Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] she [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
| 2 | She considered all this as she listened to the heated opinions forced upon her outside the shop ( where the throbbing engine of the Findus delivery van obliged everyone to shout ) , on the corner by the church and at two other points on her route back to Greystones . |
| 3 | She debated the likelihood of this as she strolled around the crowded exhibition at Olympia , too preoccupied to take in much of her surroundings . |
| 4 | The penguin felt embarrassed as she gazed into the black , unblinking seal eyes . |
| 5 | The Queen looked drawn and unsmiling as she arrived at the games with Prince Philip , Prince Edward and the Queen Mother . |
| 6 | We talked as we went along , but Jane 's conversation became increasingly vague and absent-minded as she concentrated on the work in hand . |
| 7 | The other girl made no attempt to hide her disgust as she turned back to the books lying before her on the table , and Rory felt her spirits sink still further as she headed for the door . |
| 8 | Mrs Lomax did n't exactly shrink back , but she seemed nervous as she glanced over the instruments . |
| 9 | Fearing that Austrian reprisals might be possible if she stayed on the continent , Hortense decided to take her son to England , stopping off in Paris on their way in the hope that the new King , Louis-Philippe , might allow her to stay there , at least for a time . |
| 10 | I have seen photographs of her ( looking it must be admitted not much younger than she did at the time in which this story is set ) , across which she has signed herself ‘ Mademoiselle ’ , and sometimes ‘ Miss ’ . |
| 11 | It was a relief therefore to make for the frozen shore where the parson was protesting that his wife would be safer and more comfortable if she remained in the carriage . |
| 12 | ‘ So Father was forced to make a choice between Mother , and his fiancée and Venice , ’ she said , her face soft as she thought of the power of romance . |
| 13 | She was thus entitled to be as forthright as she wished about the travellers , who kept camping in the council yard and various public spaces and were cordially loathed by the local residents , whether they admitted it or not . |
| 14 | Who better than she knew of the transience of power ? |
| 15 | Judi looked better than she had in the morgue . |
| 16 | She done the performance on her own better than she did at the erm |
| 17 | It would be very awkward if she called at the house and Miss Watson were just about to come over . |
| 18 | It 's in her name , she 's , her father 's helping her paid the deposit or something and she clears the mortgage she has no right , he has no right to it all if she went to the police . |
| 19 | It was very embarrassing because she talked about the pain and degradation of sex and what a trap her marriage was . |
| 20 | The clock in the hotel foyer showed the time as nine-fifteen as she pushed through the doors and walked through the patio . |
| 21 | Her name is Odette Smith and when I helped judge the finals , I had no idea what lay behind her fight to look as good as she did on the day . |
| 22 | She felt suddenly irritable as she bent over the cot and lifted the child to her breast . |
| 23 | Tight fit : Firemen last night used a hacksaw to rescue a seven-year-old girl who became stuck after she squeezed into the cradle of a baby swing in St Christopher 's Park , Richmond Street , Middlesbrough . |
| 24 | Irina had been brisk when she called with the news and told him to telephone Rakovsky at his hotel . |
| 25 | But she was alone when she climbed over the raised cot sides of her bed and crashed to the floor , injuring her head . |
| 26 | She felt unrested , her eyes heavy as she stared into the fire for the truth was that she had slept very little and , when she did drift off , dreams of being in Craig 's arms tormented her . |
| 27 | The barely acknowledged hope caused her heart to beat faster as she reached for the first round iron latch . |
| 28 | Jenna was still smiling as she pulled into the market square and locked her car . |
| 29 | Her friends did not think of her as a drunk and Rachel would be truly shocked if she knew about the long nights of insomnia and secret alcohol . |
| 30 | she may have been unconmscious before she went into the water . |