Example sentences of "[adj] time she " in BNC.

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31 However , from this time she began to eliminate any suggestions of depth and perspective in her paintings .
32 She had a fund of such sayings , but this time she was proved maddeningly right .
33 By this time she was out of bed and Charlotte was running upstairs to see what the commotion was about .
34 But this time she did not run .
35 He 'd said it once too often , and this time she 'd taken him at his word .
36 This time she had been sent for urgently because Nigel had taken a turn for the worse — in fact , had nearly died after his peritonitis operation .
37 At this time she was just over fifty , a well-built woman with a high-coloured , sculptured face , short black hair and fine legs .
38 During this time she travelled the French countryside , and the result was an exhibition in 1989 which sold out instantly .
39 All this time she kept up her cryings and roarings , indeed , when she was ‘ barren of tears a day or half a day ’ , she was much depressed .
40 By this time she was more relaxed and less frightened .
41 Steve Cauthen is confident of a good run from Irish St Leger winner Mashaallah , but Magic Night has been in this battle before and this time she can win .
42 Matilda , sitting in the second row about ten feet away from Miss Honey , put her.elbows on the desk and cupped her face in her hands , and this time she gave the order right at the beginning .
43 She settled herself and began to concentrate , and very-quickly this time she felt the electricity beginning to flow inside her head , gathering itself behind the eyes , and the eyes became hot and millions of tiny invisible hands began pushing out like sparks towards the cigar .
44 ‘ Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York . ’
45 This time she asked , ‘ Have you got your guitar ?
46 During this time she gnawed her way through two sets of thick leather straps and ruined most of her leg feathers into the bargain by continually ripping them off .
47 This time she seemed to be in two minds about what to do .
48 This time she more or less flew straight to me , and I felt confident enough to fly her another three or four times , each one successfully , although eventually I sensed she was losing interest , fretfully tearing at her jesses and gazing round .
49 I flew Dawn once more and this time she crashed down near this particular boy 's feet .
50 Debbie was determined that this time she would fight it off .
51 Aggie pointed to the seat at the front of the cart , and immediately Millie had done so , she gripped the iron frame of the seat , heaved herself on to the first step , then , almost with a lunge , on to the seat ; but this time she did n't say , as she usually did , ‘ I 'm past this ; I 'll sit on the back in future and you 'll take him , ’ but she jerked the reins and put the pony into a trot .
52 Millie was two hours under Sister Mary , and during this time she learned that the nun did not always bother to use her hand , she also used a ruler that seemed as flexible as rubber , for when it hit knuckles it bounced back from them .
53 This time she recognized him and waved .
54 From this time she was a south-eastern power .
55 This time she yelled his name , not giving a damn if she looked a fool , and dived after him .
56 This time she wrote directly to the Queen who raised no objections to the request .
57 During this time she helped hundreds of overweight men and women to lose weight for the sake of their health .
58 This time she had n't picked up the thread automatically .
59 By this time she was trembling .
60 All this time she had scarcely noticed there were other people in the car with her .
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