Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Oz found the note , we reckoned it might be — it might mean — ’ She doubled her fists and looked frantically up at Mr Hollins . |
| 2 | She doubled her fists and Nick laughed and dodged out of reach round the table . |
| 3 | She whispered her name to me . |
| 4 | She whispered his name rather desperately and he caught her mouth with his , his lips hardening to demanding pressure when she made no move to resist . |
| 5 | She whispered his name over and over : Mr Sargent , Mr Sargent . |
| 6 | The empty echo of her voice alarmed her and she whispered his name instead . |
| 7 | Nicolo whispered her name against her mouth , and , without knowing she was doing it , she whispered his name in return , parting her lips , opening them to his . |
| 8 | And she hugged her daughter very tight . |
| 9 | She hugged her arms across her chest in an unconscious gesture of self-protection . |
| 10 | She hugged her arms . |
| 11 | She hugged her arms across her chest convulsively under the bright patchwork quilt . |
| 12 | She hugged her arms across her chest , hot all over . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've done great too , ’ she hugged her sister and they wheeled one another round on the garden path until the flowerbeds were in danger . |
| 14 | She hugged her handbag tightly to her sides , comforted by the thought of the Pathfinder inside . |
| 15 | When he looked back he could see that once more she hugged her children to her . |
| 16 | She looked strained throughout ; afterwards she hugged her husband and wept . |
| 17 | In her own cabin she stowed her sleep shirt in a locker . |
| 18 | They parried before she admitted her father 's list had been missing since the day before his death , and he had believed Mona Washbrooke had stolen it and was also guilty of going through his papers . |
| 19 | And always she was haunted by the knowledge that if she failed her mother would lose her home . |
| 20 | She flung her arms around him . |
| 21 | She flung her arms around his neck , all the passion of her fiery Arien nature in her eyes . |
| 22 | She flung her arms round him , her face buried in his soaking coat . |
| 23 | She flung her head back and resumed her graceful stride . |
| 24 | She flung her head back . |
| 25 | She took the lift up to the sixth floor and came to the room one O nine , which was her room , as she entered she noticed cobwebs and dampness on the walls , she flung her bed , bags on the bed and went downstairs to supper , after her supper she went to report , she went to the reception desk to report the cobwebs and dampness , she rang the bell a few times but no one answered , she was just about to go back to her room when she heard Mr Sandy the receptionist in the back room talking to her assistant , I put the body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe , Jane ran upstairs and sure enough there was a body , Jane rang the police then straight away , please could you come to the Riverside Hotel , there 's something I think you should see , there was a knock at the door and Mr Sandy answered it , hello , oh hello we 've just had phone call from here , are you sure this is the right hotel ? |
| 26 | She flung her hands up in a gesture that combined defiance and despair . |
| 27 | She flung her hands on her hips . |
| 28 | But she met its eyes . |
| 29 | But that was until she met her Johnny ( and that was his christian name ) . |
| 30 | She met her reflection with a stubbornly squared chin , mentally preparing for battle . |