Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Chalk was nowhere to be found , so she made straight for the medicine cupboard in the spacious Georgian-style kitchen with its enormous , old-fashioned white-painted cupboards and scrubbed-elm table , and located the painkillers , swallowing the dosage with water before setting about making the tea . |
| 2 | Ignoring the suddenly bright gleam in his eyes , she bent and grabbed the hem of her shift , tearing the flimsy material easily until she had enough for a bandage . |
| 3 | Memories of the marathon " sew-in " before she left home for the International Youth Congress could not have failed to bring a smile to Eva 's lips , or those of her sisters , if they could have seen her stitching away patiently and efficiently on a hand-driven sewing machine . |
| 4 | The novel life abroad made Frances disenchanted with Britain when she returned home for a spell : |
| 5 | Flustered anew , she felt a warm flush of embarrassment flood her face as she searched vainly for an answer . |
| 6 | Not as she thought right for a person 's end , |
| 7 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |