Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , look ! ’ she whispered in an awed kind of voice , and flicked a glance from the squirrel to Ven , to find that he was looking — at her ! |
| 2 | ‘ The TV crew on The Darling Buds Of May know that I hate my backside , so they 're always making little comments , ’ she revealed in an exclusive interview . |
| 3 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 4 | And that , she realised with an increasing feeling of horror , was the whole awful crux of the matter . |
| 5 | She lived on an emotional see-saw , her jealousy matched by a sublime devotion to Charles . |
| 6 | Her face lit up with a delighted smile as she gazed at an abandoned plate of half-eaten sandwiches on a nearby table . |
| 7 | ‘ If you take anything else off before I 've got my suitcase out of this room , I 'll ring the police ! ’ she announced with an icy calm she was far from feeling . |
| 8 | Her eyes were shining , and she glowed with an inner warmth . |
| 9 | ‘ Yer not intendin' ter take the baby out in this weavver , are yer ? ’ she asked in an indignant tone of voice . |
| 10 | And if I never , ever see St Stephen 's Green again it will be far too soon ! ’ she exclaimed with an endearing little grin . |
| 11 | ‘ She writes like an avenging angel , with a freshness , vigour and zest for sex ( but never for sleaze ) that belie her years . ’ |
| 12 | Araminta had wanted to escape what she regarded as an irksome duty . |
| 13 | ‘ Acquire a veneer of civilization , ’ she said unexpectedly , with a brutal honesty possible only with someone she regarded as an old friend . |
| 14 | Her parents are dead , so she lives with an unkind aunt and her children . |
| 15 | He or she lives in an impersonal world , out of touch with other people . |
| 16 | She lives in an old house . |
| 17 | She lies in an open corner of the churchyard , where she can breathe the air from the moors . |
| 18 | ‘ She is young , she looks like an ordinary child . |
| 19 | Once a cheerleader at the University of Texas , she looks like an innocent suburban housewife unknowingly mixed up in the rough-and-tumble world of Texas politics . |
| 20 | She 's a prat and a dork , she acts funny , she looks like an old cow . |
| 21 | She trained as an interior photographer and is the creator of the original furnishing catalogues for Laura Ashley . |
| 22 | The war , seemingly interminable , was by now unpopular , and in October 1761 , having failed to persuade his colleagues to declare war on Spain before she entered into an open alliance with France , Pitt the Elder resigned . |
| 23 | She drew from an enormous hold-all an array of archaeological cakes and buns , and displayed them with pride . |
| 24 | I did n't realise that you might not — er — be able to have any babies … ’ she added with an unhappy sigh , clearly wishing that she 'd kept her mouth shut . |
| 25 | ‘ The things I could do if only I had oodles of cash , ’ she added with an intense longing . |
| 26 | ‘ You did n't even give him one of those fancy cookies just now , ’ she added in an aggrieved tone . |
| 27 | At three she woke with an uneasy feeling . |
| 28 | Next morning she woke from an intense dream , and did not dare wonder about its meaning . |
| 29 | She runs the advertising for Phileas Fogg Snacks , Babycham and Shell which she describes as an interesting mixture . |
| 30 | She played in an immature manner and was very under-stimulated . |