Example sentences of "she [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slanted a challenging look at Claudia . |
| 2 | Looking at them , she experienced a curious sense of exclusion ; she wondered who the woman was ; she wondered how well Giles knew her . |
| 3 | She experienced a strong feeling of déjà vu , as if she 'd seen him before , as if she knew him . |
| 4 | Wandering around looking at the different displays , she experienced a strange sensation of being drawn towards something . |
| 5 | Now angry frustration replaced satisfaction , and she experienced a little spurt of apprehension amid the bleak realisation that he had n't been speaking out of generosity after all . |
| 6 | Alice 's father , a naturalized British subject since 1852 , indulged his wanderlust during Alice 's first fifteen years , and thus she experienced a constant change of scene and sound , living in New Zealand , Mexico , the United States , and Europe , until the family settled in Tonbridge in 1874 . |
| 7 | ‘ And I suppose that with your superior knowledge you 've worked out that this — scene of devastation — ’ she flung a careless hand in the general direction of the office ‘ — is all down to me . |
| 8 | The villagers often joked that if she met a German tank on the road to Berkeley , she would order it off the road and pass on as if nothing had happened . |
| 9 | ‘ Perfectly , ’ she replied , and preceded him out of the lift very much aware that , no matter how conscience and love might insist that she make a clean breast of everything , to confess was something she simply could not do . |
| 10 | Worse still , after she had made a little money from the publication of a pamphlet containing her beastly poems about him , she commissioned a rubber dress from ‘ her designer ’ . |
| 11 | But the alternative of returning to the hall , and traversing its crowded sixty-foot length to gain the opposite staircase leading to the upper storey , where she shared a tiny chamber with Adele and two of Matilda 's ladies , was just as unappealing . |
| 12 | Neither are the risks merely physical when she encourages a direct association between looking at her art and consuming food and drink , but the vast array of psychological dynamics which can motivate purchases as humble as a cup of coffee guarantees that the decision to choose one bar over another is often less casual than browsing through galleries . |
| 13 | She expected a loud shout of . |
| 14 | When Jo Spence began to experiment with phototherapy in the early 1980s , she led a radical departure in women 's photography from campaigning reportage to narratives of personal history and self image . |
| 15 | She led a losing diamond from dummy , on which she discarded the winning heart from the closed hand , and West was forced to ruff and concede the last two tricks . |
| 16 | She turned back to her hostess to confide , ‘ My brother 's living in India , ’ and quickly , before anyone could make a meal of that , she laid a possessive hand on Naylor 's and queried , ‘ Did you never think of entering the wine-importing business , darling ? ’ |
| 17 | Jen might think she 's a bit tarty but she plays a tarty bit in it does n't she ? |
| 18 | Victoria , 39 , repeats the role in her Christmas special tomorrow when she plays a pram-pushing mother in a skit on daytime magazine programmes . |
| 19 | Mer-doll and T-shirt opportunities appear to be limitless ; making balance-sheet splashes are Disney 's The Little Mermaid and the upcoming Cher movie Mermaids — a tail story in which she plays a single mother of two who leads a less-than-respectable love life . |
| 20 | She made a studied gesture of looking at her watch . |
| 21 | She made a defiant gesture with her hands . |
| 22 | She made a round-the-world trip in 1929 . |
| 23 | ‘ When I left you last night you were positively down in the dumps ; today you 're — you 're … ’ she made a helpless gesture with her hands , searching for the right adjective ‘ … you 're sizzling ! |
| 24 | She made a tiny note with a gold Swan pen on the note-pad on the table , " Manchester stock " . |
| 25 | She made a tiny motion of her head , acknowledging the T'ang 's words ; then she stood and , with bows to Tsu Ma and her husband , turned and went back into the pagoda . |
| 26 | ‘ I think it must have been coming from the cold of the church into the warmth , or , perhaps — ’ and she made a wan attempt at humour — ‘ it might have been the thought of attending the ladies ’ sewing circle which overcame me ! ’ |
| 27 | Ruby 's forte was getting her own photograph in the newspapers as she ‘ arrived at the police station to advise officers working on the such-and-such case ’ ; she was a popular television chat show guest ; and she made a decent living from writing about psychometry . |
| 28 | In 1839–40 , together with her friend , Anne Walker of Lightcliffe , she made a grand tour of Russia , including the Caucasus and Persia ( Iran ) , climbing Mount Ararat en route . |
| 29 | What if she made a complete fool of herself and let Ricky down ? |
| 30 | She 'd be wise to push him out of her mind — if this were at all possible — and before she made a complete idiot of herself . |