Example sentences of "[noun] she [verb] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a small back room at the back of the house , little more than a box , but when she pressed down the switch of the low-voltage nursery light she felt again a glow of maternal , proprietorial pride . |
| 2 | With an anguished whimper she gave up the fight and kissed him back with a fervour born of all the long , lonely nights she 'd spent without him , her arms snaking up round his neck to pull him closer still . |
| 3 | Just as she reached forward with her car key she saw how the window had been forced and the catch freed to open the door . |
| 4 | From a drawer of her desk she brought out a number of pink slips clipped together and she separated the top three . |
| 5 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |
| 6 | Yet in dark silhouette she seemed almost a Stealer . |
| 7 | Like a small child being told by stern parent she picked up the drink and tossed it back at a gulp . |
| 8 | Despite her anxiety she registered both the relief that Phoebe should have acted so promptly and a tiny flicker of jealousy , which she quickly quashed . |
| 9 | She was aware of Mr Carson looking at her , and when he handed her into the carriage to sit beside Ruth she felt quite the lady . |
| 10 | Reaching into her case she pulled out a pair of ugly buttoned boots . |
| 11 | From a plain wooden table spread with literature she picked up a booklet and offered it to Melissa , who took it with some hesitation . |
| 12 | Yeah she 's , just at the moment she had n't a complaint |
| 13 | And almost at the same moment she remembered why the name ‘ Luke Hunter ’ was so familiar . |
| 14 | Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light . |
| 15 | In their place she pinned up a poster of a starving black child and a chart which eventually recorded a handsome donation to the Biafran famine relief fund , amassed by the girls from a summer fair , Christmas carol-singing and a sponsored fast during which Suzie Chamfer histrionically fainted in the lavatories . |
| 16 | At our own Festival she sold out a month before the performance . |
| 17 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 18 | When the mouthbrooder picks up her eggs she gathers up the Synodontis eggs with them which she incubates inside her mouth along with her own fry until they are released as tiny replicas of their natural parents — possibly after preying on the cichlid fry while they are inside her mouth . |
| 19 | Lesley had begun to gather up the remaining cups , but at the mention of Charlotte 's name she put down the tray abruptly , and turned with a startled smile . |
| 20 | Every day she fought back the waves of nausea in order to fulfil her public engagements . |
| 21 | After her ordeal on Sunday she flagged down a couple , who drove her to police . |
| 22 | On another occasion she demonstrated how the clay should be worked on the armature : now then , stick it right up , ram it , ram it , ram it and work away , either from the back or front , whichever comes easiest ! |
| 23 | I 'd never give him instead of bought for her for her christening she match up the jacket and sh the socks , the socks what somebody just bought for her . |
| 24 | With an unusual daring for a Tiller she took on the life of a Broadway dancer , the men flocked to her and she basked in their admiration . |
| 25 | Nettled by his tone , Shannon glared defensively back at him , belatedly wishing she 'd never got into yet another argument she had n't a hope of winning . |
| 26 | Then there 's a lady over here who comes or used to come on a regular basis a couple of times a month she comes now a couple of times a year . |
| 27 | She was annoyed with herself since she knew after all that babies were carried inside , and once she 'd heard the news she saw clearly the difference in Belle Maman 's appearance . |
| 28 | In the bedroom , Cati hugged herself again with delight as with pent breath she waited out the meeting ‘ Rosa , Rosa , Rosa , now you have someone to love you , yes you do . ’ |
| 29 | A movement in the room beyond caused her to fly along the corridor , and as she was passing the kitchen door she blew out the candle and groped her way to her own door . |
| 30 | With a rush of fury she picked up the J-cloth which was sitting in a pool of greasy water at the bottom of the sink . |