Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] she [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They gave her some astonishing Ophir crystal that made her feel three metres tall and very sharp . |
| 2 | She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background . |
| 3 | She had not sat down to breakfast , preferring to eat a handful of dry Puffkins while she sought her shoes , nor did she utter any words of affectionate farewell , not being one for dissimulation . |
| 4 | Nor did she have much confidence in many of the nannies who now worked at Park House . |
| 5 | But Liz had never mentioned that Ross was so staggeringly good-looking ; nor had she made any reference to his devastating physical impact , although , to be fair , since both she and her cousin had only just finished taking their final college examinations , they 'd hardly been able to spend any time together before the wedding . |
| 6 | I phoned Annie and asked her to cancel both performances today , and those on Monday and Tuesday . |
| 7 | With this in mind , we searched out one of Britain 's leading exponents of the Gothic bodice-ripper and asked her to inject some life into the first ascent of the Eiger 's north face . |
| 8 | She wore nothing beneath other than cami-knickers , but before they followed her dress he nuzzled her graceful neck , and stroked her striking red hair . |
| 9 | But one major turning point came when she started going to carpentry evening classes and found she had real talent for do-it-yourself . |
| 10 | He gave her specialist child custody advice and helped her win legal aid for her court battle . |
| 11 | He denied forcing the teenager to go with him in a car and said she had many chances to leave him . |
| 12 | Several hours later he drove her half a mile to a car park in Whitehorse Lane , South Norwood , near Sainsbury 's supermarket , and forced her to take some money from a cash point machine . |
| 13 | The daughter fidgeted through her long wild monologues and wished she wore prettier clothes . |
| 14 | Tongues of flame from a fire-eater near by lit Meredith 's porcelain face with a golden glow and set her tumbling red waves ablaze on her shoulders . |