Example sentences of "she [vb past] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She read and read and read while her aunt mended the socks of her husband and brothers or sewed innumerable buttons on their shirts . |
| 2 | She swam and read and sat in the sun … about as close as she had come to getting what she 'd imagined for her one shining summer . |
| 3 | Suddenly she stopped and let out a cry . |
| 4 | Then she dried and put away knives , and spoons , also . |
| 5 | Though his expression was serious she recognised that gleam in his eye . |
| 6 | She 'd give that up when she pleased or die an old maid . |
| 7 | Surreptitiously she studied that lean , attractive face , so close to hers , the austere yet passionate mouth above a cleft chin , the brilliant eyes so fascinating in their shape and colour , the clear-cut bone-structure , the strong planes and angles . |
| 8 | She imagined that slash through herself . |
| 9 | She used to ride over on a white mare she borrowed and tether it somewhere over there by that tree . ’ |
| 10 | She nodded and let herself be led through to his room on the second level of the travellers ' hostel . |
| 11 | She sighed and let her fingers move slowly down the dark , smooth surface of the glass . |
| 12 | For an age she simply had not dared open them , until finally , unable to resist any longer , she opened and shut them again once and very quickly . |
| 13 | She grunted and let him help her sit . |
| 14 | More importantly , by giving the impression that the government 's control-room department is neither flustered nor panicky , his confident , self-possessed performance has bolstered the prime minister 's own position just when she needed that support most . |
| 15 | She needed that anger , it helped her to cope . |
| 16 | She knew that sound well from her days as an explorer . |
| 17 | She knew that look from old , and it was n't one that she particularly liked . |
| 18 | She knew that look well . |
| 19 | Then she saw that Bite the Bullet , now under heavy pressure , was drifting away from the rails . |
| 20 | She saw that look come into his eyes again — the look that told her so clearly how little she meant to him . |
| 21 | But when she had washed her hair and dressed in a new pair of designer jeans and a silk shirt that had been a Christmas present and which she 'd never worn before — it was n't to Eva 's house that she went but back down into the town , towards the theatre and the Franz Joseph . |
| 22 | He says , I know , Carmen used to go crackers that 's why she went and fetch him here . |
| 23 | She remembered that walk : it lacked caution . |
| 24 | She remembered that smile with resentful clarity . |
| 25 | She smiled and let him have his way . |
| 26 | She smiled and let her hands drift down his spine to his buttocks . |
| 27 | Thieves take care of their own … ’ she sounded bitter as she spoke that last . |
| 28 | The conscience she gave and find a new mother instead . |
| 29 | She paused and cast a meaningful glance round the room , whose size and furnishings had caused her to double her original estimate . |
| 30 | 'Ave a 'eart 'Arry she panted and 'ang on a tick ! |