Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why would she want to travel any further than his arms ? |
| 2 | Twice fought over , she has suffered as badly as any country in the world . |
| 3 | The discovery of her father 's history of abuse is not only a personal tragedy to Miss X. Resale of the family home means she has missed out financially because the house , valued at £32,500 , was purchased by her for only £14,625 after a standard 55 per cent discount was made . |
| 4 | Here above all he or she has to organize as far as possible a staff consensus , to present it to the governors and to explain any requests for modification back to the staff — and then if necessary to carry out the modification . |
| 5 | This country cost her too much ; indeed , she has gone so far as to refuse to discuss the topic . |
| 6 | She 'd lived there partly because she could n't be bothered to move , partly because it was cheap , but mainly because her mother would n't let her go . |
| 7 | He might have the advantage of size and strength , but thanks to the martial arts classes she 'd taken as regularly as she could over the past few years , she had a few tricks of her own up her sleeve . |
| 8 | That brief reference to his stepfather was haunting her , and she wished she 'd found out more while she had the chance . |
| 9 | A few minutes later , when she 'd got as far as wrapping herself in her host 's dressing-gown , Penry Vaughan knocked loudly on the door . |
| 10 | She seemed to vanish as quickly as she had appeared , leaving Ianthe to be pushed forward into the train , where she stood in a daze until she found herself sitting down in a seat offered to her by a small boy . |
| 11 | Aghast , incredulous , she craned to see more clearly if this was indeed her own mad forebear toying there inside her thought ; and he turned to leer at her . |
| 12 | ‘ A-actually , ’ she managed to stammer as haughtily as she could , ‘ I 'm not playing at all , but you wo n't believe me . ’ |
| 13 | Never batted an eyelid when we were all wondering where Gebrec had got to … although she did react rather oddly when Dieter showed up , ’ she added thoughtfully . |
| 14 | ‘ She did say as quickly as possible — Brian will pick me up at the station . |
| 15 | She had no wish to intrude on Helen 's friendship with her neighbour and , unless Edward had something to tell of interest to veterinary work , she resolved to leave as soon as possible . |
| 16 | It had been a special childhood , full of laughter and fun ; Mark and she had grown up together as friends , as well as brother and sister . |
| 17 | Fen had seen her angry before , but never so angry that she had lashed out physically as well as verbally . |
| 18 | When she was discharged , she had to go home alone because no one had told her family . |
| 19 | Ruth kissed her aunt and then , clasping her hands tightly in her own , she said what she had to say as gently as possible . |
| 20 | They had grown so used to her not joining in that they had not really noticed that she had stayed up there when they came down . |
| 21 | She knew she had gone too far when his eyes narrowed to glittering blue slits . |
| 22 | She had gone much further than she had imagined . |
| 23 | When Edmund had left her she had wandered as far as the orchard , and had just pushed aside the crooked wicker gate to re-enter the garden when she heard the latch of the heavier postern rattle . |
| 24 | He had kissed and fondled her and she had responded as well as she could but they had both been too aware of each others inexperience and uncertainty to achieve fulfilment . |
| 25 | And the niece , leaning on his shoulder , wept again for Auntie , whom she had known so well since she had been a very little girl . |
| 26 | She had woken earlier even than usual , with Tom beside her , sleeping contentedly and openly on his back . |
| 27 | Gina fell into a routine of taking Magnus to the gardens early , before she went to help Margaret at the gallery ; she had to get up anyway because Magnus woke and whined after the milkman had been round , and in the small flat the whimpering seemed to penetrate everywhere . |
| 28 | She had got as far as pulling out her suitcase , which looked scruffier than ever now that her eyes had accustomed themselves to the comfortable luxury of Luke Hunter 's flat , and laying it open on the bed before something inside her rebelled . |
| 29 | When I saw it the other night , tucked inside the cello part of one of the piano trios we play , she had got as far as ‘ State 7 — Moderate Gale : Intervals of laughter . |
| 30 | Claudia closed her eyes as she remembered the time she had come home earlier than usual . |