Example sentences of "[subord] she [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Mrs James then told the court how she and Mr Loxton had been transported by the police to Nottingham some time later , where she saw the same man in a street there . |
2 | She went to the headquarters of the Special Air Services in Hereford where she underwent a ‘ terrifying ’ driving course where she learnt the basic techniques in handling a possible terrorist attack or kidnap attempt . |
3 | Moments later Rachel was beside the patient again , where she administered the antianginal medication spray beneath his tongue , then , closing his mouth , put the oxygen mask over his nose to assist his breathing . |
4 | They were in cupboards , boxes , bags , under beds , in drawers , behind cushions , and even in the big soup pan where she made the marvellous soups . |
5 | I dropped the axe , wiped my temples and joined her where she held the incandescent bung away from her skin . |
6 | She was in fact a magnificent figure of a woman , with no sag or spread ; only , nursing the children had given her a fullness of the breasts which would not lessen , although she turned the little Olivia over to a servant with a feeding-bottle as soon as one could be found . |
7 | This time , she was wearing a hat , which pulled her face back , somehow , and made a line round it , so that she looked older than she had the other night . |
8 | More than she did the other army wives . |
9 | Gabrielle 's boyfriend had to leave her and return to Germany alone because his motorbike was too small to take a passenger , so she contacted the local police . |
10 | hers were the number the second one out , so she had the second choice |
11 | She could not remember any more words , so she said the first words again , quietly but very clearly . |
12 | Tonight she was to chair the meeting , so she left the front door unlocked for any late-comers , and , having seated the nervous little reporter from the Advent in a position where she could see and hear all the ladies present , giving her at the same time a hastily written list of the names of those expected to attend , she called the meeting to order . |
13 | The big man was not there so she opened the only door marked ‘ Private ’ . |
14 | Glancing over , she saw he was deep in conversation , so she found the right amount and paid . |
15 | By avoiding her culprit foods , and removing a number of synthetic chemicals ( see p 164 ) from her home , Hazel managed to maintain a reasonable state of health once she left the environmental unit . |
16 | She looked all set to be a book-a-year person once she had the initial break . |
17 | Maggie looked at him ironically and the dark eyes were turned fully on her , inspecting her face until she had the mad urge to shut her eyes and block out the intent gaze . |
18 | He lifted and carried her the few necessary steps , until she felt the yielding softness of his bed beneath her back . |
19 | She kept right on swimming , until she reached the other side . |
20 | On feet that tried desperately to be silent , Belinda crept away , not stopping or turning round until she reached the looming mass of the house . |
21 | She never met any men until she met the young man whom I can not think of as my father . |
22 | She waited until she heard the outer door close , then she picked up the receiver . |
23 | Charlotte waited until she heard the front door close behind him . |
24 | Meg waited until she heard the main bedroom door shut before going herself to the bathroom . |
25 | She shone her torch round the gruesome chamber until she found the sodden stone she sought . |
26 | Danny planted a kiss on her cheek and waited until she opened the front door before turning on his heel and walking off . |
27 | Until she paid the ultimate price of fame , Judy Garland was the most gifted star of them all . |
28 | Chesarynth booted in the program , making her own little file with an octopus of dark hollow symbols : a worm that would eat up any trace of her prying , provided she did the whole thing quickly enough that no-one noticed while she was in . |
29 | It would be impossible to accuse Lili of being ill-dressed , but if she wore the same clothes for decade after decade while my mother did not , then there was something wrong somewhere and my mother was suspecting that , implicit in the situation , lay criticism of her taste and judgement . |
30 | I asked Dora Hristova , the choir 's musical director and conductor , if she thought the recent revolution in Bulgaria would change all this . |