Example sentences of "she [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Bernice suddenly found she badly needed a drink , but her hip flask was empty . |
2 | A week had passed without the offer of one single outside ride ; she badly needed a winner . |
3 | Without conscious thought she instinctively placed a hand on his arm . |
4 | SHE RARELY ANSWERS A SERVICE CALL . |
5 | On the other side of the room , an ancient dame was regarding Theda with a fixed stare while she slowly plied a fan before her face . |
6 | She successfully sought a venue for the meeting at the university and then called a phone-in Irish radio chat show to recruit support . |
7 | Inelligible for the Enterprise Allowance Scheme , and at 28 too old for the Prince 's Trust , she eventually got a grant from the Westminster Enterprise Agency . |
8 | She eventually articulated a philosophy which depended in large and explicit measure on repudiating what Conservatism had said about the role of the State for the past 30 years . |
9 | ‘ It 's like doing a jigsaw and making your own pieces up ’ , said Mrs Joel as she deftly removed a petal that was too large and replaced it with a smaller one . |
10 | ‘ After her parents died about a year apart she suddenly got a survival instinct which knew no boundaries at all because she had no longer had a family , ’ said Amanda . |
11 | With many oy-oys and oy-gevalts ( cries of woe ) she suddenly raised a forefinger , and said : |
12 | But she also needed to come to terms with the topsy-turviness of her situation that , while she wanted to spend every moment she could with Ven , she suddenly felt a need to be alone ! |
13 | She obviously had a flair for putting people in what suited them , not always true of designers . |
14 | So well she obviously needs a fag and a cup of tea before she |
15 | In that role she annually presented a miniature . |
16 | To others she merely looked a bit different , and it lent her glamour , but to him , she was as different as anyone who was n't black . |
17 | When he rolled away from her , she idly pulled a frond of fern and stroked it down his cheek . |
18 | Every time , well she only got a pass . |
19 | She only got a pass . |
20 | She only saves a matter of fifteen P and gets it all back on the petrol |
21 | She only knew a fraction of how it had been . |
22 | Well I think she only had a girl . |
23 | She was wearing a dressing-gown , but it was hanging open , and underneath she only had a négligé on , one of those flimsy things , I could see everything . |
24 | Now I can only remember one thing about it : a passage which refers to the death by starvation of a girl in Paris because she only had a pint of milk and a loaf of bread a day . |
25 | She prayed that the landlord of the Swan was right and that she only had a mile or two to cover . |
26 | But towards end when she only , she only had a pound to lose and she paid about six week on run to go to get weighed to tell her she was exactly same weight . |
27 | He just about could do , because as it turned out she only took a percentage , unlike the other two who got through the lot , but then Egan had more to leave hidden than Place . |
28 | she only has a biscuit , sometimes she 'll bring scones or cake or , if she 'd been baking |
29 | Indeed she only has a place in the religion in relation to him . |
30 | ‘ Does that mean she only has a birthday every fourth year ? ’ |