Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiled , a gleam in his eyes she recognised with a sharp pang . |
| 2 | The Niue People 's Action Party ( NPAP ) , Niue 's only formal political association ( which was strongly opposed to the leadership of Sir Robert Rex who had dominated politics since Niue became self-governing ) , made gains with the victory of sympathizers including Tauveve Jacobsen , who retained the seat she won in a 1989 by-election , and Sani Lakitani , the founder of the NPAP . |
| 3 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 4 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 5 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 6 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 7 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 8 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 9 | When she walked into the kitchen she came to a shocked halt . |
| 10 | For a moment she stared at a different Luke . |
| 11 | After some coaxing she struggled with a minuscule portion of chicken salad and half a slice of bread , all the while gazing at Melissa with the eyes of a frightened child . |
| 12 | Of course the moth went for the light , Jay went under the pillow , and the moth settled on a huge picture she had of a golden African dawn . |
| 13 | In Biba she tried on a black , floppy hat and a midi-dress , and they browsed among tasselled lampshades and satin sheets ; but neither of them bought anything . |
| 14 | She began to walk through the wood , and after a while she came to a little house . |
| 15 | Once in a while she went to a social club for air pilots who 'd been in hospital . |
| 16 | Immediate care was then needed for Mrs J. When the social worker first interviewed Mrs J. she presented as a tall active upright person , totally deaf , who railed about her dead daughter-in-law , to the great distress of the son . |
| 17 | When she finally reached the top she agreed with a young couple from Leeds that it was worth it for the view , which was stupendous in spite of a slight heat haze that hung in the air . |
| 18 | In her white nightdress she looked like a golden angel . |
| 19 | As she prepares for her gold medal exam for speech and drama next month through the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , she confesses she has cast aside ambitions she had as a ten- year-old to be an actress . |
| 20 | These natural gifts she submitted to a vigorous discipline . |
| 21 | When I moved in to my flat she had to a certain extent taken me over , and treated me like an erring and somewhat unintelligent son who obviously needed the care and attention of a responsible adult . |
| 22 | When his mouth engulfed her sex she held in a long breath . |
| 23 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 24 | A woman has been raped in her own home by a man she met at a local market . |
| 25 | A few days after the birth she fell into a post-natal depression . |
| 26 | Constance stood there in a simple white dress , and in the twilight she looked like a slim young girl holding out welcoming arms to her guest . |
| 27 | Thkarni she said with a straight face . |
| 28 | For a long moment Fran stared-down at them , then slowly , reluctantly she looked up , to find the owner of that voice , a voice she remembered with a mind-spinning clarity . |
| 29 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
| 30 | At length she said with a devious manner to match his own , ‘ And I 'm astonished that the thought had not occurred to you . |