Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The therapist also suggested that Pamela should tell her parents more about what she was doing ; for example , what time she planned to come home in the evening . |
| 2 | Joseph noticed that she avoided passing close to the iron grilles closing off the between-deck areas of the ship and when she reached the stern she gazed into the jungle for a moment , then closed her eyes and lifted her face to the gentle warmth of the morning sun . |
| 3 | Twisting the key in the ignition , she wished , belatedly , that she 'd struggled more in the barn , been more scathing … |
| 4 | And who had told him that she 'd stayed late at the office ? |
| 5 | ‘ The doctor will be here soon , and I 'm sure — ’ She turned as the door behind her opened , and the curly-haired doctor she 'd seen briefly in the dining-room came softly towards the bed . |
| 6 | She 'd seen enough from the taxi to tell that every house , cottage , shop and inn was simply full of character , each different but still in the traditional Cotswold style she was beginning to recognise . |
| 7 | A strong , dark , classical face , with a cleft chin and that peculiarly haunting quality she 'd seen only in the paintings of old masters . |
| 8 | She 'd stood there at the door where he was such a short time before . |
| 9 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'd have had a visit if she 'd gone straight to the nearest phone , ’ Goldman observed . |
| 11 | I was listening engrossed to the woman I was walking to work with , who the night before had found two night-screws stretched out on the desk in a passionate embrace when she 'd gone downstairs to the office to ask for a Tampax . |
| 12 | At least , she decided approvingly , dressed now in sharply creased fawn trousers and dark brown casual shirt in fine wool beneath a soft leather jacket , he appeared less of the savage she 'd encountered earlier in the day ! |
| 13 | What she 'd known instinctively from the start was absolutely right . |
| 14 | A sharp , cruel memory had slid into her mind : her father , calming her when she 'd cried hysterically at the death of her new kitten . |
| 15 | She came dressed just like the character . |
| 16 | She turned to smile benevolently at the scurrying passengers behind her . |
| 17 | But some few weeks later she happened to bring home from the library a volume of Marx 's early writings . |
| 18 | With a confused little shake of her head , she began to glance quickly through the leaflet about the Battle of the Boyne . |
| 19 | She began to look forward to the following Wednesday — Who knew where they might end up ? |
| 20 | The widow had lost ; she had to pay the costs and the fine and she began falling behind in the rent to the landlord since she no longer had a cow and its milk to sell . |
| 21 | She began to run away from the van , round the side of the building in the direction of Charley 's place . |
| 22 | She started to scrape again with the shard of pottery . |
| 23 | She started walking magisterially among the desks . |
| 24 | Then she started running wildly through the streets , and when she was exhausted she stopped and burst into tears . |
| 25 | She decided to head straight for the drawing-room at the back of the house , where she worked . |
| 26 | Consequently , she decided to walk northwards along the edge of the moor , safe in the knowledge that if the snow should begin to fall again before she found George , she only needed to make her way downwards and she would come across Hodge Beck , which she could follow southwards to safety . |
| 27 | So she decided to walk there from the farm at Flintcomb-Ash on a Sunday , her only free day . |
| 28 | She went to sit stiffly in the stern as they nosed cautiously out through the ranks of yachts , and then through the litter of fishing-boats , the bright Phoenician ‘ Eye of Osiris ’ painted on their bows , superstitiously warding off evil . |
| 29 | As she lay blinking blindly into the unfamiliar darkness , her ears filled with a strange background hum , her tired and sleepy brain slowly realised that the sound which had awoken her had been her own desperate sobbing . |
| 30 | She lay looking bleakly at the darkness . |