Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.

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1 She sits curled up in the corner of the sofa with her feet tucked under her and her half-written letter to her cousin waiting in her lap .
2 At the church she 'd ended up in the cliche/1 situation of being frozen out by Marius ' relatives .
3 Nobody knew much about her , she 'd turned up in the town as a sort of companion-housekeeper to an old lady who had a house in Morrab Close , a Mrs Armitage — a widow .
4 She 'd stayed down in the lane with a sullen look on her face .
5 June Roberts said she 'd gone out in the car , saying nothing except that she 'd be back in time for cocktails at the Clarkes ' as she had promised , a business thing for Samuel .
6 As he moved away , Shannon sent a silent stream of curses after the mischievous imp in her soul which had landed her in this , desperately trying to remember the instructions she 'd skimmed through in the beginners ' ‘ learn-to-ski ’ handbook Kelly had given her .
7 And she 'd passed out in the phone box .
8 Cissie hated going to bed , and she hated getting up in the morning , but she thoroughly enjoyed lazing in the bath , and finding every excuse not to say goodnight .
9 She began to scrabble about in the dirt .
10 After days of reflection she decided to write back in the same icy terms Philip had used with her .
11 She meant to get on in the world .
12 And so by incessant exercise , her right foot grew larger and broader , while the other remained the same size , and at length she feared to go out in the streets at all , for fear of tripping and falling flat .
13 But she was gone , she had run down in the thick tree shadows to a side street , was down that and in the busy main street within sixty seconds after she had thrown the stone .
14 She had stood out in the crowd even amongst the beautiful beach children of San Francisco .
15 A teacher , again in a Southall primary school , told of an ‘ amusing ’ incident when an Indian girl of ten was reduced to tears when she had to go out in the sun in the summer term .
16 She had to stand up in the midst of a certain amount of pomp and ceremony and address a large audience , which included her own family , her husband , the Prime Minister , the Lord Mayor and a host of City dignitaries , many of them accomplished public speakers themselves .
17 So , thought Meredith grimly when she had arrived back in the kitchen of Rose Cottage , do we rush on madly to our doom .
18 The object in question was Franca 's divan bed , the one she had slept on in the upstairs spare room when she had been looking after Patrick .
19 This was not the moment to tell Ingrid to strain less in her upper registers , or to remind Luiza to allow plenty of time when she had to walk on in the ball scene .
20 Last time she had slipped out in the dark like this was on the night the Doyles had come , the night that had ended with a mystery and a death .
21 Since a few ladies who had been at the tea would also be at the committee meeting , and , anyway , Boyd had messed up her best black afternoon dress , she wore now a pretty gown in green wool which she had picked up in the last sale at Eaton 's .
22 And then she had lain down in the dark , naked but for her flimsy shawl , the window open to let in the night , and waited .
23 She had curled up in the deep old window seat , the velvet coverlet from the bed wrapped about her for warmth , and had drifted in and out of an uneasy sleep .
24 Philippa had come early because she wanted to get in in the hope of finding an earring she had lost , before the cleaner started on the room .
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