Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She throws down an empty glass , just missing the head of the sleeping man . |
| 2 | She switched on an overhead lamp and unrolled them one by one . |
| 3 | She took out an unexpected wisp of lace and linen , and dabbed at the nose . |
| 4 | Her grey eyes widened , and she bit back an involuntary exclamation . |
| 5 | And a top money spinner will certainly be crime writer PD James , from Oxford … she brought in an enviable library . |
| 6 | She put on an adopted cosy accent to make him laugh , but she was no mimic and the effort was arthritic . |
| 7 | She did n't really know what she should be wearing , but that morning she put on an old pair of jeans . |
| 8 | While they were in the travelling coach , she put on an outward appearance of sadness for a loyal employee , killed in an attempt to save his master 's horse . |
| 9 | Her own body felt as though it was burning up with fever , and she put out an unsteady hand to touch his face . |
| 10 | She struck up an effective rapport with the new Republican President of the United States , Ronald Reagan . |
| 11 | For the next couple of years , Sinitta was dog-less as she ran up an amazing string of chart hits with the guidance of the nowlegendary Stock , Aitken and Waterman . |
| 12 | She picked up an emptied canister from the kitchen floor . |
| 13 | As she stood up an empty wine bottle clattered off the bench and rolled down the pavement . |