Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that was her due because she looked like the young Elizabeth Taylor , had dark brown curly hair nearly to her waist , large , dark blue eyes , creamy velvet skin and a wonderful figure . |
| 2 | A DARLINGTON woman is mystified by a series of vandal attacks on her car since she moved to the town . |
| 3 | She could n't help laughing now , towelling her own hair and then wrapping the towel sarong-style while she crossed to the french doors . |
| 4 | The men had disappeared from the top of the scaffolding when she emerged into the street again . |
| 5 | And this excitement , and the feeling of being involved in a half-guessed-at mystery , became her private obsession as she went about the house , visited the shops and looked after the children . |
| 6 | Constance smiled in the dark as she thought of the chaste kisses she had allowed Nicky . |
| 7 | ‘ Please do n't be out , ’ she murmured to the empty car as she drove along the quiet country roads . |
| 8 | A passer-by told officers he saw the 16-year-old bundled into a car as she went to the shops . |
| 9 | THIEVES knocked a woman to the ground and drove off in her car as she checked under the bonnet for an engine fault . |
| 10 | There was an instant when she sensed him hesitating , as though giving her time to draw away , but that was the last thing on her mind as she stared into the glittering warmth of his eyes . |
| 11 | Rourke 's eyes had narrowed , but she dismissed the problem of his reactions from her mind as she moved to the rail gate . |
| 12 | It was still very much in her mind as she moved from the window . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh ! ’ she said in some confusion as she fell off the tree and crashed into a garden bed . |
| 14 | Fighting down an abrupt rush of fear as she zigzagged across the stone floor to avoid the rifle fire , Benny pulled out one of the small plastic sample bags she always carried , and dropped the paper on to which she had copied the drum 's label into it . |
| 15 | Our only witness is the Cathedral cleaner , Mrs Thrigg , who thinks , but is n't sure , that it was in its place on the Tuesday before the murder when she cleaned round the pews in the infantry chapel . ’ |
| 16 | Caroline 's voice was an appalled croak as she stared at the new arrival . |
| 17 | I took a quick breath of relief as I heard it ; the engine of another boat , throttling down to a murmur as she crept into the bay . |
| 18 | Marion exclaimed in disgust as she stooped through the door . |
| 19 | Theda 's deep grey eyes grew dark with distress as she gazed into the vicious blackness of Lady Merchiston 's own . |
| 20 | Nothing seemed to penetrate Violet 's consciousness as she waited for the fight to start . |
| 21 | On either side , white-painted kerb stones glowed faintly through the blackness as she walked with the rest towards the sound of the dancing , for ears were of more use than eyes in the blackout . |
| 22 | She was too tall and untidy , but her quality shone out like a light as she passed into the crowd , and the noise and the tension that are part of even the smallest race meeting . |
| 23 | Police were called but arrived too late to stop him mugging 60-year-old Rose McDevitt , who was knocked to the floor and robbed of her handbag as she waited for the lift . |
| 24 | Similarly if in a language a woman referred to her son by the same term as she used for the son of her sister , this showed that the system of terms developed at a time when the two sisters would have been co-wives of the same man or men . |
| 25 | The thought had no sooner entered her mind when she tripped over the first slat of the drawbridge and fell to her knees before she could save herself . |
| 26 | Outside , the rain was coming down in drenching sheets , and she huddled into her jacket against the driving wind as she hurried to the car . |
| 27 | As usual , he was at his desk before she arrived at the office , and , as always , she felt that brief but undeniable shock of pleasure at seeing him . |
| 28 | She also had been able to put her feelings on hold as she concentrated on the problems facing her . |
| 29 | The following day he bought her a bunch of violets and dropped them on her lap as she sat in the prompt corner . |
| 30 | She took a deep breath , letting it out on a low , pleasurable chuckle as she headed for the stage . |