Example sentences of "she [vb past] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonight , with Marlin working until nine and a late dinner planned , she 'd decided to spend the early evening assigning and wrapping the presents she 'd accumulated on her various Fifth Avenue sorties , sweetening her labours with wine and music . |
| 2 | She 'd had to wait the best part of a month at Holmsly Manor , and then everything had happened at once . |
| 3 | But 5 year old Amy Harding would have found the trauma of having a surgical collar even worse if she 'd had to make the long trip to Gloucester . |
| 4 | She had wanted to meet the young man again , but now the opportunity had been afforded her she had not been confident enough to accept it . |
| 5 | She had hoped to guide the early conversation along vaguer , more social channels , not to have this immediate plunge into medical details , definite decisions , not to face a situation already cut and dried by her opponent . |
| 6 | She had hoped to understand the aesthetic excitement of this pursuit , to see and recognise the " moment of truth " even if she must simultaneously be revolted . |
| 7 | She sighed , and wondered if all she had done to help the young couple could possibly have been worth it . |
| 8 | The early morning sun was already gathering heat as they left the ship behind , anchored in the now-distant bay below , and she was glad she had chosen to wear the thin jade silk blouse with her white jeans . |
| 9 | She had had to work the first Sunday . |
| 10 | No longer could she take any pleasure in the act ; almost she had come to hate the interminable travail . |
| 11 | Benedicta , cooler and more composed , was listening attentively to some story the nobleman was telling her , though now and again moving slightly away from him as if she had come to resent the young gallant 's attentions . |
| 12 | They were working up to the crucial ( as it was then ) question of how and why she had come to identify the first body as Uncle Mossycop 's . |
| 13 | She suddenly looked tender and vulnerable to Dexter and he wondered once again how she had managed to survive the grimy and bruising life of the Met . |
| 14 | Incredibly , for a short while she had managed to forget the other girl 's existence . |