Example sentences of "and she [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
2 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
3 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
4 | He could make a film with Nastassia Kinski , the most beautiful woman in the world ( Time had just said so , on its cover ) and she left him a slim book of Baudelaire , with some verses underlined . |
5 | ‘ Top o ’ the mornin' to you , Sister Hennessy ! ’ he sang , cheerful as ever , and she shot him a black look . |
6 | Shannon was pleased to welcome the warmth of the flames , but his easy success with a task she knew would have taken her hours irritated her still further and she shot him a withering look . |
7 | ‘ No wonder you 're so graceful , ’ he observed coolly , and she shot him a quick look through her lashes as he strolled beside her , tall and very desirable , his black hair lifting slightly in the breeze . |
8 | Mr Hobbs gave her back her teeth and she shot me a desperate little smile . |
9 | Her breath caught , and she sent him a startled look and , as her heart gave a merry flutter to see that his dark-eyed glance , dark and good-humoured if she was not mistaken , was on her again , ‘ Are you inviting me to call you — Vendelin ? ’ she dared , and hardly believed that it could be so . |
10 | He looked at Lissa as though it was all her doing , and she sent him a poisonous stare in return . |
11 | ‘ Which way ? ’ he asked , when at last the engine spluttered into life , and she directed him the wrong way round so that they might overtake and confront the trio lurching towards Midnight Mass . |
12 | The little group of guests gathered at the bottom looked marginally startled by her somewhat unorthodox behaviour , and she gave them a lame smile . |
13 | The doors to the three lavatories were open and she gave them a quick inspection . |
14 | She saw Margaret waiting for her outside her house and she gave her a little wave . |
15 | One is she 's very interested in the occult , erm , she actually practices tarot card readings , and what she calls the crystal oracle , and she gave me a brief explanation , which is throwing a load of rocks up a cloth er , but I 'm not going to push me |
16 | And she gave me a significant look . |
17 | And she gave me the immortal reply , ‘ No , I 'm Heather , but wo n't I do ? ’ |
18 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
19 | And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’ |
20 | That gained her immediate attention and she gave him a shocked look . |
21 | ‘ Is that your last word on the subject ? ’ he asked coolly , and she gave him a wintry smile . |
22 | His self-confidence almost swept her off her guard , but the narrowed black eyes were a warning , and she gave him a small , would-be pitying smile . |
23 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ he said , and she gave him a watery smile . |
24 | And this wifey come out and she gave him a nasty talking to , chapping chapping on her door with a stick . |
25 | ‘ That 's right , ’ and she gave him a warm smile . |
26 | The woman 's face brightened up considerably and she gave him a sweet smile . |
27 | And she gave him a bleak little smile and put a plate of hot rolls on the table . |
28 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
29 | He chuckled and she gave him a light punch on the shoulder . |
30 | The computer bleeped at her indignantly , and she gave it a mutinous scowl . |