Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presently she found that she had the gift of tongues : notions of sacrifice and immolation and of a saviour with hair of sackcloth poured out of her mouth like a river of lava . |
| 2 | She set it on the table , avoiding his stare , and made as if to leave , but stopped before she reached the door and looked in his eyes . |
| 3 | And also he doubted whether she had the intelligence to be so devious . |
| 4 | It would have been a particular thrill to have met the man who could pen such material , she mused as she closed the lid on her suitcase for the last time on Tuesday morning , but she knew that that was out of the question . |
| 5 | She stopped as she saw the look of annoyance on his face . |
| 6 | You will do it carefully ? ’ he added , his tone sounding suddenly a little dangerous , and Maggie stopped as she reached the door . |
| 7 | Most of the shops seemed already to be closed and her heart sank as she identified the unlit frontage of number seventeen . |
| 8 | Her heart sank as she remembered the phone call which for the first time began to make sense . |
| 9 | Honestly , he 's driving me insane ! ’ she exclaimed as she stirred the Aga into reluctant life . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , it 's a reply to my fax from Beryl ! ’ she exclaimed as she scanned the first paragraph . |
| 11 | The motors whined as she put the speeder into reverse . |
| 12 | Mrs Joe was saying as she came out of the kitchen , ‘ The pie — has — gone ! ’ but stopped when she saw the soldiers . |
| 13 | Her hands trembled as she poured the milk into the mugs . |
| 14 | However , her heart sank when she examined the bowl more closely . |
| 15 | In cross-examination she agreed that she gave the police a statement and , when asked how many statements she gave , replied , ‘ I gave one statement to the investigating officer … the day after Paulette was murdered . ’ |
| 16 | When I had finished and opened my eyes I noted that she had the cup in one hand and the saucer in the other . |
| 17 | Frau Nordern asked — and blenched when she heard the figure . |
| 18 | She tensed as she filled the kettle , and checked the fridge for something for dinner . |
| 19 | She added as she reached the bottom of the stairs where Miss Merchiston had arrived to meet her , ‘ I 've told the mistress as how Miss Kyte is come at last , and she said to bring her up straight . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I can , ’ Caroline muttered as she inched the tiny plastic teeth shut , ‘ if you can do without breathing . |
| 21 | ‘ OK , ’ she nodded quickly , and noticed as she left the veranda that Bill Hamilton had moved closer to his wife 's side and engulfed her slim artist 's hand in his larger , stronger one in a gesture of silent support . |
| 22 | When Sam flopped as she hosted the 1989 Brit pop awards Pat was her shoulder to cry on . |
| 23 | ‘ Please , ’ she murmured as she climbed the steps to the fifth-floor Brooklyn Heights flat she 'd subleased for the summer , ‘ please , let this be an acceptance ! ’ |
| 24 | Eddie 's knuckles whitened as she gripped the back of her chair . |
| 25 | A resounding yes from all but Kat , who contrarily stated that she thought the direct , uncensored attack of rap is beautiful and even quoted NWA as an example of this . |
| 26 | When asked about statistical material , the teacher stated that she had the national statistics . |
| 27 | Dexter guessed that she thought the same as him but was keen to learn as much as she could from Blufton about Nicola and her motives for giving these ‘ facts ’ to the chairman of TVL . |
| 28 | It had her dropping her aggressive stance immediately , and as he advanced she retreated until she felt the table hard and unyielding against her back . |
| 29 | Zach nodded and she opened the door out on to the landing and closed it behind her . |
| 30 | Brenda goes on to recount what happened after she rebuffed the boy in question . |