Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it interesting , however , that Maxine — or Martha — experienced no anxiety due to the nearness of the sea , even when she described to me a violent storm when giant waves lashed the walls of the seaside dwellings . |
| 2 | Rushing over to the open suitcase standing on a side table , she snatched from it the long paper-cutter she had brought back for Harold from New York . |
| 3 | Very quickly this initial impression vanished as she recognised in him a dazzling personality , a person who had only to enter a room and the pace of things altered . |
| 4 | Apart from this minor eccentricity — and I knew old people often became eccentric — she seemed to me the same as she had always been : vague in practical matters but sharp-witted enough in other ways , and eager to talk about what was happening in the world . |
| 5 | ‘ She seemed to us a shining light , who did a lot for Liverpool . |
| 6 | She gathered about her a vast retinue and used to enjoy making pompous processions through the streets of Delhi . |
| 7 | So , when Nicandra , freed , threw herself uninvited into the depths of an embrace , she took from it no true satisfaction , Aunt Tossie had deprived her of her martyrdom and its crown as well . |
| 8 | She thought about him a good deal , and she was troubled because she could n't feel sure about her feelings towards him . |
| 9 | But when she thought about it an odd picture came into her head ; a picture of herself innocently lifting the lid of a box and letting out a dark , shapeless shadow … |
| 10 | She stared at him a long while , then shrugged . |
| 11 | The broken sails of the old windmill stood out in silhouette against the sky like a scarecrow 's arms , and as she looked at them a sudden wonderful idea flashed into Cheryl 's mind . |
| 12 | She was immediately recognisable , though she 'd had the scarf on as she sped past me the only other time I 'd seen her . |
| 13 | She had about her the rich glow of a woman who excelled at everything which constituted a woman 's work . |
| 14 | Cos she said to me the other day , she said have you been in my room and touched ? |
| 15 | she said to me the other day , has my mummy been in ? |
| 16 | She quoted to me an odd and illuminating point , that if he wanted to take a bath when he was with friends , he could not see why they should not all be in the bath together , boys and girls , black and white . |