Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she got out after ten years . |
| 2 | On that unhappy note she fell asleep , but the next time she awoke — to the clamouring of her alarm clock — she woke up in more ways than one . |
| 3 | And she came up with all sorts of things that she would like for the the new Wandsbergh development . |
| 4 | So then I saw Mrs Irwin on Tuesday when I was in and she came up with all sorts of things that she would like for the new development . |
| 5 | In Tokyo , however , recovering from major surgery , she dropped out after 16 miles . |
| 6 | I did n't expect her to do so , but what I did n't know then was that she had a holiday cottage in Muker , which is not far over the hills in Swaledale , and one day she turned up with some friends of hers . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , I do hope that I 've done well , ’ Anne told Diana when she arrived back at Green Gables . |
| 8 | But when she arrived back at Green Gables , Anne knew at once that something was wrong . |
| 9 | She hung on for two years , existing on fees for supervising undergraduates and an allowance from her father . |
| 10 | Suddenly she was in shadow and only the upper sky was lit with fingers of smoky orange and then an acid burnt lemon from the disappeared orb , but she walked on round unfamiliar roads in what was rapidly becoming dusk . |
| 11 | A cat , with her mouth full of seagull feathers , was feebly trying to climb up , but after a few feet her claws lost purchase and she slithered back by gradual stages to the deck . |
| 12 | She stormed out without further words . |
| 13 | Some of the objets d'art were bought on her orders , at home and abroad ; others she prised out of rich Iranians who often found her acquisitiveness on behalf of the country irksome but impossible to resist . |
| 14 | She took up with old pals like Carolyn Pride and Kate Menzies . |
| 15 | She looked up into those eyes , suddenly as deep and soft as velvet , aware that his words were spinning shapelessly in her head . |
| 16 | She looked up with inward-seeing eyes . |
| 17 | As the train drew near she looked out for Rough Stones , the house up on the hillside where they had made their first home ; but it was night , and all she saw was a glimmer that could as well have been a shepherd 's lantern . |
| 18 | Occasionally she let slip as much : that she went out with other men , enjoyed the crack , but that was all . |
| 19 | ‘ She went out with some men , yes , when she was here . |
| 20 | No , erm , she sent off for some curtains |
| 21 | She grew up with eight brothers , ’ which was like having nine fathers really , including my real father They were so bossy ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ If I were your woman , God forbid that I should ever be so cursed , I 'd cut all my hair off ! ’ she hissed back through gritted teeth , devastatingly aware of the effect his nearness was having on her traitorous body . |
| 23 | She searched around for further words to express her grief , but could find none , and kept repeating herself . |
| 24 | She held on to twenty years of him . |