Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly she broke into a terrible , loud and demented scream . |
| 2 | So she embarked on a four-month programme of erotic self-education and yoga . |
| 3 | So she waited in a quiet part of the street until people began to stream out of church . |
| 4 | And when they were inside she said in a different voice , ‘ What is going on between you and that girl ? ’ |
| 5 | It was difficult to believe that she was only a few years younger than his mother ; both mentally and physically she belonged to a different generation . |
| 6 | Eventually she wrote to a social worker and , under the new Children 's Act , is seeking to divorce her parents . |
| 7 | A little farther on she came to a small white cottage , in the porch of which stood a nutcrackery old woman whom Breeze mentally dubbed the Witch of Endor . |
| 8 | Off she went with a trumpety trump , trump trump |
| 9 | Off she went with a trumpety trump , trump , trump , trump |
| 10 | Wendy Vaughan began cooking professionally six years ago at the Old Rectory in Llansanfraid , North Wales — the family home she converted to a small hotel with her husband Michael when he sold his motor parts company . |
| 11 | Edward paid the taxi driver in advance and all the way home she sat in a happy daze . |
| 12 | Later she trained as a Jungian analyst and , now widowed , she is working full-time in this field , but finds time to enjoy the company of grandchildren and greatnephews and nieces . |
| 13 | Later she moved to a proper — and vast — gallery on West Broadway . |
| 14 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 15 | She had n't realised how tense she was until she heard that he was all right , but now she crumpled like a wet paper bag , laughing and crying and laughing again all at once , while Mick hugged her and passed her tissues . |
| 16 | Now she lives in a small flat in Ladbroke Grove , with a young woman she says is her niece . |
| 17 | But was n't she seen wid a big millionaire ? |
| 18 | How she had a close friend at school who slept with men from the age of sixteen ; how she first went to France with this friend ; how she hated her first few terms at university ; how she went through a wild phase of drunken parties and desperate affairs ; how she plays the spinet late at night , when no one can hear , and fills the tired darkness with thin plunking antique counterpoint . |
| 19 | Abruptly she broke into a delicious laugh , her thin face lighting up . |
| 20 | Sometimes she appears as a strange hybrid of the two : a woman 's face with long cow 's ears . |
| 21 | Doreen 's jaw sagged slightly , then she muttered in a sulky manner , ‘ I suppose so — ’ |
| 22 | And then she says with a faint show of importance , ‘ Of course the people here simply love me for it . |
| 23 | Then she stooped with a broad smile to address Emily . |
| 24 | Then she added with a light laugh , ‘ I do not think , Creggan , that you could stop me . ’ |
| 25 | Then she added in a confiding tone : ‘ Of course , she was not much with her husband really — and I think that helps — she is n't reminded of him at every turn , like an ordinary widow would be . ’ |
| 26 | And then she came to a small rise in the land and there was a man , his head under his arm . |
| 27 | Her mother looked at her vacantly for a moment , then she said in a weak voice , ‘ My poor girl . |
| 28 | Then she said in a small , flat voice , ‘ If you 've got problems , then there are professional people who can probably help you . |
| 29 | Then she said in a low voice : ‘ I asked Sir Charles to tell nobody . ’ |
| 30 | For a moment she just looked , then she said in a strangled gasp , ‘ That 's Gran'pa 's gun . ’ |