Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | All that was her due because she looked like the young Elizabeth Taylor , had dark brown curly hair nearly to her waist , large , dark blue eyes , creamy velvet skin and a wonderful figure . |
2 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
3 | A DARLINGTON woman is mystified by a series of vandal attacks on her car since she moved to the town . |
4 | She could n't help laughing now , towelling her own hair and then wrapping the towel sarong-style while she crossed to the french doors . |
5 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
6 | The hollow sounds of doors banging and footsteps receding echoed in her ears as she stepped inside the sparsely furnished room . |
7 | Together the landlady and her shocked spouse burst into voluble speech , which beat at Theda 's ears as she fled up the stairs . |
8 | Emily walked into the sitting room , let the coat fall to the floor and sat down on the couch , crossing her legs as she had in the wine bar , and watching him coolly as he stood there in the doorway . |
9 | The men had disappeared from the top of the scaffolding when she emerged into the street again . |
10 | The Doctor shone his torch on to Bernice as she returned from the darkness . |
11 | Miss Wharton , briefly closing her eyes as she trudged through the mush of fallen leaves , thought that she could still scent , above the smell of sluggish water and damp earth , a trace of the heady elderberry flowers of June . |
12 | She took to living in her swimsuit , a colourful sarong tied at her hips , long black hair streaming loose and silken down her slender back , and Damian would watch her with intent eyes as she moved around the house , his eyes eating her up as she grew more and more sensual , her inhibitions almost completely erased by his lovemaking . |
13 | They watched Marie as she trailed down the steps by the artificial waterfall that was lit up at night with pink and green floodlights . |
14 | She smiled at Hari as she moved towards the stairs , there was no order book but from now on there would be one and , if today was anything to go by , it would always be full . |
15 | And this excitement , and the feeling of being involved in a half-guessed-at mystery , became her private obsession as she went about the house , visited the shops and looked after the children . |
16 | Constance smiled in the dark as she thought of the chaste kisses she had allowed Nicky . |
17 | ‘ Please do n't be out , ’ she murmured to the empty car as she drove along the quiet country roads . |
18 | A passer-by told officers he saw the 16-year-old bundled into a car as she went to the shops . |
19 | THIEVES knocked a woman to the ground and drove off in her car as she checked under the bonnet for an engine fault . |
20 | There was an instant when she sensed him hesitating , as though giving her time to draw away , but that was the last thing on her mind as she stared into the glittering warmth of his eyes . |
21 | Rourke 's eyes had narrowed , but she dismissed the problem of his reactions from her mind as she moved to the rail gate . |
22 | It was still very much in her mind as she moved from the window . |
23 | ‘ Oh ! ’ she said in some confusion as she fell off the tree and crashed into a garden bed . |
24 | Fighting down an abrupt rush of fear as she zigzagged across the stone floor to avoid the rifle fire , Benny pulled out one of the small plastic sample bags she always carried , and dropped the paper on to which she had copied the drum 's label into it . |
25 | He peered closely at Penny as she dropped to the ground . |
26 | Our only witness is the Cathedral cleaner , Mrs Thrigg , who thinks , but is n't sure , that it was in its place on the Tuesday before the murder when she cleaned round the pews in the infantry chapel . ’ |
27 | Caroline 's voice was an appalled croak as she stared at the new arrival . |
28 | So these are the things that are worrying Robyn Penrose as she drives through the gates of the University , with a nod and a smile to the security man in his little glass sentry box : her lecture on the Industrial Novel , her job future , and her relationship with Charles — in that order of conspicuousness rather than importance . |
29 | I took a quick breath of relief as I heard it ; the engine of another boat , throttling down to a murmur as she crept into the bay . |
30 | Marion exclaimed in disgust as she stooped through the door . |