Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] she [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It was all but won and she felt at peace .
2 The woman 's high colour deepened and she fumbled with the up of wine .
3 Her heavy lids lifted and she stared at him , bewildered , stunned by her own inexplicable reaction .
4 And then miraculously the weight of his body was lifted and she heard with overwhelming relief the deep , harsh tones of Luke 's voice .
5 By the time the medicine was ready the ferryman had materialised and she slumped with great relief on to the cross seat , wishing the crossing was a little longer .
6 For instance , when Paris designated the wanton APHRODITE as the most beautiful of the goddesses , Hera 's morals were affronted and she arranged for the Trojan Wars to occur as just recrimination for the slight .
7 This was done and she came to us .
8 The week 's work was done and she waited for another hard week to start in this ugly , holiday dress .
9 His lips twisted and she waited for the inevitable cynical response , but surprisingly it did n't come .
10 She very much wanted to read the letter she had received and she thought of crossing over to the Villa Nazionale .
11 Her lips parted and she sucked on his forefinger , and then he trailed it down her throat , to the shadowed cleft between her breasts .
12 I must have moaned : she looked at me coldly as if suspecting some kind of trickery , and then her face altered and she came across the room to take my arm and help me back to bed .
13 Beside the helicopter pad a group of people were gathered and she jogged towards them .
14 In 1653 Clendon complained of her allegations in his pamphlet Justification Justified and she returned with A Plaine Relation of My Sufferings and Mrs. Shaw 's Innocency Restored .
15 Already they were aroused and she longed for the water against her overheated skin to caress and tease her further and she longed to plunge in beside Fernando and for him to …
16 The protagonist laughs at the letters at first and refuses to answer them , but eventually her curiosity is piqued and she engages in a prolonged correspondence with her admirer .
17 They made love a third time before falling into an exhaustion that was beyond pleasure , their naked bodies sprawled together , arms and legs tangled , and when they woke up late the next day Damian made love to her again until her eyes closed and she shuddered in hot delirium against him .
18 Aggie went away thinking about what she had been told and she confided in Nellie Tanner once more .
19 The boat 's engine could not be used and she had to be paddled , sculled , pushed and pulled through the floods .
20 Ruth was there waiting when the hatches were raised and she escaped at once and went up on deck .
21 Hot my mother used to call it she was English , she was er Cockney born but she come to Bangor when she was eight years ten years of age .
22 Her parents are divorced and she lived with her mother in London .
23 Her eyes widened and she stared at the page before throwing the paper down .
24 She thought of taking off her overall — ; she was wearing one of Lily 's blouses underneath — only when it was unbuttoned and she looked in the mirror her chest poked out in a most peculiar way .
25 Martha 's face was now flushed and she looked on the verge of tears .
26 The moment of unease passed and she smiled at him , feeling almost breathlessly happy at seeing him so unexpectedly , yet at the same time full of dismay at his unfortunate timing .
27 She knew too much to be fired and she refused to be bought out with money or offers of promotion .
28 Then the red mists cleared and she sank to her knees , picking up the pieces , moaning softly .
29 The words faded and she looked about her with slightly flushed cheeks .
30 The hot panic of her nightmare faded and she thought about Spain .
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