Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] she [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going to Libya in 1988 , Jousiffe — her name is English , possibly of French origin and not Middle Eastern in spite of its sound — found that she suffered from the negative influence she had absorbed and thought : ‘ I wo n't enjoy this . |
| 2 | Some years later , when her health and strength failed her , she found that she had to ; but when that day came , she packed her courage as well as her clothes into her suitcase . |
| 3 | Well as I say I went out and erm I thought , well Jill phoned and she said at the time my mum had got a boy that was sleeping rough down the sandpits . |
| 4 | The allegation had been spoken so quietly that he doubted whether she had in fact heard it . |
| 5 | Her brows rose as she glared at him . |
| 6 | Stella did too — ; after all , she was one of them — until a picture grew in her head of Dawn Allenby in St Ives 's bed-sitter , cheeks hollowed as she sucked on her peppermints , the gas fire burning blue , those unwrapped , unwanted flowers lying on the table . |
| 7 | Leonora bristled as she marched into the other room , realising she 'd expected murmurs of appreciation to greet her offering . |
| 8 | Eva grumbled as she stood in the cold , carrying her case . |
| 9 | There was something about the atmosphere of a theatre that never failed to stir her blood , Shannon mused as she walked along the corridors . |
| 10 | Anne Hopper winced as she looked at the remains of the bullock lying on the large wooden worktop in the prison kitchen . |
| 11 | ‘ Mornin' , Olga , ’ she shouted as she scuttled towards her , a pair of rollers in the front of her hair sticking out like devil 's horns from under her woollen hat . |
| 12 | She glanced at the backdrop of gentlemen , most of them in uniform , standing uncomfortably near the wall as though to divorce themselves from the proceedings and her heart sank as she thought of Craig , he should be here today , sharing in her adventure . |
| 13 | In the early 1970s Brooke-Rose described the different ‘ houses of theory ’ she encountered when she moved to Paris in 1968 : |
| 14 | ‘ Ah ! ’ she exclaimed as she came across one labelled ‘ ZOOM ’ . |
| 15 | Anne exclaimed as she came into the . |
| 16 | ‘ They really are shaky ! ’ he exclaimed as she wobbled towards him . |
| 17 | ‘ I regret ever allowing you to talk me into this crazy scheme ! ’ she exclaimed as she slid into bed and pulled the duvet up to her chin . |
| 18 | She walked along by the shops , and stopped when she came to a door with ‘ Madame Eloise — Hair ’ on it . |
| 19 | I stopped when she hissed at me to shut up and let her get on with it . |
| 20 | They all agreed that she fell off the bridge . |
| 21 | Then her anger erupted , her hand flashed upwards and she had delivered a stinging slap to his left cheek before she even realised that she intended to . |
| 22 | The Irish star , who as a child was battered by her mother , revealed that she went to a psychiatrist to sort out her problems . |
| 23 | Referring to her disgraced son-in-law as ‘ Mr Mellor ’ , she added that she knew of his decision to resign ‘ some time ago ’ . |
| 24 | When pressed to give her views on Fatima , the daughter of the prophet Mohamad ( whose birthday is Women 's Day in Iran ) she praised Fatima but added that she belonged to 14 centuries ago . |
| 25 | By his order dated 5 August 1991 the judge directed that she recover on her counterclaim the sum of £24,751.59 together with interest for unlawful eviction , general damages and consequential loss . |
| 26 | She recalled that she had at the time been a little put out by the prince 's interest in Joan — but now the important thing was to persuade Joan to join in the festivities and bring her a first-hand report . |
| 27 | I just said ‘ Yes ? ’ and as I dropped the pen she 'd handed me back into her bag , I noticed that she carried at least two fat rolls of ten-pound notes secured with circular gold clips shaped like salamanders , or maybe alligators . |
| 28 | Seven-thirty came and she glanced through the curtains to see if she could see your car drawing up . |
| 29 | The lift came and she got into it fearfully . |
| 30 | She would put her elbows on the table , she would be allowed wine , she would read a book while she ate if she wanted to . |