Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] she [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The denuded chest she pushed against a wall . |
| 2 | Successive Secretaries acknowledge the outstanding support she provided in that role . |
| 3 | The coffee smelt and tasted rich , quite unlike the freeze-dried brand she used at home . |
| 4 | ‘ Virginia adores Ballet Rambert , ’ Lucy put in helpfully , ignoring the fiercely repressive look she received in return . |
| 5 | Jessica followed closely , watching the stop-lights and the curly hair she caught from time to time around the head restraint on his front seat . |
| 6 | In her chapter of the development of children 's ability to write , Miranda Jones describes a longitudinal study she conducted in Edinburgh , which followed children 's understanding of writing from the preschool stage , through to how their understanding changed as they learned to write in school . |
| 7 | Then at top speed she raced for the keeper 's cottage . |
| 8 | just after her conversion — a moment of mystical submission she insisted on replaying several times a day — she had kept the veil on even at meals , and forked meat and potatoes in under her mask like a gamekeeper baiting a trap . |
| 9 | Unlocking the door , she put her meal on the bench and donned the old smock she wore for working , then settled to sanding and smoothing the shapes she had already carved . |
| 10 | We thank Ilana Machover , one of our qualified teachers , who is also qualified in the Alexander Technique , for the most interesting session she gave on this subject . |
| 11 | We thank Ilana Machover , one of our qualified teachers , who is also qualified in the Alexander Technique , for the most interesting session she gave on this subject . |
| 12 | In the NI 's first editorial by a woman , Maggie Black described the beauty of a 15-year-old Ethiopian girl she met on the road to Selekleka and mourned the transience of that beauty ‘ if policies do n't change fast enough to avoid her back being bent , her hands calloused , her body broken , by the time she is 30 ’ . |
| 13 | The memory of his last visit would not leave her ; there was a jagged edge to it — for had she not tried to force him against his will and had he not been aware of that and too kind to give her the direct reaction she deserved for her over-boldness ? |
| 14 | It referred to the peculiar affinity she had with dumb creatures ; lost , wounded and deformed they seemed to seek her out . |
| 15 | There was an embarrassed silence and Nina glanced at Rachel , then at David Markham , then with a murmured apology she hurried from the room . |
| 16 | In old age she sat for long periods by her bedroom window , looking out over roof-tops to distant church spires and tower blocks . |
| 17 | I once followed a pupil around for a whole day , and was impressed by the peculiar mixture she experienced of dislocated bits and pieces , and longer sessions where there were ‘ spaces ’ for her to enjoy and explore learning or — occasionally — to waste time in . |
| 18 | For one thing she was very proud of her , for another when she talked about her lovely sister and her exciting life she felt as if some of the glamour rubbed off onto her . |
| 19 | Under the clear astrodome she walked to the admin building , the sensors at Kandinskaya 's door showing red . |
| 20 | She had reached the top of the narrow wooden stairs that led into the single upper-storey chamber she shared with her mother . |
| 21 | It still sleeps with its mother in the rudimentary nest she builds for the night but practises building nests for itself . |
| 22 | She is believed to have a £4.2 million fortune based solely on French property she owned before her marriage to the tycoon . |
| 23 | But her command of the eastern seas was unimpaired , as is proved by the free hand she enjoyed in suppressing revolt on Samos in 440/39 . |
| 24 | King Alexander ordered me into her retinue ; I got bored and used to listen to her conversations with the one French lady-in-waiting she brought with her , a girl called Marie . |
| 25 | She 'd been here four days and it was high time she wrote to him . |
| 26 | Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more . |
| 27 | In her 15-minute speech she spoke of the two countries ' shared ideals , including democracy , stability and a rejection of the power which " grows from the barrel of a gun " . |
| 28 | With one last glance along the empty street she plunged into the blackness , treading warily on the soles of her training shoes . |
| 29 | In sweltering heat she walked around the edge of the vast parade ground pausing to chat to some of the 600 troops gathered in her honour . |
| 30 | With a helpless sigh she stared into deep grey eyes that seemed to see too much . |