Example sentences of "[coord] she [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are the actions he or she contributes to the total social process , and there are the accounts in which action is interpreted , criticized and justified . |
| 2 | Either the mermaid was energetically breasting the waves or she sat on the upturned keel of a drowned vessel and combed out long and improbably yellow hair . |
| 3 | His lips twisted and she waited for the inevitable cynical response , but surprisingly it did n't come . |
| 4 | Of a sudden Aggie rose from the table and left the room , and the smile slid slowly from Millie 's face and she looked at the funny young man , as she thought of him , and said , ‘ Is she vexed ? ’ |
| 5 | Then , years later — and she takes after the tall side of the family — she said , ‘ Now I am creature great , and you are creature small . ’ |
| 6 | For a second she imagined that she detected a bleary look within his own eyes — and she knew it must match her own — but then it was gone as fast as summer lightning and she shivered beneath the old familiar expression , that brooding , storm-filled one that she knew boded no good to her . |
| 7 | He took her on a tour of the city , and she enthused over the faded glories of Georgian architecture and the charm of the bridges spanning the river Liffey . |
| 8 | For instance , when Paris designated the wanton APHRODITE as the most beautiful of the goddesses , Hera 's morals were affronted and she arranged for the Trojan Wars to occur as just recrimination for the slight . |
| 9 | She could see Keith , crouched over his papers , and she rapped on the living-room window to tell him to let her in . |
| 10 | And she went to the front door and knocked , and a little bent-up man appeared … ’ |
| 11 | Returning to the kitchen she heard the sound of a horse and cart in Celtic Crescent and she went to the front door to look out . |
| 12 | to keep her company in the house and she went over the other night she said because when the kids are in bed , she 's on her own |
| 13 | He was looking at her for help — he was pleading , through his fury , for the assistance of his sister … it was just that , in his youth , he could not control the emotion in his face , and she quivered with the imagined rage , only now recognizing the desperation in his eyes . |
| 14 | Which left her free to make mistakes , overdo the set of his features , and she grinned at the strange yet familiar creature , disdainful nose , filll lips and ridiculous chin . |
| 15 | She rightly notes that students are not entitled to any income support from the Department of Social Security during the summer vacation and she points to the real problems that exist in areas of high unemployment , such as Gateshead and on Tyneside in general , where students , whom the Government urge to take on part-time or full-time jobs during their vacation , simply do not find those jobs available . |
| 16 | He left her at the large ornate gate , and she walked up the short drive to the front door . |
| 17 | She was aware of faces staring at her as she walked along the paved streets , and she swayed over the uneven surface like a seasick sailor . |
| 18 | " I see , " said Clara , descending : and she thought of the square flat patch that extended beyond her mother 's house at home , and of the grudgingly mown grass , and the dutifully weeded herbaceous borders , and the complaints about neighbouring cats and dogs that would come and dig in the unrewarding earth . |
| 19 | Nils shoved her hard and she fell into the deep satin embrace of a sofa . |
| 20 | He kissed her , and she thrilled to the familiar hunger in his embrace . |
| 21 | And she tugged at the patterned chenille cloth spread on the table . |
| 22 | The balls and parties given by the Franklins did little to buoy up her spirits , being , as she described herself , ‘ such a shy , reserved being ’ , and she longed for the quiet , regular family life of home . |
| 23 | It was very hot and she lay under the single sheet staring up at the high moonlit ceiling and thinking about T. Buckland Kettering . |
| 24 | And she passed through the sweet shop with a nod towards Nan , who was serving a customer , and out into the street . |
| 25 | She was delighted rather than otherwise to have an extra visitor , and she chattered throughout the excellent dinner , preventing Robbie from concentrating on the fascinating conversation going on between Fen and the rector . |
| 26 | " Will I be wearing it round my neck like a cow-bell for the rest of my life ? " — and she rushed up the spiral steps to her room , to tell herself that she hated João , and Portugal , and even her own mother . |
| 27 | He hung up , and she listened to the empty line . |
| 28 | A cow lashed out at her and she slipped on the wet floor . |
| 29 | One of them looked at her resentfully , and she hurried into the eastern end of the lane . |
| 30 | There was a small garden in front of the house , and she hurried along the crazy-paving path which led up to the gabled front porch . |