Example sentences of "[vb past] she [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice suddenly found she badly needed a drink , but her hip flask was empty . |
| 2 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 3 | She found she hardly cared and when Mr Browning , with some evidence of concern for her , said that he feared they must take Ferdinando to Rome almost as soon as they all returned to Florence in October , she simply nodded . |
| 4 | She found she still could n't eat . |
| 5 | Robyn summoned up every ounce of strength and hate and found she still did n't have enough to cope with Luke 's overwhelming anger and her migraine all at the same time . |
| 6 | She liked to take walks alone , and occasionally pretended she completely belonged in St James 's Park or Kensington and always had . |
| 7 | However well she did , however hard she tried she never earned a word of praise from her husband , the royal family or their courtiers . |
| 8 | Sybille , who witnessed Laura 's behaviour with journalists , believed she always felt under attack by the English press . |
| 9 | Outside in the street , where she could raise her voice again , she almost shouted at him , telling him he was to stop behaving as if he had been right and she wrong — as if he believed she now shared his views and endorsed his ridiculous maunderings . |
| 10 | ‘ Kelly believed she too would go on to other things God had got planned for her . ’ |
| 11 | All her staff believed she genuinely cared for their welfare for no other reason than her deeply-felt need to be surrounded by a contented workforce . |
| 12 | For the first time she gave vent to loud screams , which became her usual method of attracting attention from that time : ‘ this manner of crying endured many years after this time , for aught any man might do , and therefore , suffered she much despite and much reproof ’ . |
| 13 | After lunch , Faye had her nap , which had stretched to two hours now , as she was sleeping poorly at night , and after she woke she usually liked to have Belinda in to chat over the mid-afternoon snack . |
| 14 | She 'd she certainly did n't want the money cos she 'd got , her husband was a er you know she had er money from her husband and she had good wages at the you see with her being in charge er she had quite good wages . |
| 15 | Whatever the case , it seemed she only then became aware of the protester as he flourished the placard . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , she had never managed to develop a hide quite tough enough for his barbs to bounce off , and it seemed she never would . |
| 17 | What was even more worrying was that she had never cried and even when he remonstrated with her and told her bluntly that their two children were dead and buried she just smiled and turned away . |
| 18 | She was burning to be entered — which hole he filled she no longer cared . |
| 19 | And when she came she actually bought three . |
| 20 | But when morning came she still had to keep a firm hold on her feelings , especially when Joanna pressed her to describe her evening with Giles . |
| 21 | She noticed she still had her socks on . |
| 22 | When it failed she virtually gave up , and accepted the facts for what they were . ’ |
| 23 | She realised she simply did not know whether Amy had that sort of specialist skill . |
| 24 | She could have hit the bastard , but she realised she now had the upper hand . |
| 25 | Belatedly she realised she only wore bra and panties . |
| 26 | As she looked in her cupboard , trying to control her rising temper , she realised she really had been neglecting her wardrobe — well , certain aspects of it , she told herself as she pushed the smart business suits to one side . |
| 27 | There was one member whose sight was so bad that when she read she not only had to prop a second pair of spectacles on top of the pair already resting on her nose , but also had to stand under the standard lamp almost pressed against the light bulb . |
| 28 | She realized she no longer had any doubts about this shabby metal cup . |
| 29 | Charlotte heard the front door close and realized she alone was watching as the white halo of the headlamps traced his progress along the drive . |
| 30 | Glancing round at Ursula , Charlotte realized she too had seen the figure . |