Example sentences of "[pron] she [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the duty of the medicine man of the line of Armijas to tutor the spirit warrior through the Seven Levels , to prepare her for the final battle , in which she would stand with the other spirit warriors — the Holy Woman From Across the Great Water , the Man With Music in His Heart , the Red-Handed One , the Yellowlegs Who Has Lost Much , the Great Father in White , the Man Who Rides Alone — against the army of the manitous and the story would end . |
| 2 | I 'd been expecting her to put up a stiff rearguard action , protesting that holidays were one thing and everyday life another , that she had only surrendered to me in a moment of weakness which she would regret for the rest of her life , and so on and so forth . |
| 3 | About his wife she had no reservations : tough and vital , the life force flowed through her even as the cancer — which she would acknowledge to no one , and certainly not to her husband — extended its grip on her . |
| 4 | Another correspondent asked for cheap tracts which she could distribute to the poor as the middle class were already knowledgeable . |
| 5 | She should try to forget him , but the memory of their afternoon together had the power to make her cheeks rosy , and so they stayed while she put on the plainest gown which she could find in the wardrobe which she had left behind , with her personal maid , when she had pretended to go with the Parslows . |
| 6 | Secretly warmed , supported , by this thought , which she could share with no one at all , Alice sat reticent , watching the " meeting " develop , seeing on Jasper 's and Bert 's faces how they longed to hear steps , hear a knock , hear , " May I join you , comrades ? " |
| 7 | But , as she gazed around at the chintz sofas , and the French-provincial-style velvet-upholstered dining-room chairs — which she could see through a far open doorway — it occurred to Laura that maybe it was the only way to preserve such sumptuous furnishings on a shoreline likely to be damp and salty in the latter part of the year , while , outside the large windows , she could see automatic sprinklers drenching the fine green lawns that ran down to the beach . |
| 8 | Under the trust route the widow will be left the £1M of non-qualifying assets and will use them to " buy " ( by way of exchange ) the qualifying assets ( which she must hold for the requisite two years ( before death ) ) . |
| 9 | Where had the long silences gone , Molly wondered , into which she used to retreat in the company of her parents ? |
| 10 | Her dream is to make a movie musical , a multi-million celluloid spectacle , in which she can prove to the world that her three year apprenticeship is over . |
| 11 | Auntie Lou said she could sew a piece of material on the bottom to lengthen the skirt but there was nothing she could do about the top and Carrie cried a little , privately , not because the dress was no use but because her mother should have guessed how much she had grown . |
| 12 | There seemed nothing she could do about the deeply dismaying , sick feelings of nervous excitement whenever she was anywhere near his tall , rangy figure . |
| 13 | Since there had been clearly nothing she could do about the situation , Laura had been forced to buckle down and do what she could to keep the twins happy . |
| 14 | Behind them she could work with a charm and singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes . |
| 15 | Behind them she could work with a charm and a singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes ’ . |
| 16 | There was one girl called Clara whom she used to meet in the lower corridor an hour before classes began : they had long discussions about Tolstoy , Maeterlinck and Ibsen , and were suspected of immorality . |
| 17 | The roars and cheers of the crowd covered any sound she made and , like a wraith , she made for the stairs , sweating even in the bleak February cold at the thought of who she might meet in the unknown upstairs . |
| 18 | Now there was once a Queen , who might have been thought to have everything she could desire in the world , but had set her heart on a strange silent bird a traveller had told of , which lived in the snowy mountains , nested only once , raised its gold and silver chick , sang once only , and then faded like snow in the lowlands . |
| 19 | ‘ It was something she 'd read in a book , she said . ’ |
| 20 | In fact now she was away from him she could think of a hundred and one things she should have said — done — and what the hell was the matter with this damned car ? |
| 21 | Then she stepped away from him , fearful of her own weakness and afraid that if he kissed her she would dissolve into a quivering jelly that would melt from sheer ecstasy . |
| 22 | It seemed to her she must have on every piece of jewellery the family owned . |
| 23 | Diana 's reaction to the tragedy teaches her she can cope with a crisis and take control . |
| 24 | But perhaps , by telling him of it she might break through the shell of quiet self-sufficiency and recollection that had kept her at bay since his return from Student Cross . |
| 25 | Lisa was very happy in Lourdes she loved the little spring inside of the Grotto , as soon as she saw it she could cling onto the railings and keep saying ‘ hello , hello ’ . |
| 26 | One of them apparently recognised Ranulf and called out honey-phrased invitations as to what she would offer for a silver coin . |
| 27 | Sociable Dorothy , although only seventeen years old , managed to infuse some sort of order into Isobel 's shattered life , hoping that soon Isobel would decide what she would do in the future , so that she herself could go back home to Wales , which , from the vantage point of Tollemarche , seemed infinitely cosy and desirable . |
| 28 | As Creggan and Kraal continued to tell their dearest memories , night began to fall and Minch began to plan out what she would do in the limited time she felt she had left to her . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm here to see Her Grace , ’ explained Joan , having rehearsed what she would say during the two-mile walk from Briar Cottage . |
| 30 | She decided to remain where she was until she could be sure of what she would find outside the closed front door . |