Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Into the shadows of the room came the beam of a powerful flashlight , and she flung up a hand to shield her eyes from its glare . |
| 2 | She flung back the bedclothes and released a breath of pent-up fury , shaking her head in disbelief at that man 's ill-temper , at his supreme superiority . |
| 3 | When she could stand it no longer , she flung back the bedclothes and crossed to the washbasin in the corner of the room , splashing her face with cold water . |
| 4 | Giving up the battle to make her restless mind switch off , she flung back the duvet and got out of bed . |
| 5 | Muttering under her breath , she flung back the covers and swung her long legs out of bed , the flimsy material of her nightdress caressing her thighs as she padded barefoot to the kitchen to fetch a couple of aspirin . |
| 6 | He took a hasty pace towards her , and she flung out a hand . |
| 7 | But even as she flung out a hand to save herself she was whisked off her feet and pulled into the secure haven of fitzAlan 's arms . |
| 8 | Thomas , whom she met once every week or two , for dinner , or a trip to the theatre , or , if it was the weekend , a forage round the Upper East Side galleries or a visit to the Whitney or the newly opened Guggenheim Museum . |
| 9 | Sperber and Wilson 's ( 1986 ) principle of relevance entitles the hearer to expect adequate contextual effects for the minimum necessary processing effort.5 This means that a speaker who is asked to say what , for example , was said in a lecture would not satisfy the principle of relevance if he or she read out the entire content word for word . |
| 10 | When she read how the Lord looked down and saw his people were ‘ all together become filthy ’ she trembled . |
| 11 | Satisfied with the merest hint of make-up she had used on her heart-shaped face , she emptied out the small jewellery sachet she always took with her on her travels . |
| 12 | She threaded up the machine with the right cotton for her curtains , arranged the material in the right position under the needle , and began to turn the handle of the machine . |
| 13 | When the horn was robed she threaded back the leather of the necklace and gave it to Dreamer , who put it round his neck and tucked this frail memory of the broken boy into his furs . |
| 14 | In their place she pinned up a poster of a starving black child and a chart which eventually recorded a handsome donation to the Biafran famine relief fund , amassed by the girls from a summer fair , Christmas carol-singing and a sponsored fast during which Suzie Chamfer histrionically fainted in the lavatories . |
| 15 | Passing me , she swooped up the hen in her arms and proceeded to cradle it as she apologized to me again . |
| 16 | With the speed and precision of an avenging angel , she swooped up the net and tipped out the three squirming occupants , watching with grim satisfaction as they darted away . |
| 17 | McLeish decided that since she was unaware of her audience it did not become him to be selfconscious , and asked what she expected even a Senator to achieve in these circumstances ? |
| 18 | She laid down the seed packets for emphasis . |
| 19 | She laid down the printing frame that she held . |
| 20 | But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face . |
| 21 | She laid down the telephone and stared at the view outside her office window . |
| 22 | Aunt Tossie had a faint dribble of desire at the corners of her mouth when , at length , she laid down the slate pencil and rose from her chair to face Mrs Geary , her companion in what was to be an immortal triumph : its finale that most acceptable of puddings before diets and regimens were conceived : a really beautiful Trifle . |
| 23 | She laid down the phone with a small sigh of relief . |
| 24 | She laid down the brush and faced Shae directly . |
| 25 | She laid down the phone and leaned back against the pillows . |
| 26 | As she laid down the phone , she decided she 'd do that . |
| 27 | She laid out a selection of records from Harry Roy through theatrical speechifying to the Beatles and Scott Joplin . |
| 28 | Her face pinched in disapproval , she laid out a dish of sliced cold beef , a platter of bread and butter , the remains of a pigeon pie and some cheeses . |
| 29 | In the morning , she made up a cot for Oreste , placing on the pillow a small felt rabbit Pilade had once loved . |
| 30 | She made up a poem for the diamond diamond jubilee . |