Example sentences of "[subord] she [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bitch was also mated before she came into quarantine in this country , where she produced a large litter of ten . |
| 2 | No one who saw the 1986 Gold Cup and knew of Dawn Run 's subsequent fate could look with unmixed emotions on her statue by the Cheltenham parade ring , where she left a permanent mark on racing history . |
| 3 | She is in good form and hoping to break the 10-hour barrier today , having already done so in the European Ironman in August , where she took an individual bronze and a team gold medal . |
| 4 | But the alternative of returning to the hall , and traversing its crowded sixty-foot length to gain the opposite staircase leading to the upper storey , where she shared a tiny chamber with Adele and two of Matilda 's ladies , was just as unappealing . |
| 5 | She came to England in 1904 to study at the London School of Economics , where she wrote a doctoral thesis on the development of New South Wales , gaining a D.Sc . |
| 6 | She rubbed her arm , where she had a large bruise above the elbow . |
| 7 | The surroundings were full of interest : in the foreground we had Martha 's pig-store , where she kept a varied assortment of china and earthenware ; it also was roofed by the remains of an old pleasure boat ; Martha 's cabbage garden and potato plot , and Martha 's henhouse , where the roosters were alike honoured by having a boat-house of their own . |
| 8 | The daughter of a sailor who was lost at sea , she was sent to the Dean Orphanage where she received a solid education and showed promise . |
| 9 | She began there in the Seventies on Greene Street , where she opened a multi-discipline art and performance space . |
| 10 | Leila stood up , quite prepared to defend herself , although she knew a trained assassin when she saw one . |
| 11 | Although she lived a long way from the town , she seldom missed Brownie Pack Meeting . |
| 12 | By the time she had got her cases up to the guest room , made the bed up and sorted out her food supplies it was beginning to get dark and , although she had a burning desire to go up to the studio , caution prevailed . |
| 13 | Barbara says although she had a fantastic day , she will probably stick to making her own clothes in future : ‘ Trying on all those clothes was fun but it made me realise how tiring modelling — and shopping — really are . |
| 14 | ‘ Did … did you sleep here beside me last night ? ’ she demanded huskily , although she had a sinking feeling that she already knew the answer . |
| 15 | However , although she had an absolute majority of the MPs entitled to participate , she failed by four votes to register in addition the required 15 per cent margin ( 56 votes ) over Heseltine , and a second ballot was necessary . |
| 16 | It came to her as a shock that , although she had an excellent opportunity to be acquainted with high school children through her son , she did not know any of his friends . |
| 17 | Although she had an unpleasant feeling that she did know who formed the current centrepiece of this particular seraglio . |
| 18 | Letters had arrived from Joe and Terry and from Eileen who was desperately homesick , although she made a brave attempt to write cheerfully . |
| 19 | Although SHe suffered a disquieting disappointment when Jahsaxa told hir Malamute would not be coming back ( not even a goodbye ! ) , it was probably for the best . |
| 20 | Luke telephoned her early to tell her , tersely , what time he would fetch her that night , and although she put a frigid resentment into her voice Maria did n't demur , since it was in their public , professional capacities that the radio station 's personnel had been issued with complimentary tickets to the first Taiwanese appearance of a fairly famous American singer . |
| 21 | And explain to her that although she did a good job with the Board of Directors , but erm , the ballbearings people wanted something different . |
| 22 | France still wanted EURATOM more than she wanted a common market , and in September 1956 caused a new crisis in the negotiations , with various demands to ease her own position in a six-power customs union . |
| 23 | The local hospital was offering nursing training courses ; however , the first year these were available Val applied too late , so she became a nursing auxiliary instead . |
| 24 | But er according to my mother 's great joy , she got seasick even on the landing stage in in Liverpool and never came out of her cabin , so she had a big time as a young women running around the ship . |
| 25 | It was a large house , so she ate a little piece of mushroom to get bigger , and walked on . |
| 26 | and erm she li she 's in Egham and her boyfriend came down and was driving her back to Sheffield and then driving back again here on Monday so she got a free journey home . |
| 27 | But the second milking , and so forth on , perhaps the thir second or third milking they used to get milk , what they called beastlings and it was very often too much for the calves to take , so she got a full bag . |
| 28 | But , a marvellous thing happened whilst the trial is going on do n't forget , it 's in the dead of night and whilst the trial is going on there is Pilate 's wife at home in bed sleeping , and she has a dream , and seemed as though God spoke to her , and she saw and recognized the awful deed that her husband was about to commit , so she sent an urgent message to him that is , you 've got it in ve ve verse nineteen have nothing to do with that righteousness man for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of him . |
| 29 | She saw his glance flick to her mouth , then back to her eyes , and as her heart suddenly started to thunder , so she felt a desperate need to say something — anything . |
| 30 | There was a lot to look at , so she took a long time coming back after school , stopping to watch the men mending holes in the roads , to watch the demolition team with their mighty metal ball swinging on its chain from the crane clearing the bomb-site , to watch carpenters erecting wooden hoardings around the cleared sites to keep the people out , to see bill-stickers on ladders pasting huge coloured pictures on to the hoardings . |