Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when she was halfway there did she remember that this , after all , was n't Chipchester , where she had spent the last six months at college — nor even Athens , where at least the drivers and pedestrians expected to engage in constant warfare — and that perhaps she should have checked the traffic before crossing … |
| 2 | Brown Owl , moving quickly , placed Brownie after Brownie in position , until she had formed the first human letter : — |
| 3 | She worked steadily on , until she had finished the first coat . |
| 4 | Cos she 's got the last session has n't she ? |
| 5 | It was just the kind of chance she could n't miss , and if she had to miss the next flight home she was sure Lord C would understand . |
| 6 | Was it because she 'd broken the seventh commandment ? |
| 7 | She held the envelope to the light , squinting at it with one eye while she tried to read the first paragraph . |
| 8 | But after she had finished the first part of her lecture ; after slightly nodding her head to the generous applause ; after the lights had gone up again ; after Ashenden had said ( as every chairman since Creation had said ) how much everyone had enjoyed the talk and how grateful everyone was that not only had the distinguished speaker fascinated each and every one of them but also had agreed to answer any questions which he was absolutely sure everyone in the room was aching to put to such a distinguished expert in the field … it was only then that Dr Moule was able to survey the two intruders . |
| 9 | After she had scattered the last few blooms , she went and gave the girl a five pound note , Ulster Bank pounds , not punts . |
| 10 | She had learned when she had held the first costume up against her , that her mother had been small , hardly , it seemed , an inch or two taller than Ellie was now . |
| 11 | When she 'd finished the second glass , he was still there , and still trying to catch her eye . |
| 12 | Leith wondered , as she drove to work the next morning , why she had bothered getting the car out , since she was convinced that , his warning unheeded , Naylor Massingham would waste no time in getting her out of his business . |
| 13 | Only once has he come close to losing his rag , when publicly embarrassed by his press secretary , Julie Hall , as she admitted giving the first name of the little girl at the centre of the health election broadcast row to the press . |
| 14 | Sophie nodded as she finished examining the last one . |
| 15 | She may have misheard the word as dictated , but it 's much more likely that as she started writing the first syllable , she almost automatically shifted the word across to one she knows ( and can spell ! coffee causes problems , usually ) . |