Example sentences of "[adj] she [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this she knocked away the snow from the lettering — but then found she could n't make out the words in the dark . |
| 2 | In 1885 she took over the management of the embroidery section of Morris & Company , her father 's firm . |
| 3 | 2 She thrusts out the leg , pushing the hips into the kick and using a footsword to break the boards . |
| 4 | She drew in her breath at the simplicity of it , wondering why she had n't thought of it before , and it excited her so much she put forward the suggestion without stopping to think if it was wise . |
| 5 | A college for women had been Mrs Reid 's dream from childhood , and in 1849 she put up the money to found Bedford College , hoping for hundreds of applications but in fact receiving at first only a few dozen , including those of her own friends . |
| 6 | In An Englishwoman ‘ s Work among Workingmen , 1875 she recounted how the dramatic language of evangelical religion enabled her to press her case : |
| 7 | After that she took out the contents of the red velvet box Marc had pressed into her hand that morning and put on the pearl earrings that had once belonged to her beloved 's grandmother , knowing that now she had a right to them . |
| 8 | Actually , there was a footpath through Wardle Wood from near her village , and if she had dared to go along it she could have walked to Brownies in not much more time than it took her to ride by way of the long winding lane ; but she was sure she had n't the courage to go through the witch 's wood by herself . |
| 9 | She made doubly sure she knew where the paper bags , the brown wrapping paper , the string and the roll of Sellotape were kept . |
| 10 | At the end of the summer she was so hungry she had n't the energy to move further than Paddy 's dilapidated chair and she stitched a baby 's gown from her only decent petticoat . |
| 11 | When her brothers joined up in 1914 she took over the running of the Ferry assisted by some local boys who enjoyed the good food that Mrs Stevens provided . |
| 12 | In February 1914 she scraped together the money for the trip and took lodgings in Montparnasse in a foul-smelling room on the Boulevard Raspail . |
| 13 | One by one she slid out the drawers , then taking a necklace from its bed she held it up . |