Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She lived with him for 11 years .
2 As she gazed at him in mute appeal he turned his back .
3 She gazed at him in blank astonishment .
4 She gazed at him in horrified disbelief as realisation hit home .
5 She gazed at me with ice-blue eyes and murmured , ‘ I see . ’
6 She gazed at it for some moments in silence , thinking about a flat in Manchester where she and John had spent a ghostly week one winter before they were married .
7 She gaped at him in blank astonishment , then frowned .
8 She separated from him in 1929 and later divorced him .
9 Perkin on her other side was saying contritely , ‘ Sorry , darling , sorry , ’ and she turned to him with ever-ready forgiveness , the adult of the pair .
10 She turned to me at one point , after going non-stop for twenty hours , and said : " I just ca n't remember your name " .
11 Alain came in without even knocking and she turned on him with furious hurt .
12 And she stuck by him through all that . ’
13 She glanced at him in quick surprise , wondering what sort of favour he could possibly have in mind .
14 She grabbed at it in irritable haste .
15 She confided in him above all others .
16 She worked for her for eighteen years .
17 She reached for him with one blind hand .
18 Stopping in her tracks , she stared at him with cool , blank eyes and freed her arm .
19 She stared at him with defiant hazel eyes .
20 She was scarcely aware of the tapping at the door until it opened and Niall came into the room , his presence the catalyst for so many warring emotions within her that she stared at him with mutinous , tear-filled eyes .
21 But … you said — ’ Horror-struck , she stared at him with frightened eyes .
22 But — ’ she stared at him with saucer-wide eyes ‘ — are n't you furious with me ? ’
23 She stared at him with large serious eyes .
24 Her face was on a level with his ; she stared at him for some seconds before she said quietly , ‘ You need n't be concerned that you might have started something ; I 've got no ideas that way .
25 ‘ I know , ’ he admitted softly and she stared at him in astonished disbelief .
26 She stared at him in some amazement , and looking rather confused , João backed out and left her with her Imitation .
27 And while she stared at him in some astonishment , ‘ I would never harm you , ’ he added .
28 She stared at him in growing disbelief .
29 Guy 's voice was harsh , the taut mask of detachment crumbling as she stared at him in bleak misery .
30 I played it to my mother and she stared at me in total disbelief .
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