Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Eileen joined with them but before long she met a young man and started courting so dropped the dances .
2 Instead , she set to stubbornly work her way through in alphabetical order , so that before long she had a small pile of pink order slips in front of her .
3 and from there she took the upper hand .
4 Until then she led a normal , if restricted , life .
5 From where she stood the downward slope and the valley below were clearly visible .
6 Of all the roles she had played in the theatre , of all the great works that had come her way , she was fated to be remembered mostly for how she pronounced the rhetorical question , ‘ A hand-bag ? ’
7 All at once she had the uncomfortable feeling that he had found some deeper meaning in her remark and was silently agreeing with her ; then he laughed , and the moment passed .
8 His fingers moved gently and delicately up over her nipple , swollen and thrusting against the thin silk of her dress , and all at once she felt a startling , sharp thrill of pleasure as the enlarged aureole hardened beneath his hand .
9 The book took more than its share of the available table space ; but at least she had a legitimate job .
10 Aunt Emily was not exactly ill , at least she had no definable complaint , but she rested a good deal , more and more , and every day seemed happier to let Alexandra take over the household decisions .
11 By then she had a terrible headache , but Hyper.0/6. one dose , relieved the headache instantly , the numbness was 50% improved after one minute and completely resolved after 30 minutes .
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