Example sentences of "[coord] she [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the summer , a beautiful girl passed , and she saw the tall weed , and plucked it and put it in her dress , where it blushed a glorious red and died content ; the weed on the bank saw it die , and laughed , and reflected that it would live till the next year . |
| 2 | He turned his head a little and she saw the blue glass flowering from his skull , its silken stamens drooping elegantly as he moved . |
| 3 | Then her vision cleared and she saw the familiar objects , the Aga and the gas stove with the nearby working surfaces , the table of polished oak in the middle of the room with its four elegantly crafted chairs , and at the far end Alice 's office with the walls covered with bookshelves and her desk piled with proofs . |
| 4 | Since the baby 's birth and its mother 's death her whole view of life seemed to have changed abruptly , as though someone had shaken a giant kaleidoscope and she saw the whole world and herself in a different light . |
| 5 | She sat down beside him , instinctively putting her arm out to support him , but he jerked forward with a sharp gasp , and she saw the brown lines of dried blood across the back of his shirt . |
| 6 | And she saw the big staircases leading up to the libraries and the lecture halls . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's a relief , ’ he said , but he did n't sound relieved and she saw the sombre look in his eyes deepen . |
| 8 | ‘ Seven hundred years of British rule , ’ Kevin declared , and she saw the tight line of his mouth . |
| 9 | It was almost the first news story she had taken over the newsroom headphones and she knew the absolute importance of accuracy . |
| 10 | Pulling herself together once more , Rachel 's mouth tightened and she knew the best thing would be to get away for an hour by going to lunch and pushing all thoughts of Damian Flint from her mind . |
| 11 | The tree had been another meeting place of their childhood , and she knew the flaky bark and cracked pavement by heart . |
| 12 | Yes , already the numbness of shock was fading , and she felt the first spasm of the enormous pain that awaited her , and she was frightened . |
| 13 | For a long moment they gazed silently into each other 's eyes , and she felt the familiar tug of longing deep in her stomach . |
| 14 | At last he was naked and she felt the rough touch of his skin slide over her , bearing her down . |
| 15 | A lump rose in her throat and she felt the sharp sting of tears behind her eyelids . |
| 16 | The genuine note of admiration in his voice sent a tiny and thoroughly illogical frisson of pleasure running through her , and she felt the faint tide of colour swim into her face as she sent him an answering smile . |
| 17 | Maintaining that calm , uncaring façade even for just a few minutes had taken a lot out of her , and she felt the faint beginnings of a headache behind her eyes . |
| 18 | He shifted on her , and she felt the hard thrust of his manhood against her thigh . |
| 19 | He knelt over her for a moment , tough and handsome in the candlelight , his eyes triumphant with the knowledge of desire on the verge of fulfilment , possessing her as only he could , then he was bending , lifting her into his arms , carrying her across the room , and she felt the sudden chill as the door opened and , wedging it awkwardly with his foot , he bundled her through it . |
| 20 | She ran her trembling fingers through his hair , arching back as his lips found her neck and she felt the delicious sensation of his teeth , soft against her flesh . |
| 21 | ‘ It is , ’ he mused evenly , and she had the uneasy feeling that he knew she was deliberately trying to change the subject . |
| 22 | And she had the uneasy feeling that the stormy feelings between them were n't going to blow themselves out , either . |
| 23 | They had both turned as she had entered , and she had the stupid urge to tell them to carry on , she hoped she was n't interrupting anything . |
| 24 | Her head was pounding dreadfully , and she had the awful sensation that she was going to actually throw up right in front of him . |
| 25 | She could n't just ignore him in his own house and she had the nasty feeling that she would not have been able to ignore him anywhere . |
| 26 | He turned back to what he was doing , his long fingers working quickly and expertly at the job , and she had the faintest feeling that she was being dismissed . |
| 27 | What I was saying was , just that like , they had all these pieces of furniture in there , it was supposed to be a suite , but my mum , my mum got round and tell you every single piece that was a different colour or the wrong shape , or did n't fit on the pedestal properly , or this and that , and she had the whole lot changed at least three times . |
| 28 | Paddy 's daughter was tall like him , and she had the same air of self-assurance . |
| 29 | The blue eyes studied her lazily in the mirror , and she had the strangest sensation he was toying with her as a cat would a mouse before a kill . |
| 30 | He turned to face her then , his eyes intent as they met hers for one long minute , and she had the strangest feeling that he was trying to look inside her soul . |