Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] her [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller . |
| 2 | This provided her with the ideal opportunity to research and write a book about the local food , which resulted in the publication of The Taste of Cyprus ( Interworld Publications , £5.95 ) , an enjoyable look at seasonal Cypriot cooking . |
| 3 | The man half carried , half pulled her into a nearby pub , where he propped her in a Windsor chair and went to fetch water from the bar . |
| 4 | This reminded her of a stately home . |
| 5 | This left her with a severe form of amnesia that reduced her memory span to 20 minutes or less . |
| 6 | ‘ Alice Muir , ’ he writes , ‘ was a homeopathist and in 1878 treated old Mrs McNeil at the Boathouse in Brodick so successfully that two years later the latter presented her with an engraved tumbler glass . ’ |
| 7 | Now that she was too old to dance regularly she would understudy the Girls and they all recognized her as a marvellous dancer : |
| 8 | Never quite stationary , the mag-lev decanted her on a windy platform and whined away into the cavernous tunnel . |
| 9 | That stumped her for a few seconds , then she opened the door to the hallway for me . |
| 10 | She must have some radar , he thought , that at the last saved her from the worst effects of his anger and frustration . |