Example sentences of "she [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she had lived at the farm since she was ten and was accepted as one of the family , she rarely took part in family discussions . |
| 2 | Laura 's insistence on punctuality for meal times became something of a fetish , not because she was herself preparing meals which risked being spoiled ; she rarely had time for cooking any more . |
| 3 | If a manager is in the A&R office at CBS , he or she rarely has access to anybody else in the company . |
| 4 | Alex is a natural beauty and she rarely wears make-up so Fiona applied soft colours for a natural look . |
| 5 | She furiously grasped hold of a clump of soggy weed and after more slipping and sliding finally managed to heave herself out . |
| 6 | As she slowly regained strength , Julia began to be able to think of things beyond her own physical state , and whenever David came to see her she urged him to tell her what had been happening at the trial . |
| 7 | Leah bore him children , but Rachel was barren for a long period during which Jacob had children by her maidservant before she eventually gave birth to Joseph and then Benjamin . |
| 8 | I do know that my sister is in the hands of the only person who can perform this highly skilled operation , and that he is someone who saw fit to increase his patient 's fears at a time when she most needed reassurance . |
| 9 | Her mother had died when she most needed help in her development , with all the problems of adolescence . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , dear — you poor old hag ! ’ her friend murmured sardonically , grinning as she deftly caught hold of the cushion Laura had sent flying across the room towards her . |
| 11 | ‘ She was doing quite nicely when she suddenly developed gas gangrene . |
| 12 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 13 | Looking back at the crowd at the foot of the great stone double staircase , she suddenly caught sight of the familiar blonde head of her daughter and called the nursemaid , who was holding her up to get a better view of all the excitement , to bring her over . |
| 14 | Ronni looked back at him and was aware of a flicker inside her as she suddenly caught sight of those wonderful eyelashes . |
| 15 | The blonde Beverly Hills 90210 beauty was racing on a powerful jet-ski at Malibu Beach when she suddenly lost control of the machine . |
| 16 | In England during the war , she literally committed suicide by refusing her food rations , thus expressing her solidarity with the starving of Europe . |
| 17 | Boz made the announcement as though expecting Dolly to argue with him , but she merely nodded acknowledgement of his statement . |
| 18 | I read of her collecting ivy with her children for Christmas decorations ( she rightly hated holly ) , while I told her of walks by the Nile with Sappho , my pretty mongrel bitch , watching the beautiful boats with big-bellied sails bringing cattle-fodder from Upper Egypt . |
| 19 | She only lacked strength , that was all . |
| 20 | She 's seventy and she only stopped hunting last season because she 's got arthritis in her wrist . |
| 21 | Belatedly she realised she only wore bra and panties . |
| 22 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 23 | A quick hunt through the cupboards and the fridge revealed a good supply of food , but for the moment she only wanted coffee . |
| 24 | She only started wheelchair racing 4 years ago . |
| 25 | And yet , despising her , Luke could n't resist her any more than she could him — but she alone had love to justify the weakness . |
| 26 | By the time she finally headed south again Kirsty 's future would have been decided . |
| 27 | She soon fell victim , and ceased to show any signs of life . |
| 28 | She soon realised strength meant nothing in their oily state , and her lithe body twisted and turned to avoid his lunges . |
| 29 | The crowd slowed her progress , but she soon caught sight of him again , heading towards the door . |
| 30 | This story was a favourite of the headmistress of her primary school , so she heard it often at Morning Prayers , and long before she could see it as a parable , she already felt shock before its injustice . |