Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gingerly she took a sip of the soup , surprised to find it was not only delicious but nothing to do with any can or packet . |
| 2 | Suddenly she jangled a set of car keys in front of my face . |
| 3 | Suddenly she saw a man 's face in the light of a fire . |
| 4 | Suddenly she had a need to speak his name . |
| 5 | She was moving towards him , fascinated , when suddenly she felt a clutch on her arm laurels towards the orchard . |
| 6 | Suddenly she felt a jolt and her body was submerged underneath the mud . |
| 7 | For a moment his face rose before her — the deep , thoughtful eyes , the firm mouth — and suddenly she felt a surge of longing . |
| 8 | Suddenly she heard a voice , and she stopped crying to listen . |
| 9 | Suddenly she heard a car engine in the drive . |
| 10 | Then suddenly she heard a car sweep into the yard , and , getting up from her desk , she felt her heart leap uncomfortably once more as she saw Robert getting out of his Land Rover . |
| 11 | She had now stationed herself directly behind Rupert , and suddenly she extended a hand the size of a tennis racquet and grabbed all the hair on Rupert 's head in her fist . |
| 12 | Suddenly she noticed a movement behind a tree near the wall . |
| 13 | If only she had a comb and some make-up . |
| 14 | Perhaps she made a sound or some small movement , or maybe it was just the intensity of her gaze — whatever , she suddenly found those silvery-green eyes looking straight into hers . |
| 15 | Or perhaps she took a swig of sherry . |
| 16 | Perhaps she has a point . |
| 17 | So even if you did n't have a protractor , I mean if you wanted to be really fussy and find out exactly you could measure it and say , ooh that 's actually , it 's not eighty that 's seventy nine and this is a hundred and one so she spends a pound and a penny on sweets and she saves seventy nine . |
| 18 | so she does a lot of flower arrangements and that privately |
| 19 | Come into work I think it 's assumed she 'd left but she did n't leave , she di she had enough of it so she had a couple of days off come in this morning and er I said to Steven , no idea what the situation was . |
| 20 | so she had a bit of a benny it was |
| 21 | As for Sparta , perhaps her first vote was merely a warning shot , and her second was for peace ; she was publicizing her own resolve to abide scrupulously by the terms of the Thirty Years Peace : Samos was ‘ possessed ’ by Athens in 446 and so she had a right to keep it . |
| 22 | So she had a list of about five things she wanted sorted out and she said so far we were the cheapest . |
| 23 | But like , wi with the door Dave 's mum 's sister was rubbing it in to try and say to his nan that we were kicking her out and so she got a bit funny over it ! |
| 24 | So she got a month ? |
| 25 | So she took a break from the family business and learnt to fly . |
| 26 | So she sent a letter home and my dad said , ‘ Yes , well , you 'd better not do it any more ’ . |
| 27 | Joan Gibbs says she really wanted a racehorse but could n't afford it and so she bought a greyhound and that 's the next best thing … it 's something of yours |
| 28 | A statement that the buildings in Old Aberdeen are beautiful is embedded within an assertion that the speaker was recently in Old Aberdeen , and stayed there for a period , and so she has a warrant for making the statement . |
| 29 | So she found a place in the old tree which gave her a familiar view of the land . |
| 30 | Her taste for light food has increased with age and so she cooks a lot with vegetables ( which she also likes for their strong colours ) , although supplies of fresh produce are sometimes limited in North Wales . |