch : how she smoothed down the shard of the totem to make it a circle , to flatten it out ; how she trimmed and chipped to make the natural lines flow ; how she scored out the eyes , the mouth ; how she touched colour with her fingers to emphasize the woman in the land , in the mask ; how the dead wood began to live and breathe . |
| 17 | Fascinating to watch : how she smoothed down the shard of the totem to make it a circle , to flatten it out ; how she trimmed and chipped to make the natural lines flow ; how she scored out the eyes , the mouth ; how she touched colour with her fingers to emphasize the woman in the land , in the mask ; how the dead wood began to live and breathe . |
| 18 | Abruptly she switched on the light . |
| 19 | Later , in the chapel adjoining the castle , Father Jerome said Benediction and prayed for Sara and the life that lay before her ; and then she went up the narrow staircase to her bed and , when Candida had helped her to undress , stood a while longer at her window , looking through the narrow slit at the lights in the harbour and the dark , massive mountains behind . |
| 20 | Then she went down the branch line to Port Penrhyn . |
| 21 | Then she ran down the post to the ground below . |
| 22 | She had to blink back her tears before she opened the front door , and then she ran down the short tiled path , and , throwing back her shoulders and digging her hands into her pockets , strode down to the parade . |
| 23 | Then she folded back the top of the shift . |
| 24 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 25 | Then she took up the discarded tray and looked back at him where he stood now , leaning against the wall between the French windows , his silver flask of brandy open as he sipped defiantly , watching her with a black scowl on his face . |
| 26 | Then she switched on the indicator . |
| 27 | Then she let out the breath and sagged against the desk . |
| 28 | She waited until he had passed through the door that led to the stairs ; then she covered up the trays of now cooling toffee , put a saucer of milk down for the cat , stroked the animal 's purring head , saying the while , ‘ Now you get to work , Flotsie , and put your score up tonight , ’ then she went out , and locked the door . |
| 29 | Then she put down the hairbrush and inspected her countenance . |
| 30 | She stared uneasily at the envelope , at the black , firm hand , at the French stamp , and then she put out the light and went to bed . |