Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow . |
| 2 | She had planned on no such thing , but the mere thought of Piers with Nicole had made her see red , and her reaction had made her angrier still . |
| 3 | Understandably Diana found it hard to concentrate on the cookery course she had enrolled in a few days before her father suffered his stroke . |
| 4 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 5 | So she had jumped to a few incorrect conclusions about Piers . |
| 6 | Her lovely face came before his eyes and he thought how beautifully she had played on the few occasions she had come down here with him . |
| 7 | They hoped that the dynamic forces released by socialism would generate new wealth , enabling Britain to stride the world once more in a continuing and -equal partnership with the United States , rather than as the American satellite which she had become in the latter phases of the Second World War . |
| 8 | Molly spoke with quiet confidence as though she had become in the few hours since their arrival the owner of ‘ La Felicità ’ and the organizer of life in the house . |
| 9 | ‘ I wondered if she had gone through the same situation and if she had got into the car . ’ |
| 10 | I wondered if she had gone through the same situation and if she had got into the car . |
| 11 | She had passed through a few rooms . |
| 12 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 13 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 14 | But the notion , once born , firmly took root , refusing to let her settle , and as she wandered aimlessly about the living-room she realised she 'd soon be in danger of going stir-crazy if she had to look at the same four walls much longer . |
| 15 | After Wordsworth 's marriage she continued to live in the same house ; in 1829 she became seriously ill , suffering from arteriosclerosis . |
| 16 | She stood listening for a few minutes , trying not to smile . |