Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had seen that instantly the next afternoon ; in Rachel 's eyes she recognised the same melting joy as she had seen in Lisa 's . |
| 2 | When she fluttered the long lashes of her baby blue eyes she had the timeless charm of Olive Oyl or Betty Boop . |
| 3 | Her eyes , despite her years , still held their fire and , though her figure had thickened somewhat , to Katherine 's young eyes she seemed the very embodiment of the word regal . |
| 4 | Back in her bedroom she settled the little dog beside the still-warm hot-water bottle in her own bed . |
| 5 | Over a cup of tea she regaled the old lady with the story of her son and grandchild saving the wounded squirrel , and , leaving her to pass it on to her companions , she drove back to the surgery . |
| 6 | As she leaned in the doorway she surveyed the gloomy décor . |
| 7 | A second hospital has been accused of mixing up a baby 's name tag , making the mother fear she had the wrong child . |
| 8 | With her heart in her mouth she entered the imposing portals of Mon Ré , and rang the bell . |
| 9 | In Ireland , Barbara had learned a method of making cheese with unskimmed cow 's milk and when she returned to Ayrshire she introduced the new process . |
| 10 | When it came slightly up-breeze of Tallis she noticed the appalling stench that emanated from its form : marsh gas and the smell of death which she remembered from her time in the mortuary house . |
| 11 | In Ireland she heartened the embryonic movement for the higher education of women by personally securing the involvement in it of the Roman Catholic convent-school nuns . |
| 12 | The various relations did n't have time to help the bride because they had to get themselves ready , and when Ellie knocked on Terry 's door to offer her own help she found the bride-to-be face down on the bed in floods of tears . |
| 13 | To her delight she discovered the perfect wedding present , a set of sheets and matching pillowcases , all edged with lace and stitched with rosebuds . |
| 14 | In the upstairs passage she opened the long case clock , knowing very well it was broken , that the weights had not descended for years and the hands remained at twenty to one . |
| 15 | In the hall she chose the prettiest coat she had . |
| 16 | As they drove away from the cemetery she spotted the clapped-out van belonging to Anna 's boyfriend parked some distance from the gates , a large CND symbol painted on its side . |
| 17 | In return she supervised the classical side of his training school . |
| 18 | She might have been daft in some ways , but she knew what was in and what was out , did Mary M. She knew the right clubs to go to . |
| 19 | She reached out and laid her hand on his arm , and beneath her fingers she felt the corded muscle clench . |
| 20 | But with a sinking heart she remembered the sturdy latch jamming on her just moments ago . |
| 21 | Underneath the maps she felt the bare concrete of the warehouse , not the thick carpet of the Mayor 's office . |
| 22 | With her hot face crushed blindly against the warm scent of his chest she felt the lean hand explore the silken plane of her stomach , slip with masculine sureness to separate her thighs . |
| 23 | She was educated mostly at home , though there was a brief unhappy experience at a Swiss boarding-school , and in adolescence she attended the private classes of the Revd William Gaskell [ q.v. ] , the Gaskells being near neighbours of the Stewarts in Rusholme . |
| 24 | Lisa was very happy in Lourdes she loved the little spring inside of the Grotto , as soon as she saw it she could cling onto the railings and keep saying ‘ hello , hello ’ . |
| 25 | Yet both Rosie and Victoria had warned her against letting herself fall for him , in case she followed the same fate as his other nurses . |
| 26 | Sabine had been guiltily aware of the click of her sandal heels on the flags of the ancient cloister , and was tempted to tiptoe instead , in case she upset the sleeping spirits of the long-departed monks with such frivolous modernity . |
| 27 | Thankful that because of Rosie 's appendix she knew the quickest way to the hospital well , Shelley drove like a demon after the ambulance , and ran in as the casualty was stretchered in . |
| 28 | Within minutes she heard the front door of the cabin slam shut and she knew he was gone . |
| 29 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 30 | He turned and glared at her and for a moment she thought the old Georg was going to start carping and nagging and telling her what she ought or ought not to do . |