Example sentences of "she [vb past] [art] words " in BNC.
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| 1 | She whispered the words aloud : " He will share your bed and possess your body . " |
| 2 | She whispered the words . |
| 3 | Though ‘ attraction ’ was an anaemic description of her feelings , still she hugged the words to her like some priceless gift . |
| 4 | She read the words , then looked at him . |
| 5 | She read the words aloud . |
| 6 | And , as she read the words , written in a flowing feminine hand , the oddest sensation went lurching through her . |
| 7 | She made the words caustically challenging . |
| 8 | ‘ T-to g-get my n-navigation notes , ’ she stammered the words over her shoulder . |
| 9 | She 'd been so caught up in her thoughts that the voice near her side came as a shock , but even as she turned she realised the words had n't been aimed at her . |
| 10 | She stared at him , her childish face at first impassive , then progressively emotional as she sought the words , trying not to cry . |
| 11 | She was so eager to embrace the chance of Ortiz being alive — of him holding the key to Samantha 's freedom — that she shouted the words , rousing the waitress from a slumped reverie by the till . |
| 12 | She doubted the words would even be able to leave her mouth . |
| 13 | Underneath she scrawled the words , ‘ The real me . |
| 14 | But even as she framed the words in her mind , confidence deserted her . |
| 15 | She pronounced the words with sudden emphasis , and Charles saw clearly the situation which Jacqui 's words — ‘ She liked Marius ’ — had hinted at . |
| 16 | All the way home , she practised the words she would speak to Craig Grenfell , she must tell him to leave , to find another place to stay but the feeling of emptiness that swept over her whenever she thought of saying goodbye to him brought tears brimming to her eyes . |
| 17 | She knew the part for which she was cast was that of the self-sacrificing heroine , encouraging the man she loved in his spiritual aspirations ; but she withheld the words of sympathy and understanding . |
| 18 | I saw her long throat vibrate as she muttered the words . |
| 19 | Referring to falling numbers in the League , she reiterated the words of our foundress , Margaret Fletcher , saying that we were still ‘ a force to be reckoned with . ’ |
| 20 | And then she recalled the words Emilia Frere had spoken : You have not known a man … you have not suffered at their nakedness . |
| 21 | She threw the words at him . |
| 22 | She threw the words at him , then sucked in a shuddering breath , dashing a hand across her wet cheeks . |
| 23 | She threw the words back at him incredulously . |
| 24 | She heard the words with despair . |
| 25 | And then she heard the words that surprised and startled , confused her , so that the green eyes that flashed and sparked with anger softened and melted as she looked at him and heard each gently spoken syllable . |
| 26 | What Dagmar said then sounded like ‘ a dream ’ ; she could n't hear what answer Rose made to that , but she heard the words ‘ missing ’ and ‘ blood ’ . |
| 27 | She repeated the words softly . |
| 28 | But she swallowed the words . |
| 29 | Thumping her small fist on the desk , she spat the words out . |
| 30 | She spat the words . |