Example sentences of "[prep] [num ord] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first she had scraped a more or less adequate living as a free-lance journalist . |
| 2 | At first she had just worked a couple of hours a week for Graham . |
| 3 | At first she had thought with a shock of fear that it was old age , that old age was like silicon , water-soluble , it flowed into you and as you dried out , it hardened , recasting you in blurred shapes and muted tones . |
| 4 | Dot thought at first she meant it was unkind for the man to be so constricted by the many instruments strapped to all parts of his body . |
| 5 | At first she thought it was one of the old ones and she almost wiped it out . |
| 6 | At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 7 | The letters had made her angry , though at first she had simply not been able to believe them . |
| 8 | At first she sympathised a bit , but basically she thinks it 's because I dare to walk around and look people in the eye — I 'm too challenging or flirty or something . |
| 9 | At first she showed a marked aversion to the godliness and simplicity of life in Kidderminster . |
| 10 | Before Mussolini was able to take his chance , Italy was drawn into World War I. At first she remained neutral , but in 1915 threw in her lot with the allies and declared war on Austria . |
| 11 | Lunia was flattered at having her portrait painted by a gifted artist , but at first she felt rather intimidated by the experience . |
| 12 | Back in the main sitting room where she had been at first she was introduced to Antonietta 's husband Gennaro who was the head of the household . |
| 13 | Stephanie , a mere stripling of 50 , thought at first she was n't old enough for her part , but two hours of make-up , a wig and plenty of padding soon solved that problem . |
| 14 | She was glad to see her friends , naturally , and she loved the cottage , and got on quite well with Susan ; but at first she was completely baffled by the simple yet busy life they led . |
| 15 | At first she slept , heavy , exhausted , whisky-induced sleep . |
| 16 | At first she declined to accept it , wanting it sent back . |
| 17 | At first she 'd given no thought to missing for a month , putting it down to the trauma of losing Pa , but by the time nothing showed for the third month running there could be no doubt that the worst had happened . |
| 18 | At first she could meet his eyes , but what she saw confused her and she looked at the floor , colour creeping into her cheeks , reacting against the tenderness surprised in herself with a sense of shock that made her brusque and suspicious . |
| 19 | Aches and pains of various kinds may occur , some of which may mimic the symptoms of her husband 's last illness , and her general health may deteriorate , because at first she will be so absorbed in grieving and a kind of mental ‘ searching ’ for what she has lost that she may tend to neglect her bodily needs . |
| 20 | At first she sat in silence , stirring her tea as though to get it thoroughly stirred was of the utmost importance . |
| 21 | At first she was undecided . |
| 22 | ‘ At first she hated it , ’ Louise continued , ‘ it seemed so remote and , in the thirties , of course , it was . |
| 23 | At first she had refused to wear the skirt , preferring her old jeans . |
| 24 | At first she had complained to Aggie , saying they were stupid because they taught nothing but the abc and counting , and that most of the time was spent singing hymns and listening to stories from the Bible . |
| 25 | At first she was rather reluctant to talk about what was bothering her . |
| 26 | Whereas at first she had welcomed the assessment she later came to the view that she was being given no say in the objectives of the assessment . |
| 27 | At first she had let him wash their three-month-old child but Fred 's face had become red and perspiration stood out on his forehead as he held the mite as though she were made of china . |
| 28 | At first she treated his request in a light-hearted way and broke into a fit of giggles . |
| 29 | At first she was frightened of the bath , but she adores it now . |
| 30 | At first she did not let them in ‘ because I thought they were drunks from the pub next door ’ . |