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 . |