Example sentences of "she made [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Haines too favoured Clara , but being young and honourable she made every effort to conceal it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She made no effort to turn over , although she thought about it , imagined how it might be to lean on one elbow , to twist her body in a single movement . |
| 4 | In 1979 Mrs Thatcher made election pledges to increase old age pensions in line with inflation and to ‘ protect ’ the National Health Service , although she made no commitments about other areas . |
| 5 | Her lips moved , but she made no sound that he could hear . |
| 6 | I remember how her country beginnings showed themselves then : she made no fuss about seeming to be lost , nor did she work herself up into a state as the aunts would have done , just stood there patiently and quietly while I untangled her and found the way ; and did not even grumble , although after that I let her decide where we should go , which was usually across a field near the sewage plant , and along a road near the gasworks . |
| 7 | She made no distinction between callow youth and Cabinet Minister . |
| 8 | She made no more plans . |
| 9 | I am all right , she said , I am fine , but she made no further attempt to rise . |
| 10 | Her right knee was raised to form a screen that prevented Dennis from seeing what was going on , but she made no attempt to conceal it from me . |
| 11 | She made no move , but Beejay seized her mane and she subsided . |
| 12 | She made no attempt to break it gently ; her mood was not tactful . |
| 13 | She made no objection to his strange ways , his obsessive working habits were his own business , and she found nothing repugnant in his looks , his soiled clothes . |
| 14 | But at least she made no objection . |
| 15 | She made no resistance . |
| 16 | When he gently pushed her backwards and began undoing the buttons of her dress and cupped a hand over one of her small breasts she made no attempt to resist . |
| 17 | As the wife of the civic leader , Mrs Murphy had to do considerable entertaining in generous western style , but in this field she made no attempt to keep pace with Olga Stych or Donna Frizzell ; she knew when she was beaten . |
| 18 | When it was published she made no attempt to distance herself from it . |
| 19 | ‘ Tip glass , tip ! ’ she ordered , but her lips did n't move and she made no sound . |
| 20 | She made no attempt to take the proffered tickets . |
| 21 | She made no backward glance to signify the presence of anyone else in the room . |
| 22 | A single tear escaped from the corner of her eye but she made no move to look away . |
| 23 | She made no attempts to decorate it , to domesticate it , to possess it ; she let it be , and her things lay in it . |
| 24 | For she found herself incapable of struggling against it , as others did ; while at home , she made no efforts to alleviate her lot . |
| 25 | She made no attempt to light one of the gas bowls and the vague glow from the fire did little to brighten the dimness of the room . |
| 26 | Their fingers interlocked and tightened , and when he pulled her hand back through the wall , she made no effort to resist him . |
| 27 | If she made no response , he might well climb over the wall all the same , as he had on the previous night ; on the other hand if she went to him and they were caught his offence would be deemed the worse , for being found on Roscarrock property was one thing , but being caught dallying with a servant girl was another . |
| 28 | Sometimes Alix shook off the liberties irritably , but tonight she submitted , responding to the petting , intimate , female warmth ; she kissed and was kissed , she thanked them for their Christmas cards , she wished them a Happy New Year , she shook hands with the older women , she laughed and felt safe with her friends , she made no effort to repel their eager affection . |
| 29 | She made no appeals . |
| 30 | But she made no move to leave , so I had to say not at all , I 'd gone to bed because it seemed the warmest place . |