Example sentences of "[noun] she [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sylvie could barely remember the woman who had drowned herself , but through his words she took on the grand status of a tormented romantic . |
| 2 | After hitching her cover more firmly round her shoulders she made up the smouldering fire and sat on the pouffe . |
| 3 | She could have suggested that it was none of his business , or have made an excuse that she 'd forgotten to put it on , but , wits scattered , with her usual honesty she blurted out the exact truth . |
| 4 | One night she brought in the usual cocoa and watched while Dad removed a splinter from my palm Dad looked up and caught her grinning . |
| 5 | At the end of one week she worked out the average number of ticks per square to give the average number of tantrums per day . |
| 6 | When she had found the tokens she shovelled back the mingled wheat and rye , regardless , into the containers . |