Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [vb past] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hearing the noise of the car she turned and he saw a peaked , delicate face framed with red-gold hair . |
| 2 | However , on a Dow-Stoker Returners programme she discovered that she had quite a strong numerical ability , and decided that she would like to work in an accounts department . |
| 3 | As soon as Angela could think of anything except the pain of returning circulation she saw that they were outside the gate of a walled enclosure . |
| 4 | With one part of her bemused and disorientated mind she knew that she must call a halt — right now ! |
| 5 | The parents needed not only extensive marital therapy but also to realize that Suzy needed sympathy and understanding about the distress she felt when her parents argued . |
| 6 | Fran closed her eyes , willing the frantic pounding of her pulse to slow , but when his fingers completed their slow journey and came to rest at the base of her neck she knew that he could feel every frantic beat . |
| 7 | He sucked at her breasts , tasting them , then her stomach , and with every feel of his mouth she thought that she would explode . |
| 8 | However , as she passed the reception desk she noticed that his key was still on its hook . |
| 9 | When she got to her desk she saw that it would not do ; it was not an essay day but at that rate there would be no essay to write ; she had not done her week 's reading . |
| 10 | With a shudder she realized that it was in the same block of buildings as Bartholomew Close . |
| 11 | Well I expect she did but I saw Debbie Thursday night and she said about her and er I said er how long has she been in , she said Tuesday she had the op she said and she 's due , she 'll probably be coming out tomorrow |
| 12 | For a second she felt as he must have felt waiting for the glowing metal to eat into the skin . |
| 13 | For a second she imagined that she detected a bleary look within his own eyes — and she knew it must match her own — but then it was gone as fast as summer lightning and she shivered beneath the old familiar expression , that brooding , storm-filled one that she knew boded no good to her . |
| 14 | It seemed to bow in the centre ; for one terrible second she thought that it was going to split . |
| 15 | Just for a second she wondered if she was being taken for a complete fool . |
| 16 | As Maura watched the dust motes flying through the air in the rays of the June sun she wished that she was outside with the younger children . |
| 17 | They should not feel aggrieved at her asking for money ; when she went into the cold hall she felt that it would not give her back much , if anything . |
| 18 | She had hated the pity she thought that she saw in her mama and papa 's eyes , and when her papa had suggested that she might like to spend a year in London with her Uncle Orrin , be presented at court , meet his old friend the Prince of Wales , now King Edward VII , again , she had agreed with alacrity — she , who had hated being parted from her mama and papa . |
| 19 | The only dish she made that we could tolerate was syrup tart , which we praised extravagantly , with the result that it became our unhealthy staple diet . |
| 20 | As she mingled with the guests at the Queen 's Scottish home she realized that she was no longer treated as a person but as a position , no longer a flesh and blood human being with thoughts and feelings but a symbol where the very title ‘ Her Royal Highness , the Princess of Wales ’ distanced her not only from the wider public but from those within the intimate royal circle . |
| 21 | But even as the insult shaped itself in her larynx she discovered that she had smiled at him , openly , quickly , but unmistakably warm . |
| 22 | On her return she knew that it was he who had plucked the sting but she was afraid that too demonstrative a show of gratitude might be misinterpreted . |
| 23 | For an instant she wondered if she should try to warn Georgina . |
| 24 | Groups or pairs of ladies , often sisters or cousins , ran hotels of the kind she required and they understood the necessity for quietness and a late-night pot of tea , for Egyptian cotton sheets and a hot water bottle and plenty of cushions , for sufficient pastries at the tea table and permission to have one 's own wireless set in the bedroom . |
| 25 | In her heart she knew that their relationship had reached its peak ; they had had what was best , from now on they would come apart . |
| 26 | She simply did not know , although deep in her heart she feared that what she felt for Nicky Scott Wilson was not true love . |
| 27 | ‘ You eased her mind and the blow she took as she fell did the rest . |
| 28 | Somewhere on another plane of existence she knew that he was pacing himself , tuning himself to her slower needs : that his tiny muted cries of painful frustration were evidence of his consideration as he aroused her to an aching , trembling plateau of desire . |
| 29 | After a fractional hesitation she did as he said . |
| 30 | These doorless lifts unnerved Roland ; she stepped in precisely and was lifted above him before he dared follow , so that he was already clambering onto the pedestal she occupied when he lunged forward and up , almost too late . |