Example sentences of "[subord] she [vb past] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Laying her basket down , she ran towards the shriek , her feet slipping on the loose ground as she came under the trees , until she finished with an uncontrollable slide that landed her almost on top of Oz . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Betty 's classroom practice changed whilst she worked with the advisory teacher , but the lack of congruence between her beliefs about mathematics and about how children learn and those behind the innovation , made it unlikely that such changes would be sustained once he left . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When she returned with the main meal , Penry sniffed ecstatically . |
| 7 | She could taste blood now on her lips where her own teeth had bitten them , could see blood flecking her vision , hear it pounding in her ears as she ran , propelled by the first hot rush of her panic so that when she collided with the rough corner of a market stall she did not feel it ; when she stumbled again and scrambled to her feet she was unaware of her grazed hands and knees ; heedless of brewers ' drays , the hooves of heavy horses ; the outrage of the passers-by she pushed aside ; the woman with the heavy market basket she knocked over . |
| 8 | She was smiling and looking at Conchis , though she glanced with a cool interest at me as I stood . |
| 9 | ‘ I have these dreams , ’ Lee said , as she worked with a red plastic scourer . |
| 10 | Miss Philimore 's self-satisfied tones came back to her as she fumbled with the tiny envelope . |
| 11 | Her face taut with anger , Gina 's fingers trembled uncontrollably as she fumbled with the unfamiliar fastening of the seatbelt . |