Example sentences of "[pron] she [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She claimed she had never realised the significance of the tape , which she played for the first time ‘ weeks later ’ . |
| 2 | Reaching into her skirt pocket , she brought out a silver shilling which she placed into the older man 's hand . |
| 3 | Before Cowley could add anything further , Roz Hatch appeared on the back lawn , carrying a tray of coffee , which she placed on the wide garden table . |
| 4 | Fascinated , Dr Neil , who had opened the bag and was beginning to pull out strange-looking forceps and a bottle of chloroform , watched her lift up her black skirt to reveal a spotless white petticoat , from which she cut a large square which she placed on the grimy table , having first cleared to one side the used cups and plates covered in half-eaten food . |
| 5 | Above the sink was a large cupboard which she opened despite the disapproving suck of John 's tongue . |
| 6 | She wrapped them in a piece of pale yellow silk which she tied up with a purple ribbon , and enclosed them in a square biscuit tin which she pushed to the very back of the buffet , behind the piles of tablecloths and napkins . |
| 7 | Then she produced a large green glass vase , which she attached to the closed orifice of the net . |
| 8 | People I had n't yet identified beckoned her eagerly to join them , which she did with the ravishing smile she had loosed once or twice in my direction . |
| 9 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 10 | A governor 's daughter , travelling to India , found the first-class passengers stuffy and took a fancy to a handsome second-class steward with whom she danced at the fancy dress ball . |
| 11 | She discussed in this context who she saw as the twentieth century 's two most influential analysts of theatre : Brecht and Antonin Artaud . |
| 12 | She tells us about one she came across the other day . |
| 13 | Yet every time he laughed and his grin dazzled her she flinched with the deep-rooted need that stabbed like a vengeful sword . |
| 14 | Luce thought over what she knew about the other woman . |
| 15 | I am so jealous and protective of her , ’ but , close as she was to Louise , she could n't bring herself to admit what she saw as the black depths of her failure with her daughter . |
| 16 | It was what she saw as the excessive time and attention given to the ‘ South Bank ’ theologians which she objected to most strongly , feeling that it would only be a matter of time before the Governors took action to alter the position . |
| 17 | Still lost in admiration , she filled the kettle , then set about finding what she needed in the numerous cupboards that lined the kitchen walls . |
| 18 | Beatrice was anxious not to follow what she regarded as the purposeless social round of the society wife and felt that the ‘ governing and guiding ’ work performed by women philanthropists was much less likely to ‘ unsex ’ women than academic work or the ‘ push and severity ’ demanded of a professional woman such as the hospital matron . |