Example sentences of "she [vb past] every " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes rounded and she hugged every scrap of blanket she could around her body , making a barrier to his hot eyes . |
| 2 | Miss Haines too favoured Clara , but being young and honourable she made every effort to conceal it . |
| 3 | But she passionately wanted to get on with him ; she made every effort to entertain and to captivate , for in proximity he was even more dazzling than from a distance . |
| 4 | In a split second , she registered every tiny detail of his appearance , the smooth texture of his skin above the shadow of beard-growth , the high cheekbones cast in stark relief in the moonlight . |
| 5 | Every hole drilled in the walls met a stone , she blunted every tool . |
| 6 | If you ask me said Mrs Bird as she invited every one in for a hot mince pies fresh from the oven that 's the nicest start to a Christmas day any one can possibly wish for but then she added and with general agreement with a bear like Paddington about the house life is always full of surprises . |
| 7 | By ten-thirty , Beth had cleared away the breakfast things , washed the dishes and stacked them into the big dresser , wiped down the kitchen table , taken the coconut matting from the floor and hung it over the line outside where she beat every speck of dust from it before replacing it over her freshly scrubbed quarry tiles ; all that done she was now enjoying a cup of tea , before setting about the drawing room . |
| 8 | At this stage she tried every calorie-counting diet going . |
| 9 | Oh , she had the children , and she treasured every moment with them , but she was unfulfilled , possessed of a deep longing which she could not understand . |
| 10 | When the family moved to Wargrave Hill in Berkshire in 1868 she supervised every aspect of the renovations . |
| 11 | She used every trick to ensure that at 50 she looks no more than 30 . |
| 12 | He buried himself in work , while she filled every hour of the day playing tennis or golf at the Royal Club , or discoing at the Key or the Cheminée with a group of friends . |
| 13 | She believed every word she was saying . |
| 14 | She believed every word . |
| 15 | she noticed every moment with Lucy , pictured her , listened to the memory of her voice . |
| 16 | That 's to say , she had firm features and smartly cut , possibly dyed hair obviously kept under regular control , and she behaved as if she had known a time when she turned every head and expected you to be aware of this too . |
| 17 | Puzzled at first , she turned every page , then she held up the book by its spine and let the pages flutter ; no sheet of paper fell out . |
| 18 | Now that her son had taken over , she showed every sign of treating him in the same way , much to his discomfort . |
| 19 | She showed every sign of being absorbed in her difficult life with her husband and would probably be … |
| 20 | When they had settled themselves in their corner , she showed every indication of making the conversational running : she was chirpy , sparkling — almost too much so , as if tensed up . |
| 21 | When the young men came back and started to film her in the kitchen , she forgot every word she had learned . |
| 22 | She hated every minute of the tunnel : the thick , inky darkness , the icy water which dripped from the limestone roof ; the dank , sour smell and the lack of air . |
| 23 | She looks as if she stuck every hairpin in like a knife . " |
| 24 | She spent every fine day sitting in a chair just outside her front door . |
| 25 | From the theatrical magazines on which she spent every spare penny , she learned all that she could about her . |
| 26 | I mean because she spent every , every bit of the time with him . |
| 27 | She drove as if Lucy was beside her — usually she cursed every cut-throat city driver — and sucked the hell out of a row of pre-rolled cigarettes , cigarettes rolled hastily at red lights , slamming in and out of gear . |
| 28 | Emily Mahon stood in front of the gas cooker and grilled the ten rashers that she served every morning except Friday . |
| 29 | Yes , the footsteps were the ones she heard every night in her own part of the Castle . |
| 30 | And — oh , she also wanted — no , desired — to stroke his smiling face , to run the tips of her fingers gently along the dreadful scar to show that she loved every part of him , to … |