Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She also received a rose arbour for her garden where she plans to spend more time in her retirement . |
2 | Her will declares that more than £219,000 should go to Cornell College , Mount Vernon , Iowa , in the U.S. , where she had studied English literature . |
3 | Although she had made some photocopies to study later , it was possible that Adam might be able to clear the matter up in a few moments . |
4 | The hard bench under her was n't conducive to restful slumber either , although she had known worse beds . |
5 | That was how she saw things , and although she tried to foresee other ways in which events might turn out , she could not imagine any future that did not include Tristram . |
6 | More human than she 'd looked all morning , he thought , realizing he had taken against his witness at least partly because she was alive and the amusing , lively , feminine creature that had been Angela Morgan was not . |
7 | Of course John , her husband , told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes : they just had n't come to her notice , so she had to eat humble pie . |
8 | The umbilical cord and the afterbirth were still inside me , so she began to yank this baby and I said " Excuse me , I 've still got a bit inside me . " |
9 | She felt she could still continue to improve , so she decided to have further specialist physiotherapy treatment privately , under her medical insurance scheme . |
10 | Perhaps he ceased to be useful to her once she 'd had some success in England — I do n't know . |
11 | Once she had recovered full consciousness it became clear that she had entirely lost the power of speech . |
12 | She made an effort to feel some true sympathy , but it was difficult — she supposed that she would n't be able to experience compassion in a deep and real sense until she 'd had some children , since only matters like the putting down of young greyhounds brought tears to her eyes . |
13 | She 'd tried to keep the newspaper story hidden from her because she did n't want to discuss it until she 'd had more time to get her thoughts in order … but of course mother had found it and started questioning compulsively about abortion , what exactly was the law on it now , how did you get one , where did you go , what did it cost , things she must have heard Dorothy and her friends discussing a hundred times but which the newspaper report had triggered into today 's obsession . |
14 | Every time she had protested that she could ride alone and was not fit to be near anyone until she 'd had several baths he had laid his hand over her mouth and told her to hush . |
15 | Well , she was n't leaving until she 'd sorted this muddle out . |
16 | The audience roared their approval as the rocking became wilder and wilder until she began to utter little squeals of delight . |
17 | Such is Kylie 's potential in the eyes of the showbusiness speculators of Hollywood however that the musical may have to wait until she has made another movie . |
18 | The contract had been until the end of September when she could reapply for the job she had been turned down for , ‘ provided she had had sufficient experience nursing very sick children ’ , he said . |
19 | So she could n't go out to work cos she 'd got young girls to bring up so they went to the social and the social turned round and said to them before we give you any money you 've got ta spend all this bloody redundancy you 've got ta have used all your savings , including the kids savings , and you 've got ta have nothing ! |
20 | What she 'd had was a double-booking , effectively , cos she 'd had this dinner which was meant to be in the private dining hall , but the numbers had suddenly shot up , and because they 'd said originally they wanted either the private dining hall or the main dining hall depending on numbers , she should have really booked them both and decided later and told me to like try somewhere else , but she did n't , she told me yeah the dining hall 's free . |
21 | Cos she 's got smelly breath . |
22 | Foxy was saying how they were all standing on the balcony saying that she really ought n't to wear those shorts cos she 's got such thunder thighs . |
23 | But after spending more than £2,500 on a facelift and suffering a few weeks of looking and feeling like she had gone 12 rounds with Lennox Lewis , Fiona found that few people noticed any difference . |
24 | yeah , I really was quite , quite upset about it , well I do n't blame you for it I would n't of minded if she 'd said this morning when I 'd asked her |
25 | If she 'd waited another year she would have garnered twice the price , as the yuppie age was dawning , but unfortunately for herself and her family , Jane had no financial sense whatsoever , except , thanks perhaps to her Scottish ancestry , she always spent as little as possible . |
26 | " I phoned one of my neighbours to find out if she 'd heard any noise from our flat . |
27 | ‘ He would n't mind going with you to the concert , ’ she said , thinking that she could have phrased that better if she 'd had more notice . |
28 | And , if she 'd had any illusions about being able to deceive him , his behaviour over the past two days had put paid to that . |
29 | If she 'd had any doubts about Tara 's relationship with the villa 's owner , they rapidly evaporated as she watched the other girl 's body language in graceful retreat . |
30 | On reflection , though , she doubted if she 'd got enough crocks or cutlery and ‘ what was they going ter sit on ? ’ |