Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Looking up , she slowly spelt out the faded letters on the broken-off arm of the signpost , and then she had a shock .
2 However , such was A Smooth One 's superiority that she quickly made up the lost ground to score by four lengths .
3 Wayne seemed frozen in mid-action as she quickly threw back the top sheet of the bed and climbed in ; but then he recovered , and started an awkward fight to get his shoes off without actually untying their laces .
4 Barbara not only acted as secretary to a succession of senior managers including Harold Worland and Raymond Anderson , she also carried out the secretarial work for the Board for many years .
5 There was no central heating in the Old Rectory and she seldom switched on the two-bar electric fire in her bedroom , knowing how worried the Copleys were by their her bills .
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