Example sentences of "[coord] she [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shifted yet further away when he turned around to face her and she saw where the course of the chain originated from . |
| 2 | They settled in armchairs and she saw how the standard lamp threw shadows on his face , accentuating the hollows in his cheeks and the overhang of his brow so that his eyes seemed to sink into their sockets and burn there in the firelight like lamps in darkened caves . |
| 3 | It was her ‘ wait ’ and she sped down the stone staircase ahead of the lumbering old man and snatched up the receiver . |
| 4 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
| 5 | And she knew now the reason she had n't wanted the doctor , knew it was because she was afraid they 'd take Jenny away from her because she was n't fit to look after her . |
| 6 | And she told how the boy brought the dog his food . |
| 7 | And she told how the tot : |
| 8 | ‘ Have I not reason ? ’ she demanded , as the years seemed to roll away , and she felt again the anguish his desertion had inflicted . |
| 9 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
| 10 | And she drove out the image and her own overwhelming feeling of terrible loss , by concentrating her mind desperately on what Gazzer was saying . |
| 11 | I tapped on the glass , and she wound down the window . |
| 12 | Like that right , and she walked down the bus and this , the policeman said to the bus driver , oh you 'll have to hang on a wee minute because I have to speak to this woman here . |
| 13 | When Sara returned they drank the ale and she brought up the subject of an increased allowance for her and the children . |
| 14 | The bang came again but softer , and she made out the squeak of rusty hinges against the din of the stormy night . |
| 15 | She felt rage flood through her and she fought down the impulse to scream — that was just what he was waiting for . |
| 16 | " It 's just a trick , really , it 's easy , " said Clara , and she took back the egg , and found that she could not put it together again either , so they decided to abandon it , and left it in little pieces in a glass dish on the mantelpiece with some dry and coloured gourds , and then they went downstairs and out into the park , and walked towards the bus stop , and Clara explained , lest the gourds and the egg should be thought to reflect in any way on herself , that they had been given to her by a friend the week before , to celebrate her twenty-second birthday . |
| 17 | He nodded and she tapped out the number . |
| 18 | She was educated in the household of Henry Hastings , third Earl of Huntingdon [ q.v. ] , president of the council in the north , and she learned there the Puritan habits of self-examination and regular religious exercises which she later practised in her own household . |
| 19 | Despite the sunshine , it was a crisp , cold day , and she pulled up the collar of her black jacket , flicking the long auburn mane of her hair out of the way . |
| 20 | She saw him then , running swiftly towards her , and she pulled aside the fence , squeezing through the gap . |
| 21 | It was probably only a rabbit , but it had still unnerved her slightly , and she pulled off the drive and parked on the grass . |
| 22 | I think she thought Emily would be able to earn her living as a governess or lady 's companion , in the end , but she 's too idle and she has n't the wit . |
| 23 | My mum right when I put my make-up on in the morning my mum said oh erm she went to the phone box and she phoned up the specialist and they said so I 've got ta go . |
| 24 | come in that day and she sat up the table with the boys and had a dish of |
| 25 | When her call came through , however , and she picked up the phone and said , ‘ Hello , ’ she realised that she would n't have to ask Lubor when Ven was coming back — because she already knew . |
| 26 | And she picked up the plate of spurned buck rarebit and emptied it into the bin under the counter . |
| 27 | The telephone rang , mercifully cutting short any more disturbing thoughts , and she picked up the receiver . |
| 28 | And she toiled up the duneside , her huge backside quaking . |
| 29 | It was a very satisfactory feeling , and she threw back the sheet to feel the caressing warmth of the morning on her body . |
| 30 | ‘ My husband was driving , ’ she began and she wondered why the man 's face wore such a sloppy expression . |