Example sentences of "she [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 She read the classic children 's novels wonderfully well , so well indeed that books like The Scarlet Pimpernel were often a disappointment when re-read by us in private afterwards .
2 And now — ’ she made a typical high-jumpers ' gesture , that which marks them out from all other athletes , raising her arms and stretching her torso , as if taking off to challenge that dappled crossbar .
3 She wrote long letters home to Antonia in which she translated the other girls ' lives in terms that made sense to her .
4 In 1906 she joined the militant Women 's Social and Political Union , and became editor of Votes for Women in 1912 .
5 And the very day we were with her she opened a new Citizens ' Advice Bureau in Beccles with considerable aplomb — no easy task after SHE fashion team had stunned the locals by setting up an ironing board in the middle of the town car park and giving Christine 's purple suit a quick press on the spot .
6 No more than 14 when she pocketed the Scottish Girls ' title and the Scottish Girls ' Under-22 Stroke-Play Championship for a first time , Jane became the youngest ever to play for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup when she was chosen for the 1980 match at St. Pierre .
7 She set a new women 's record for the Twostar in 1986 when she came 2nd in class with Kitty Hampton in Sony Handicam ( ex Ntombifuti ) and in 1987 completed the AZAB in Quixote .
8 In 1923 she set a British ladies ' record for Thames swimming ( 10 hrs. 45 min . ) .
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