Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faye had been taken to Labour and Delivery , where she waited in a private room for Dr Greene 's arrival . |
| 2 | Publication paved the way for an exciting tour of lectures , in the UK , New Zealand and her native Australia , culminating in the award at Sydney University — where she graduated with a double first in mathematics and physics in 1939 . |
| 3 | On impulse , she bought a recently published history of the region under the Occupation and took it to a pavement café , where she sat under a gaudy sunshade , idly sipping coffee and glancing through her book , but finding the passing show around her far more diverting . |
| 4 | She had for a while become a Monotype operator , on one of the " women 's machines " , and also remembers " trying to do imposition " and doing a little display work in one mainly jobbing firm where she worked for a short time . |
| 5 | Although she felt like a little girl who had gone into the wrong party room , she was determined that this woman would not keep her away from her husband . |
| 6 | No sooner had she said it than she burst into a dry hard sobbing . |
| 7 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 8 | Lucy had no intention of reverting to the former subject , so she said in a determined voice , ‘ I would like to get on with the job . |
| 9 | Rachel was n't expecting her family to arrive until late morning so she decided on a quick visit to the occupational health centre to see if by any remote chance David might be there . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm showing Melanie the neighbourhood , ’ said Finn , clutching his sister 's shoulders and rocking her kneeling form to and fro in an embrace which made her laugh soundlessly until she looked like a young girl . |
| 11 | All went well until she came to a small boy in the second row . |
| 12 | Retreating until she bumped into a Spanish walnut table that stood before a window , she put her arms back to lean on the table , then decided that her position might look inviting , folded her arms , and scowled at Sam . |
| 13 | The sight of her body , poised above him as she stretched and leaned , distracted him , and he stood to watch her , until she turned with a questioning half-smile to hand down another bundle . |
| 14 | ‘ If she operates as a separate entity I have no doubt her charm , beauty and popularity will mean her charity work will continue . |
| 15 | to Stokesley , who if she screamed through a bloody bullhorn would n't be heard by anybody ? |
| 16 | It was as if she stood in a noisy limbo ; all the yesterdays had gone as if they had never been and all the tomorrows were no more than a tantalising promise . |
| 17 | Spain did not become a great mercantile nation because she failed as a naval power to retain political control of her great empire , and as a producer to supply cheap goods . |
| 18 | Then she told me to turn my back while she looked in a secret place . |
| 19 | Joan Reid has been a student at Malvern Hills college since she retired as a civil servant on health grounds — now she 's learning new skills in the upholstery class . |
| 20 | Neighbours in Emlyn Road , Mayhill , Swansea , persuaded her to jump into their arms after she ran to a front bedroom and screamed for help . |
| 21 | Michelle is obviously a sunlust person in that respect and depending on whether she goes to a main package resort in Spain or perhaps a beach in India , she can either be a psychocentric sunlust person or an alocentric sunlust person . |
| 22 | And then , because she could n't bear to quarrel with him the night before she left for a new life , she said , ‘ I 'm wearing your mother 's brooch , Fran . |
| 23 | It was her last thought before she drifted into a deep , satisfying sleep . |
| 24 | The Minister for Health sought to defend the indefensible when she wrote in a recent letter to The Guardian about the abolition of the tests . |
| 25 | But Margaret laughed at him , and when she heard about a new God who sacrificed only himself , and gave bread and sweet wine to the people , she became a Christian . |
| 26 | Described as " quiet , genteel and beautiful — a real aristocrat " Maria can only have compounded her family 's displeasure when she eloped with a volatile Irish sheep shearer . |
| 27 | For instance : ‘ You should lose weight ’ , ‘ You should n't be so inarticulate at work ’ , ‘ You should n't pursue money as a goal ’ , ‘ You should be kinder to your mother when she phones for a long chat . ’ |
| 28 | There was always too much to do and although she hated it when she came as a young bride , she had grown to love it and would defend it with her life . |
| 29 | She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot . |
| 30 | Jessamy was halfway to the drawing-room at the back of the house , where she kept her drawing materials , when she came to a sudden halt . |