Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because transplanted quail cells will behave normally in chick embryos , she realized she had an invaluable natural marker . |
| 2 | I went into the kitchen as she asked me to have a few words with the ‘ factotum ’ ( 'She seems to be rather taken with your looks ' ) . |
| 3 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 4 | She advised me to ring the free 0800 number in London . |
| 5 | ‘ She told me to get the small details right from the start — things like hair , clothes , likes and dislikes — because it 's the small details that define an individual . ’ |
| 6 | He recalls : ‘ When she arrived she made a rude comment followed by a giggle . |
| 7 | She encouraged him to try a small amount of soft food and to take nourishing foods such as soups . |
| 8 | Listening , she opened it to greet the sandy-haired man who rose to his feet from behind the desk . |
| 9 | As she talked to key people and travelled round Britain on her preliminary fact-finding tour she discovered she had a big area of ignorance . |
| 10 | She ordered them to make a tiny boat with sails . |
| 11 | When she finished he gave a short laugh and bowed his head . |
| 12 | God , he was so gorgeous … her hands were moving on to his strong thoat , thrusting into his black hair , she was losing her head again as the kiss deepened and she heard him give a low growl of harsh excitement , his mouth increasing the pressure until Rachel was obliterated by him , dazed , clutching him with shaking hands , gasping hoarsely against his mouth , feeling his strong hands move swiftly up to her breasts to stroke her nipples and force a long hoarse cry of exquisite desire from her . |
| 13 | For a moment she thought he was going to slam the phone down , then she heard him give a deep sigh . |
| 14 | She heard him close the front door gently behind him . |
| 15 | She heard him slam the front room door and went back into the bedroom . |
| 16 | This time she heard him use a rude word , and said out aloud , ‘ Oh , Michael , you should never say that . ’ |
| 17 | She heard him take a quick , sharp breath . |
| 18 | She gritted her teeth as she watched him swing the flexible whip between her legs . |
| 19 | She watched him swallow a red pill and then a yellow and black one . |
| 20 | Unable to move her upper body , she watched him roll a small bundle of laundry and insert it between her buttocks and the post : thereby thrusting her thighs forward . |
| 21 | ‘ Turn around , ’ she suggested , her hand on his arm as she steered him to face the big window . |
| 22 | As she collapsed she saw the last of the assassins crumple , his body lifted once then once again as the shells ripped into him . |
| 23 | But as she did so , she thought she heard a thin , piercing sound , like the wail of a child who has just wakened up and found himself alone . |
| 24 | As it did so , she thought she heard a high-pitched , giggling sort of sound : ‘ Wheee … wheee … ’ |
| 25 | Alarmed , she thought she saw a black man lurking just behind her . |
| 26 | A little round hill , a sort of headland , thrust itself out into the estuary slightly to her right , and beyond it , she thought she saw a great bay , a giant bite out of the smooth slope of grassy shore . |
| 27 | Several times she thought she saw the tall figure of the guide , only to be disappointed . |
| 28 | Just for a second she thought she detected a wary note in his voice . |
| 29 | Now those negative feelings had gone , and when she thought she detected an added happiness in their faces today she was n't afraid or reluctant to guess about it aloud . |
| 30 | She thought he looked a pathetic figure of a man . |