Example sentences of "that she [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this particular occasion , having picked up her baby daughter , the mother was in such a haste to reach the safety of the shelter that she tripped on the stone steps leading down into its dark interior . |
| 2 | There is a local story that Queen Elizabeth spent a night here ; what is certain is that she passed on this road on her way from Burderop to Cirencester . |
| 3 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
| 4 | The headmistress had tried to insist that she go on a racial awareness course , she who had taught children of different races for over twenty years . |
| 5 | And Pedro 's continued absence insisted that she act on it at once . |
| 6 | Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ . |
| 7 | All she knew was that she counted on Thomas . |
| 8 | In front of Ruth an old woman , not moving quickly enough to please them , was thrown so heavily that she landed on her back on the deck and was too winded to rise . |
| 9 | ( I was well aware that the man in the bushes was not Mrs Browning 's only worry , and that she lived on interest from a small amount of capital fast diminishing in value . |
| 10 | Nenna told him , without much expecting to be believed , that she lived on Battersea Reach . |
| 11 | Right , it 's about this erm lady , I 'll make it that she lived on Dartmoor with her erm grandson erm and her moth and he sa daughter and she is a gran , she was a grandlady a grandmother . |
| 12 | I 'll ask Carolyn what it is that she uses on hers because hers gets rid of the weeds as well . |
| 13 | By his order dated 5 August 1991 the judge directed that she recover on her counterclaim the sum of £24,751.59 together with interest for unlawful eviction , general damages and consequential loss . |
| 14 | A JURY in Los Angeles yesterday ordered the actress Kim Basinger to pay Main Line Pictures $8.9 million , ( around £6 million ) finding that she reneged on a contract to play the leading role in the film Boxing Helena . |
| 15 | So much that she fell on the first excuse to put some distance between them . |
| 16 | He loved the music that she made on her cello , and the way she sat curved around it , seeming to listen to its inner voice as she played . |
| 17 | She appeared to be not in the least ill at ease sitting on an upturned box in a bare room and drinking tea out of a mug that she balanced on her knee . |
| 18 | All of which adds up to an absorbing daily life and one in which any time that she spends on her own , when she often dwells on her sad past , is kept to a minimum . |
| 19 | ‘ Take care , ’ she whispered back , frightened by the sheer naked will to succeed that she surprised on his face . |
| 20 | And yet when it was mentioned that she narrated on Jeff Wayne 's album Spartacus , she stormed , ‘ It is not a pop album . |
| 21 | According to the script he should have suggested that she turn on the television . |
| 22 | The most recent production was a four-minute cassette that she recorded on behalf of the Church Urban Fund for use in some 80 local radio stations . |
| 23 | ‘ Because he senses that she looks on him with disdain , ’ Lucy informed him . |
| 24 | She thought about it all morning , and was so depressed by the afternoon that she put on her cloak and found her way to where Gabriel lived . |
| 25 | She was enjoying herself so much that she stayed on the floor longer than she should have done and it was only when she saw Mrs Freer making furious faces at her from the doorway that she turned and glided back . |
| 26 | There are reports that she attempted to leave Northumberland House : it seems that she stayed on one occasion with Louise Purdon , who was a " night-nurse " with her own flat above a chemist 's , until she was found and taken back . |
| 27 | The coroner , Mr Lester Madrell , heard in a statement from Mrs MacIllarry , who was pregnant at the time , that she jumped on Jobson , who then pointed the gun at her , she was absolutely terrified , she grabbed her children , leaving her baby buggy bahind , and ran into the store . |
| 28 | She had an exhaustive knowledge of Sunday Schools and it was depressing to find him full of the same bogus affability that she detected on every Sabbath of the year . |