Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] she [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joseph Chamberlain , not Sidney Webb , was the man of her dreams ; but though she has been credited with overcoming romantic desire for the sake of her own independence , it is clear that she desperately wanted him to propose , with her eyes set on his becoming prime minister . |
| 2 | It is not clear that she currently has any diplomatic status , though there is some evidence that the United Nations may still for some purposes recognise her ambassadorship . |
| 3 | It was clear that she still did n't consider Jessamy was capable of holding Julius 's interest for very long . |
| 4 | He felt her grow rigid at his touch , made it so light that she hardly knew that it was there . |
| 5 | like , she 's coloured right , but she 's a bit portly and she just smells to be quite honest ! |
| 6 | Not by any stretch of the imagination could she be called beautiful and it was doubtful if she ever had been , but she was undeniably attractive . |
| 7 | It was most inconvenient and she often wished he would leave her alone . |
| 8 | She soon found that they were English and she also felt a certain amount of unexpected dismay because the woman flung her arms around Felipe and kissed him . |
| 9 | She did n't look quite as natty as she usually does ! |
| 10 | And because her bag was light , with only Miss Gemma Dallam 's brown Chinese satin in it , and her hopes as high as she ever allowed them to be , she smiled at everybody else who came her way , the fishmonger , the old-clothes dealer pushing his cart with its flea-ridden bundles ; the organ-grinder whose emaciated monkey , cowering sadly on his shoulder , always caused her a stab of pain : |
| 11 | Not that Susanna Cellini — or Belford-Cellini as she apparently preferred to be known — would be impressed , but neither could she be disparaging . |
| 12 | Betty was so low that she somehow contrived to hurt her finger quite badly with a clove that she was sticking into an onion . |
| 13 | Any question of taking her into Penzance had to be abandoned and Harriet went off alone to do the weekly shopping , thankful to be able to leave Edna in charge of Celia and trying not to feel guilty that she actually preferred such expeditions without her daughter 's company . |
| 14 | It was hard , travelling home in that bus , and surrounded by the immense , evident , and varied liberties of people and land , to believe in the small impossibilities of her own home , and she felt , as she so frequently felt , the will to believe it to be different : the truth was too grotesque and too unnatural , and her hopes were so strong that she carelessly let them wander a little , giving them a little leeway , letting them sniff and pry and explore . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course , ’ the Doctor had said , and the memory of his voice was so real that she almost heard the words in her ears , ‘ if anyone wanted to infiltrate the TARDIS with any kind of intelligence , from a virus to an entire computer , they 'd only have to plug a cable into the socket under the console . |
| 16 | After overhearing comments surrounding Toni 's gender and nationality — by fellow Americans , I was relieved when she finally appeared on stage at 9.15pm . |
| 17 | By this time I was sorely in need of a toilet , and it was her turn to be alarmed when she suddenly grasped the meaning of my frantic gestures . |
| 18 | She was feeling vulnerable and neglected , he was fun and rich and she clearly enjoyed his company . |
| 19 | Although her mum was upset and her dad was cross they did n't chuck her out but have been very supportive and she still lives at home with her two-year-old son . |
| 20 | A few months later Prieur became pregnant and she too returned to France . |
| 21 | It all starts to get too confusing and she desperately needs help but who can she turn to ? |
| 22 | She wanted to stay in Harlem and be with Edith for it was because of Edith she was still alive and she finally knew that their relationship was genuine . |
| 23 | He gripped her wrist suddenly , so hard that she almost cried out . |
| 24 | She stared at the floor , turning pink and feeling so confused that she almost missed what Mr Hollins was saying . |
| 25 | And it was obvious that she really cared . |
| 26 | When cornered she had promised to come to the showroom , but when the time came there was no Dana and Claudia was lucky if she even got a flimsy excuse . |
| 27 | Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days . |
| 28 | She may have been totally unprepared but she still managed to win her first round match quite comfortably . |
| 29 | The floor tiles were cold but she hardly noticed as she tiptoed to the door and looked into the kitchen . |
| 30 | Perhaps it was puppy-fat because she always said she was very young , though she did n't look it . |