Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 His expression had n't changed , but suddenly she saw an underlying loss and sadness , so much a part of him that it was easy to miss — but once seen , not easy to overlook again .
2 And then suddenly she had a sad mishap .
3 Suddenly she felt a glowing warmth deep inside ; he could never betray her , could never sell what they had together for the cheap thrill of recounting an old , sordid story .
4 Quite suddenly she felt a generous relief , as though she 'd given science and herself new hope of heaven , and set out through the gathering dark , home , home across the dragon-haunted park .
5 Suddenly she heard a strange noise , and there in front of her was a boy .
6 Suddenly she noticed an unusual calm .
7 Reaching the main hall at last , she mingled with a crowd emerging from another lecture theatre , and suddenly she drew a quick breath and stopped .
8 When the Buckau was driven by her screw only she reached a top speed of 14.5 km/h , with rotors alone 14.3 km/h and with both systems running , 18.5 km/h .
9 Eileen joined with them but before long she met a young man and started courting so dropped the dances .
10 Instead , she set to stubbornly work her way through in alphabetical order , so that before long she had a small pile of pink order slips in front of her .
11 Perhaps she had a poor memory and kept forgetting where she had left them .
12 Perhaps she had a secret assignation ? ’
13 Trustingly she slipped a small hand into one of his , and she would have gone with him anywhere , but he detached her fingers after giving them a reassuring squeeze .
14 The moment that red ball began to flatten , she sat on a rock and strained to see along the flat road , along the plain leading to Siena , and sure enough she saw a black dot which grew larger and became a single horse and then she stood up and began to run towards it , waving and shouting .
15 So she struck an amazing deal .
16 She looked up quickly , and as she did so she felt a sharp tug at her neck .
17 So she had a little book and she wrote some words in English and some in Arabic the
18 There was still a little money left so she bought a tiny bottle of scent for Aunt Margaret .
19 She already knew that she would but inside she felt a great hurt begin to grow .
20 She ought to hate him for what he threatened to do , yet inside she felt a treacherous excitement at the fact that he wanted to keep her close .
21 John Wayne may be fresh-faced as the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach ( 1939 ) but , a scant decade later , he was prematurely playing old men in She Wore A Yellow Ribbon ( 1948 ) , much more convincingly that he would 20 years later on as a real old man in the indulgent True Grit ( 1967 ) .
22 The branches dipped nearly to the ground , but when Charity ducked in she found a cosy hollow underneath the tree that seemed dry and snug as a little house .
23 As the music died away she sent a shimmering glance round the room , a glance designed to send every red-blooded man 's pulse racing just that little bit faster .
24 As Louise moved away she experienced a powerful urge to grab the massager and tug it close to her secret places again but she did not dare .
25 As his car went away she gave a great sigh of relief and Marguerite shot her an amused glance .
26 Finally she found an unoccupied hollow .
27 Alice 's father , a naturalized British subject since 1852 , indulged his wanderlust during Alice 's first fifteen years , and thus she experienced a constant change of scene and sound , living in New Zealand , Mexico , the United States , and Europe , until the family settled in Tonbridge in 1874 .
28 Thus she used a stout stick which was nearly twice her height to walk across the court , or she leaned on the arm of the nearest grandchild or servant .
29 She was always eager for her turn on the catwalk to be over but tonight she breathed an audible sigh of relief as the show ended .
30 forgotten all about it , anyway she found a little dent apparently our Laura said that 's just as bad as finding lumps .
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