Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went to the headquarters of the Special Air Services in Hereford where she underwent a ‘ terrifying ’ driving course where she learnt the basic techniques in handling a possible terrorist attack or kidnap attempt . |
| 2 | Police kept her locked up in a cell until she gave a negative breath test and was deemed fit to leave . |
| 3 | Police and officials cordoned off corridors leading to the courtroom while she made a three-minute appearance . |
| 4 | They would n't go to bed in their bedroom after she had a horrible job with them . |
| 5 | Her left arm was now under control , staying loosely by her side as she used the other arm and moved around . |
| 6 | He stayed beside the car as she crossed the narrow pavement , but the shadowed gaze followed her as she shakily climbed the steps to the door of the house , slid her key into the lock with a trembling hand and let herself into the hallway . |
| 7 | The thought played over and over in her mind as she waved an absent-minded farewell and drove off into the night alone . |
| 8 | I kind of wished I 'd sat behind Verity ; I would n't have seen so much of her — not even a hint of that slim , smooth face , frowning in concentration as she barrelled the big black Beemer towards the next corner — but I would n't have been able to see the speedometer , either . |
| 9 | One night she had just blown out the light when she had the sudden feeling that someone had entered the room . |
| 10 | The two-hour battle did not exactly revive memories of Croft 's professional heyday when she reached the lofty heights of world No 22 as she struggled with her serve , and produced too many errors to get into any sort of groove . |
| 11 | An 81-year-old woman who collapsed two hours after a robber grabbed her handbag as she left the British Legion Club in Clapham , south London , was on a life-support machine at St Thomas 's Hospital yesterday with a suspected blood clot on the brain . |
| 12 | Rune 's eyes gleamed with pleasure as she detected an added warmth in the timbre of his voice . |
| 13 | She knew it was wrong , but she could n't stop herself feeling exquisite pleasure as she watched the brilliant blue eyes explore her hot nakedness . |
| 14 | She broke off as the door opened , fixing a smile to her throbbing mouth as she recognised the elderly woman . |
| 15 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 16 | In l979 , the then underground paper SoHo News offered to publish her work if she got a proper camera . |
| 17 | An individual finding a tangency on the segment 12 of the ‘ kinked ’ budget constraint would choose the same number of hours of work if she faced the linear budget constraint Y 1 125 . |
| 18 | She would n't be keeping the Law if she turned a deaf ear to the call or ran away from it . |
| 19 | She forgot her dream as she saw the blue eyes darken almost to black . |
| 20 | Leonora shuddered at the memory of her dream as she peeled the damp shirt over her throbbing head . |
| 21 | She pushed against fitzAlan 's massive chest , her fear escalating into panic when she saw the hot , unfocused glitter in his eyes . |
| 22 | She picked two young designers , David and Elizabeth Emanuel to make the wedding-dress because she was impressed by their work when she attended a photographic shoot at Lord Snowdon 's Kensington studio . |
| 23 | Mrs Bennett was standing in the hall when she entered the front door , beady-eyed and flustered like an angry hen . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , ’ Tallis said quickly , but she could n't help dropping her gaze as she told the partial lie , and when she looked back Wynne-Jones was not smiling . |
| 25 | The girl had just finished her 28 deliveries on her round and was 30 paces into the alleyway when she heard the running steps of the prowling rapist behind her . |
| 26 | But the old wife always put he egg spoon through the bottom of the eggshell when she had a boiled egg after that . |
| 27 | Sarah was in the kitchen when she arrived , and her heart gave a sudden leap as she recognized the plump , rosy-faced woman as one of the two who had driven away from the Foundling Hospital that fateful day . |
| 28 | The daughter of a sailor who was lost at sea , she was sent to the Dean Orphanage where she received a solid education and showed promise . |
| 29 | She wondered if she would lose her job if she tossed a sodden plaster bandage right at his grinning mouth . |
| 30 | ( It was at this time , I think , that she told me that her own mother , means-tested in the late twenties , had won the sympathy of the relieving officer , who ignored the presence of the saleable piano because she kept a clean house , with a cloth on the table . ) |