Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , then your outraged mother leapt into the car which was loaded with our luggage because we intended to be off to Urbino that morning , and apparently she decided on some kind of hara-kiri or felo de se , a consummation of our marriage devoutly to be wished but never performed . |
| 2 | Timidly she tacked on another question that bothered her . |
| 3 | So she scored on that line . |
| 4 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |
| 5 | So she agreed to that bargain , and for a few days more kept the secret to herself , still hopeful that she might be mistaken , and yet at the same time aware of a feeling of inner triumph at the knowledge that she had her very own baby growing inside her womb . |
| 6 | She tried the back door and found it open , and going in she turned on some lights and made herself a cup of coffee . |
| 7 | Eventually she plumped for Persian help , but at a time ( 412 ) when her potential critics inside the league were less effective ( cp. p. 97 on Corinth ) . |
| 8 | It was mid-evening , therefore , but still light , when eventually she arrived in Lower Axe . |
| 9 | Eventually she settled on one property at the junction of the Lambeth and Kennington roads , where she built ‘ model dwellings for working folk ’ and maintained an office , home , and headquarters until her death thirty years later , never marrying but working constantly with her sisters Ellen and Eliza on local improvement schemes . |
| 10 | Quickly she put on lacy underwear and pulled her best dress from the wardrobe , a cocktail-length skirt of full , flame-coloured taffeta topped by a portrait-necked bodice of black velvet . |
| 11 | Later she worked in public relations on an island playground for Scotland 's hunting and fishing set . |
| 12 | To warm herself up she lay in hot water up to her chin , her hair tied up on top of her head , consoling herself with the fact that physically she was almost back to normal . |
| 13 | When they stood up she thought with ill-humoured relief that Nicole was about to step into her car and drive away , but Piers turned to her and said in a flat voice , ‘ I 'll see you later . |
| 14 | Now she asked for white wine in her charged voice . |
| 15 | Now she knew beyond any doubt that they were going to spend the rest of the evening together . |
| 16 | Well she went on sick leave for a long time |
| 17 | Well she said about two spoonfuls . |
| 18 | And here she stayed on public display until 1868 when it was decided not only to close the museum but also to lay Hannah Beswick to rest . |
| 19 | Was n't she entitled to some time of her own after a busy week 's teaching and little free time on Saturday ? |
| 20 | She found herself wondering painfully how she compared in that respect with this Sybil . |
| 21 | She was curious to know how she looked to other people . |
| 22 | Ronni was n't quite sure how she felt about that judgement . |
| 23 | Lisa could n't figure out quite how she felt about this development . |
| 24 | Leonora thanked him quietly , not quite sure how she felt about this idea . |
| 25 | What she said to me on the subject of the race riots and how she felt in that context makes me think that this stage in her life was nothing to do with race . |
| 26 | Abruptly she looked in another direction — somehow , she felt unsteady , as if everything was getting away from her ! |
| 27 | If nothing else , she enjoyed feeling needed ; but sometimes she dreamed with disturbing vividness about the managing director , who had believed in full-length mirrors , bottles of champagne and the importance of taking one 's time . |
| 28 | Sometimes she hinted at young men , she teased him , but more and more , Parr became convinced that she was faithful — as he was to her — because she loved him . |
| 29 | Then she stiffened in shocked disbelief , the Campari bottle poised precariously over her glass . |
| 30 | Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I ? ’ |