Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] she [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Sally found that she had good abilities in this area .
2 She took out her wallet and found that she had six pounds and ten shillings which she placed on the chair by his bed ; ‘ Will that be enough to be going on with ? ’ she asked .
3 Two days of warm spring weather opened the flowers of forsythia bushes in the neglected garden behind Merrill 's flat , and she hummed as she cut long stems of the starry yellow blossom .
4 She realized that she had some confusions of her own that needed sorting out .
5 Then came the moment when she finally realized that she needed professional help .
6 Mrs Teresa Leinen , 25 , may be parted from Sean , three , and Ashley , one , within five days after the High Court ruled that she broke international laws .
7 But now she announced that she wished this title to be publicly used .
8 He discovered that she had an IQ of genius level and announced that she needed firm discipline and intellectual stimulation .
9 She then announced that she wanted some cream cakes .
10 He noticed that she had one button of her blouse more than usual undone .
11 The tests showed that she had inoperable lung cancer .
12 ‘ Tests showed that she had this condition , and it has deteriorated over the years .
13 Rosie said , ‘ Er — um — ’ and Shelley guessed that she had other plans for Saturday .
14 She boasted that she had two bedrooms and a bathroom , which had been constructed from a third bedroom .
15 These remained and the following sequence over a month all proved ineffective although she commented that she felt 20 years younger : Lachesis LM3 , stopping the remedy , Lachesis 200 , Syphilinum LM1 and returning to Lachesis LM3 .
16 Christina 's hand shook as she sipped golden rum from the bottle and passed it to Stephen .
17 I heard that she lost one baby as well , and I do know that she suffered badly with her legs , varicose veins , I believe .
18 Rachel 's heart thudded but she needed irrefutable proof .
19 Compared Janet NcCalman alledged charmer and being questioned as to her using of charms confessed that she used one charm for Causing Cows bull ( called eelis dhair ) which she practices by expressing some words over water and that she gave it particularly to one NcAbhrionid in Balulise .
20 Compared Janet NcCalman alledged charmer and being questioned as to her using of charms confessed that she used one charm for Causing Cows bull ( called eelis dhair ) which she practices by expressing some words over water and that she gave it particularly to one NcAbhrionid in Balulise .
21 She saw that she had pretty clothes like other girls her age and a little money of her own for going out .
22 If his parents bought her a present he was always comparing and felt that she had better things and more things than he did .
23 Their circumstances had changed : Mr Singh had a full-time job , they had taken a big step and purchased their council house and Mrs Singh now felt that she needed permanent work herself .
24 At the 1987 election Mrs Thatcher stressed that she favoured radical policies : a Conservative leader proclaiming the case for radical solutions is somewhat unusual .
25 Just before leaving the consulting room she knew that she had one thing left to do and it was important .
26 She bit her lip and knew that she deserved such punishment .
27 yeah , they 'll be , and she 's always moaning driving Sue up the wall , why should I keep him blah , blah , blah , blah , doing nothing , we sit and look at each other and Sue said for Christ sake she said you 're twenty years old , not forty , she 'd been bad on and off again , throat , well she had the shoulder , throat er she thought she had , oh the diabetes was one were n't it , diabetes one , they thought she had , thought that she had glandular fever but she has n't and er , so Sue said to her well are you looking after yourself and she said yes I am , Sue said well I du n no she never seems to be , cos she 's never been well has she really ?
28 Dalgliesh remembered her whispered confidence to Theresa in the car , the child 's intent face and brief transforming smile , and thought that she understood one child at least far better than she would probably claim .
29 Back and forth flew the shuttle , clackety clack went the treadles of the loom , up and down sluiced the heddles , and the cloth grew until she had sufficient yardage for a gown ; she plied the scissors , cut out a pattern , sewed the seams and hemmed the border , and she was nearly faint with pain from the cactus pricks festering in her hands and halfway up her arms .
30 Even so , she did n't need Our Mam to tell her what every pretty girl knew if she had any gumption at all .
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