Example sentences of "[noun] in the [adj] [noun] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was also asked to keep a diary of her week , monitoring the extent of her sense of achievement and pleasure in the various situations she was in . |
| 2 | At home in the French Alps she lives comfortably , surrounded by the trappings of a successful career as a gynaecologist . |
| 3 | Enid 's fingers made pleats in the lilac skirt she was wearing . |
| 4 | She moved away from him and went over to the couch she had taken her ease in the last time she 'd been in this room . |
| 5 | When I was eighteen she gave me the job of housekeeper in the big cottage she kept at Streatlam to entertain her friends coming to swim in the pool and play tennis . |
| 6 | More than 2,700 children went through the paediatrics department at Middlesbrough General in the five months she was there . |
| 7 | Her successes include winning the 1987 Gosforth Junior Open , the 1988 Tyneside G.C. Girls ' title and selection for the Durham County girls ' team for whom she had a 100 per cent record in the four matches she played . |
| 8 | Louisa began again , but faltered when she saw Emilia close her eyes and shake her head in the little bonnet she wore . |
| 9 | As she walked uphill she heard footsteps behind her , and , turning , saw that it was the one person in the whole world she did not want to meet this side of the grave . |
| 10 | Bella married a butcher who displayed her photographs in his shop while she charmed the customers in the same way she had charmed the stars . |
| 11 | When taxed about her ‘ bossy ’ or ‘ headmistressy ’ role in the 1983 election she replied : ‘ Yes , I do believe certain things very strongly . |
| 12 | No wonder ; in her entire career in the Civil Service she has never typed out anything remotely like it . |
| 13 | ‘ I could be looking for something more , ’ she said , and again she wished she had kept her mouth closed , but he seemed to bring out the worse in her , and she could n't resist answering his insults in the only way she knew . |
| 14 | All the same , Glyn 's advice was hard to dismiss , and as Jenna got ready for bed in the silent house she reached the conclusion she had been pushing aside since the shock of the letter had settled . |
| 15 | She knew herself well enough to know that if he challenged her account in the latter mode she 'd almost certainly lose her temper with him , and then the atmosphere between them , which had been ( with the exception of his overtures ) so easy and undemanding , would be spoiled . |
| 16 | Dana had been badly shaken ; her clothes were dusty and there was a tear in the red shorts she was wearing . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , go , you misbegotten hound ! ’ added Lady Merchiston in the caressing tone she reserved only for her pet . |
| 18 | It still sleeps with its mother in the rudimentary nest she builds for the night but practises building nests for itself . |