Example sentences of "she [verb] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What have you done now , Jim ? ’ she whispered in a shaking voice . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , look ! ’ she whispered in an awed kind of voice , and flicked a glance from the squirrel to Ven , to find that he was looking — at her ! |
| 3 | The following example comes from the interview with Sally Jordan , a factory worker and a dustman 's wife ; she belongs in the first group of working-class women whose early positive or non-committal response turns into predominantly negative feeling : |
| 4 | ‘ I — I 'm afraid so , ’ she admitted in a small voice . |
| 5 | she admitted in a low voice . |
| 6 | ‘ The TV crew on The Darling Buds Of May know that I hate my backside , so they 're always making little comments , ’ she revealed in an exclusive interview . |
| 7 | She lived in a one-bedroom flat in St George 's Place as you may know those council flats . |
| 8 | She lived in a one-bedroomed flat , four floors up in a tower block . |
| 9 | She lived in a thirties block |
| 10 | She lived in a small house near ours and seemed very old to me ; but that was many years ago . |
| 11 | She lived in a top flat ‘ up a hell of a lot of stairs , and she used to have a parrot on top of the stairs . ’ |
| 12 | She lived in a big house in what they called the stockbroker belt , she had healthy and good-looking children , they took two holidays every year . |
| 13 | She lived in the Palestinian camp at Rashidiyeh , a wretched four square miles of breeze-block huts and cabins relieved only by the occasional tree , a straggling plant hanging from a poorly made brick wall and an open sewer that snaked uneasily down the centre of the mud roads . |
| 14 | She lived in the present tense of the school with its totally absorbing pattern of routine and minor rebellion . |
| 15 | Only she lived in the posh part , called Hove , and whenever people said ‘ You live in Brighton , do n't you ? ’ it was normal to reply ‘ Hove , actually ’ until it almost had become the name , Hove-Actually . |
| 16 | She sits in a soft curve at her easel , gently swabbing away three centuries from a grumpy London sky . |
| 17 | The larger female is more heavily marked , this helps to make her better camouflaged on the ground nest she builds in the Arctic spring , immediately after the snow begins to melt . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're closed , ’ she announced in a frosty tone . |
| 19 | ‘ Sixteen coffees , ’ she announced in the cool voice that they seemed to be using to each other , ‘ followed by — er — ’ Consulting her list , she continued , ‘ Six rounds of toast , five boiled eggs with soldiers … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Yes ! ’ she agreed in a high voice . |
| 21 | ‘ You talk with all the … the typical arrogance of the male ! ’ she countered in a choked voice . |
| 22 | The second letter is difficult to place since Leapor is responding to a gentleman whose comments on her work are relayed by someone else , or to whom she refers in the third person for reasons of politeness . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you believe what you paint ? ’ she asked in a low voice . |
| 24 | ‘ What did she mean by that ? ’ she asked in a low voice . |
| 25 | ‘ Is it so obvious ? ’ she asked in a low voice . |
| 26 | ‘ Is that what you want me to do ? ’ she asked in a low voice , while savouring the memory of his kiss . |
| 27 | ‘ Was it necessary to tell them ? ’ she asked in a low voice . |
| 28 | ‘ How do you think Dad looks ? ’ she asked in a low voice , not replying to his offer . |
| 29 | ‘ What ails you , Elizabeth ? ’ she asked in a tender voice . |
| 30 | ‘ So why Conway House ? ’ she asked in a desperate attempt to steer the conversation away from herself . |