Example sentences of "she [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Instead of returning directly to the river , she made a complete tour of the upper storey of the house . |
| 32 | She made a complete recovery without recourse to surgery and is reported elsewhere . |
| 33 | As it was , she made a good show of appearing delighted . |
| 34 | ‘ She made a good job of it too , ’ Alec explained , adding like a good Scot , ‘ and of course there 's a small benefit to me because now I draw a rent allowance . ’ |
| 35 | She made a frantic gesture with the sharpened blades and at the same moment Rourke went into action . |
| 36 | She made a brilliant debut in This Girl 's Army and followed up with two light romances ; the publicity department declared that she was grown up when she charmed Alfred Hitchcock and won an Oscar nomination for Reasonable Doubt , a sophisticated courtroom melodrama . |
| 37 | Lindsey almost flinched herself as she made a gentle examination of the blistered area . |
| 38 | One evening , she made a rare outing to the local discotheque in her home town of Dusseldorf . |
| 39 | She was making a nice neat pile of the stuff she 'd cut down , while she made a right mess of the pathways I 'd so carefully set up . |
| 40 | Still , she made a creditable attempt at the meal , which she ate with Bill and Tom buffet-style , grouped around Faye 's bed . |
| 41 | She made a vague gesture towards the necklace . |
| 42 | She made a slight acknowledgement of Paul 's presence . |
| 43 | She made a small motion of her head , then looked down . |
| 44 | Startled by his sudden , critical observation , she made a small gesture of dismissal . |
| 45 | She said nothing , but gazed at him with wide , terrified eyes , then almost involuntarily she made a small gesture with her hands to ward him off and he , taking it as a token of reciprocal feeling , stepped forward and took her in his arms . |
| 46 | With Puddephat 's disappearance in the news , it would not seem odd if she made a casual reference to it over dinner . |
| 47 | She made a major contribution to Macmillan London , which she leaves as a profitable and successful part of the group . ’ |
| 48 | The questions which arise in this appeal are whether Miss T. was fit to make a decision not to have a blood transfusion and whether she made a genuine decision of her own volition or whether her decision is to be impugned by the undue influence of her mother . |
| 49 | She made a mock bite at his chest . |
| 50 | Now Tim appears to have rekindled Princess Anne 's interest in sailing — she paid £94,000 for the 36-footer Blue Doublet earlier this year — and last year she made a glowing contribution to a celebrity compilation of ideas of Paradise . |
| 51 | She made him stand idly on the sidewalk while she made a big deal of paying the cab driver . |
| 52 | She made a direct assault on his leadership credentials by accusing him of planning to introduce Labour Party policies and implying that he was motivated primarily by personal ambition . |
| 53 | She made a belated grab for her wits while Guy rose and went to answer the summons , exchanging a few murmured words with whoever was on the other side of the door . |
| 54 | And she made a little dint in the ground which filled with some water and became a little pool for the snake to drink out . |
| 55 | She made a little rite of soaking her feet in a corn cure called ‘ Reudel ’ , and as she lowered her feet into the bowl of steaming water there was again that little look , that narrowing of the eyes and pursing of the lips , which said so much with so little disturbance of her features . |
| 56 | She made a little sound of distress , and Calder stopped in the midst of his story . |
| 57 | She made a little sound in the back of her throat . |
| 58 | As soon as she saw him look down , she made a sideways dive between a couple of stalls and crossed to the opposite side of the street . |
| 59 | Mrs. Bidwell , the Laboratory cleaner , had insisted on visiting her broom cupboard , under escort , and had provided herself with a feather duster and a couple of rags with which she made a vigorous onslaught on the bookshelves . |
| 60 | At an early age she was taken to the abbey of St Albans , where she made a secret vow of virginity and scratched a cross on its walls as a sign . |