Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked my neighbour to turn down her records as I found it impossible to concentrate and she said the only way she could cope with the stress of her reality was to blast her music . |
| 2 | The muscles of his arms and chest were rippling as he moved and she felt a hot flush creeping over her body . |
| 3 | Jack , for God 's sake — ’ Her voice cracked and she took a steadying breath . |
| 4 | Part of her right arm was shattered and she underwent a five-hour emergency operation . |
| 5 | Her lips twisted and she gave a croaking laugh . |
| 6 | Erm she was in India and I wanted to go and she said a Hindi course at A T R in Zurich . |
| 7 | Her tears were easing and she gave a long gurgling sniff , reaching , it seemed , deep into her empty body . |
| 8 | The mirror was broken and she hated the casual glimpses she got of her face as she cleaned her teeth or when she passed the hall-stand . |
| 9 | She tried to grin back at him , but suddenly , unaccountably , her teeth were chattering and she gave an enormous , involuntary shudder . |
| 10 | And Preston sat there beside her , patting her ineffectually on the shoulder , saying , ‘ It 's all right , it 's all right , really , it 's all right , ’ until finally the sobbing stopped , too , and her eyes closed and she gave a great , shuddering sigh and slept . |
| 11 | On the first day of March , her cheque arrived and she bought a bright green T-shirt to celebrate . |
| 12 | She was a very little dolly bird you know and she looked a real Miss Trendsetter you know , in the mini dress you know . |
| 13 | For a second she gazed at them , perplexed , then realisation dawned and she made a single vain lunge forward . |
| 14 | The expression on the heavily powdered face softened and she managed a sympathetic smile . |
| 15 | Every week she was able to give Aunt Sarah something for her keep and she had a little left over to save . |
| 16 | An incidental asymptomatic breast adenocarcinoma was discovered and she had a right simple mastectomy . |
| 17 | Then her vision cleared and she saw the familiar objects , the Aga and the gas stove with the nearby working surfaces , the table of polished oak in the middle of the room with its four elegantly crafted chairs , and at the far end Alice 's office with the walls covered with bookshelves and her desk piled with proofs . |
| 18 | " You sweet creature , " she thought she heard him say and she felt a warm butterfly kiss on her mouth . |