Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow she had to get into grown-up territory . |
| 2 | But the more she had discovered about her-pampered upbringing , an unearned regular allowance from her father , a handsome legacy in Mills ' will — the more Christine 's hypocrisy rankled . |
| 3 | Maybe she had finished with sexual intercourse for ever , maybe it was this possibility that gave her this peculiar conviction of strength , this sense of invulnerability , of certainty , of power . |
| 4 | Privacy ; Erika longed for it herself , often , but it occurred to her , for the first time , that her mother might long for it , too , might want it and , indeed , need it , and it dawned on her , also for the first time , that her mother had never had any privacy since the end of the War ; that all her life since then she had lived in small apartments , actually in one small room for long periods , and sharing even that room with others … . |
| 5 | Word had got about as to why she had disappeared on compassionate leave and she began receiving many invitations for such recreational activities as were available : film shows , dances or simply a get-together in the local inn . |