Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew nothing of the future other than that it was an inhospitable fog that no-one had any choice but to enter , but she was certain that there was a scene all laid-out and waiting for her where she brought in the name of the man — or woman — who 'd first talked to Chrissie and then run her down . |
| 2 | And where she blows up the lorry . |
| 3 | She was collecting glasses and plates from all over , slinging the contents in a vile bucket , and Philippa noticed that she was n't particularly careful where she stubbed out the cigarette that dropped a little trail of ash wherever she went . |
| 4 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |
| 5 | But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research . |
| 6 | Cos she ran up the garden . |
| 7 | She was terrified that if she poured out the tale to her husband now , he would be filled with doubts as to the extent of her previous involvement with Davis . |
| 8 | When Mrs.McNaughtan noticed a pencilled note inside the cover saying ‘ fore-edge painting ’ , she knew that if she spread out the gilt edges of the book 's pages , we would see a picture , as indeed we did to our delight . |
| 9 | ‘ What will you have ? ’ he enquired , going over to a drinks table while she tested out the couch and discovered that its appearance of comfort was no lie . |
| 10 | He sat on a kitchen chair while she peeled back the plaster he 'd stuck over the wound . |
| 11 | He held onto my suit while she added up the bill ( more than £20,1 could n't help noticing ) , took his money , gave him change , wrapped the flowers and poked them under his arm . |
| 12 | There was a quiet period while she put down the receiver and wrote her notes . |
| 13 | She gathered her straggly hair into a bun at the back of her head , holding it with her left hand while she pulled down the polo neck of her thin jumper . |
| 14 | Then she asked the ‘ patient ’ to hold the other end while she measured out the length again , mumbling a strange , unintelligible gibberish all the while . |
| 15 | But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 . |
| 16 | Moira McVitie is fairly putting on the beef since she gave up the teaching when wee Scott was born . |
| 17 | I have n't seen her so enthusiastic since she worked out the cybemetics for the Golem of Prague . |
| 18 | The New York Film Critics Circle gave Emma , 33 , its top honour after she picked up the DW Griffith and Los Angeles Critics awards for her portrayal of Helen Schlegel in the adaptation of E M Forster 's novel , Howards End . |
| 19 | Amid the clatter of cutlery and crockery , my contact revealed how Diana had seriously considered calling off the wedding two days before she walked down the aisle at St Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 20 | As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light . |
| 21 | Rodi 's second husband Gordon , 64 , died two months before she picked up the cheque from Bergerac star John Nettles . |
| 22 | It was a small back room at the back of the house , little more than a box , but when she pressed down the switch of the low-voltage nursery light she felt again a glow of maternal , proprietorial pride . |
| 23 | God , thought Madame , when she added up the night 's takings , one week I should write down who 's having who as well as who 's drinking what . |
| 24 | When she looked up the mountainside , as if searching for help there , I realized that she still had fear of me , little knowing the true state of affairs , and felt herself like an animal in a trap . |
| 25 | Her ma 's sewing bag was still in the cupboard and when she brought out the cotton and needles there was a lump in her throat . |
| 26 | When she took out the leather writing case , the child turned and cried , ‘ That 's Mama 's ! |
| 27 | ‘ And when she came back the situation was reversed ? |
| 28 | My second brother and I , self-conscious teenagers of the Sixties , were sometimes embarrassed when she wound down the window of her car and addressed a shepherd or a forester in her clear , carrying , Edwardian accent . |
| 29 | In some cultures the mother proceeds to the status of a matriarch , when she takes on the authority of mother to the whole extended family or tribe . |
| 30 | And your Mum ca n't afford toilet paper for her pussy , so when she slides down the banister and says like blurgh , la blah la blah loo ! |