Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] she [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | In 1939 appointment to the Disney chair of archaeology distinguished her as the first woman professor in the university . |
2 | She was screaming and waggling her legs for all she was worth , but the cruel loops of nylon had her about the wrists , the kite was in the jaws of the wind , and she was already well out of reach even if I had wanted to catch her . |
3 | She had no trouble in registering with a secretarial agency , and a variety of jobs carried her through the long , drab days . |
4 | The climax came when Cornish Lady appeared in the western Channel , her progress was monitored and the cutter Alert , with Jim Cameron in command followed her into the river Exe , keeping in close radio contact with the waiting officers on shore . |
5 | A man in rags asked her for the price of a cup of tea . |
6 | A group of workmen crossing over to the Valley just before dawn found her by the shore . ’ |
7 | Then , with the notion of what a girl with such a name must be like firm in her mind , she made this heroine of hers arrive somewhere and without delay put her into the first of a series of conflicts with , behind them , a gradually increasing aura of mystery . |