Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] she [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 2 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 3 | Well she 'd gone out through the door and the wind took her down the bloody street ! |
| 4 | He made no attempt to present her to the other man , however , apparently so deep in thought that he seemed to have forgotten her very existence . |
| 5 | Fear gripped her at the demoniacal glint in his dark eyes . |
| 6 | In 1939 appointment to the Disney chair of archaeology distinguished her as the first woman professor in the university . |
| 7 | His next letter offered her marriage to save her from the dreadful future of stripping off that she would be subjected to otherwise . |
| 8 | Screens of holly and ivy sheltered her from the deepening winter , but now the forest became a black and frozen place . |
| 9 | She recovered the parish file given her by the diocesan office and spread the meagre contents out on Bishop Julian 's desk . |
| 10 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 11 | She refused the cold remains of the fish and chips , so he took the whole package out to the dustbin at the front of the house ( no need to worry her about the Sweet murder if she did n't know — and it appeared she did n't ) . |
| 12 | Desire shook her to the very foundations of her being . |
| 13 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 14 | He wondered how he had found sufficient courage to ask her to the Edwardian Ball , and then remembered that it was her air of calm dignity which had made him anxious to take her to impress his parents . |
| 15 | Shortly after moving into The Kilns , Minto had engaged a gardener to help her with the eight acres of ground . |
| 16 | By now Kelly needed extensive physiotheraphy several times a day to rid her of the excess mucus that clogged her lungs . |
| 17 | Then , with the notion of what a girl with such a name must be like firm in her mind , she made this heroine of hers arrive somewhere and without delay put her into the first of a series of conflicts with , behind them , a gradually increasing aura of mystery . |
| 18 | Amaranth descended alone at twelve-thirty , pink and pampered , and called a cab to take her to the Black Chapati in Circus Parade . |
| 19 | A slight chill the day after the sale had delayed her journey to London and so she had been forced to leave Summer Lodge with her few possessions in a bag and watch as the cab carried her from the large estate on the hill to the cramped rooms of the house in Chapel Street . |
| 20 | Although Liz 's body is disposing of alcohol at the rate of about one unit a hour , her last drink pushed her over the legal limit for driving of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood . |
| 21 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 22 | The numbing stupor got her through the next few hours . |
| 23 | The guide led her into the air-conditioned jewellery shop and held out the box to a sales assistant . |
| 24 | In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent . |
| 25 | The coroner , Harold Price , heard at Walthamstow Coroner 's Court in north-east London that baby Kim 's GP and health visitor referred her to the social services on the day she died , said it was vital that such referrals should be made as soon as possible . |
| 26 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
| 27 | Enya claims to be stubborn , sulky and contrary where her composition is concerned , but she knew from unfortunate personal experience the natural anarchy and entropy of bands and very rationally allowed Nicky and Roma 's professional advice to guide her in the right direction . |
| 28 | In retrospect , it seemed that the Lord protected her for the first few days , and then … |
| 29 | And after another sleepless night , the green-eyed woman took her to the commanding officer . |
| 30 | The mortals believed that she was the provider of great riches until a seven-headed monster called The Cabinet destroyed her with the Golden Hair of Heseltine . |