Example sentences of "[adj] she [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this she used a bent knitting needle with a cork to protect her hand . |
| 2 | In the early years of her reign Elizabeth was faced with an urgent crisis on her northern border , and in 1562–4 she pursued an expensive adventure into France . |
| 3 | In '86/'87 she underwent an extensive refit which improved the yacht both aesthetically and functionally . |
| 4 | At thirteen she had an extensive collection of Esther Williams photos in glamorous swimsuits and the most advanced information available about what to do with boys . |
| 5 | In 1877 she opened a small chapel in her house in Cottenham Park . |
| 6 | In 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband . |
| 7 | In 1979 she made a new will ; after making changes to some specific bequests , she again appointed her husband to receive the income from her father 's estate . |
| 8 | As such she became a public personage , open to public comment . |
| 9 | Not quite knowing what to expect other than that she wanted a new job , Jean turned up for work promptly on a cold , wet , Monday morning but found no one to let her in . |
| 10 | On the twenty eight of September nineteen eighty eight she had a major operation on her left wrist . |
| 11 | She was glad she had a busy weekend in front of her , and little time to brood . |
| 12 | In August 1975 she produced a consultative document which was regarded by the medical profession at large — although socialist supporters in that profession did not share the view — as a declaration of war . |
| 13 | Naomi , she was arriving back penniless she had a foreign daughter-in-law , that in itself was proof enough that she had strayed from God 's will . |
| 14 | She never missed writing to her parents though , and the family made sure she had a regular supply of correspondence and gifts . |
| 15 | In 1902 she had a much-publicized exchange of views with Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree [ q.v. ] on the extent and causes of primary poverty . |
| 16 | From 1913 she held a two-year research fellowship at Newnham , while continuing to teach at King 's . |
| 17 | In January 1976 she had an arranged marriage to a cousin Aszal who had settled in Britain and on October 20 that year the couple arrived in Britain . |
| 18 | In short she obtained a remarkable degree of autonomy . |
| 19 | In 1977 she published an autobiographical sketch entitled ‘ Self-Confrontation and the Writer ’ in which she posits her authorial identity as a separate person whom she calls ‘ John ’ . |
| 20 | When Beatrice visited the canteen in October 1914 she found a good deal of atmosphere , although there was no beer or wine . |
| 21 | At first she showed a marked aversion to the godliness and simplicity of life in Kidderminster . |
| 22 | Yeah she had a big she had a big coat |
| 23 | In particular she won a great deal of sympathy last January when she appeared on national television with Bill Clinton as he faced allegations of extra-marital dalliance with a singer . |
| 24 | In 1989 she raised a 250-name petition to get toilets built in the car park where drivers pay £2.50 to park for the night . |
| 25 | One day in 1868 she found a small tree pushing its way through a pile of discarded fruit . |
| 26 | At eighteen she opened a small school in Kentish Town with her mother , who was committed to Pestalozzi 's reforming ideas . |
| 27 | In 1919 she received an honorary MA from Manchester University for her work in archaeology . |
| 28 | In 1878 she published a novel Change upon Change ( American title , A Reed Shaken by the Wind , 1873 ) and in 1872–3 made her first visit to North America . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's not surprising she met an early grave , she 's smoked forty a day ever since I 've known her and that 's thirty years , ’ and , ‘ What do you expect , smoking all her life — God rest her soul , ’ are common judgements made by those left behind . |
| 30 | But at last she gave a tiny nod . |