Example sentences of "and she [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was her ‘ wait ’ and she sped down the stone staircase ahead of the lumbering old man and snatched up the receiver . |
| 2 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
| 3 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
| 4 | And she drove out the image and her own overwhelming feeling of terrible loss , by concentrating her mind desperately on what Gazzer was saying . |
| 5 | The poser 's cafe had free newspapers and she filled in the crosswords shamelessly , was even miffed if someone else had got there first , especially with a blue Biro : Alex used a black Biro for crosswords . |
| 6 | I tapped on the glass , and she wound down the window . |
| 7 | Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words . |
| 8 | Like that right , and she walked down the bus and this , the policeman said to the bus driver , oh you 'll have to hang on a wee minute because I have to speak to this woman here . |
| 9 | When Sara returned they drank the ale and she brought up the subject of an increased allowance for her and the children . |
| 10 | Gabrielle 's relationship with Baldwin blossomed and they had two children together , Sam and Harry , but later the couple parted and she brought up the two boys . |
| 11 | The bang came again but softer , and she made out the squeak of rusty hinges against the din of the stormy night . |
| 12 | She felt rage flood through her and she fought down the impulse to scream — that was just what he was waiting for . |
| 13 | " It 's just a trick , really , it 's easy , " said Clara , and she took back the egg , and found that she could not put it together again either , so they decided to abandon it , and left it in little pieces in a glass dish on the mantelpiece with some dry and coloured gourds , and then they went downstairs and out into the park , and walked towards the bus stop , and Clara explained , lest the gourds and the egg should be thought to reflect in any way on herself , that they had been given to her by a friend the week before , to celebrate her twenty-second birthday . |
| 14 | Her husband was a very good tenor , the Baron , he sang , and she wrote out the parts for piano , and various other instruments . |
| 15 | He nodded and she tapped out the number . |
| 16 | He nodded and she tapped out the Sheldrake practice number . |
| 17 | And she pulled up the weeds and she pulled up the teasels . |
| 18 | And she pulled up the weeds and she pulled up the teasels . |
| 19 | Despite the sunshine , it was a crisp , cold day , and she pulled up the collar of her black jacket , flicking the long auburn mane of her hair out of the way . |
| 20 | It was probably only a rabbit , but it had still unnerved her slightly , and she pulled off the drive and parked on the grass . |
| 21 | And she phoned up the Saturday , on Friday |
| 22 | My mum right when I put my make-up on in the morning my mum said oh erm she went to the phone box and she phoned up the specialist and they said so I 've got ta go . |
| 23 | come in that day and she sat up the table with the boys and had a dish of |
| 24 | And she picked up the plate of spurned buck rarebit and emptied it into the bin under the counter . |
| 25 | The telephone rang , mercifully cutting short any more disturbing thoughts , and she picked up the receiver . |
| 26 | When her call came through , however , and she picked up the phone and said , ‘ Hello , ’ she realised that she would n't have to ask Lubor when Ven was coming back — because she already knew . |
| 27 | I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size . |
| 28 | I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly . |
| 29 | And she smoothed out the crumpled paper and neatened the desk still more , and found a wad of rag to stop the stool wobbling . |
| 30 | And she toiled up the duneside , her huge backside quaking . |