Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Tilda appeared with a ball of oozing clay in her arms which she flung down on the table .
2 She read on to the story of holidays at Blackpool and Filey , a trip to London , and the gradually expanding horizons which writing brought to Walter .
3 As fast as her rheumatic legs would carry her , she toddled round to the Rope Walk , to the house where Eb and Josh and Ruth had been born and brought up .
4 She slouched back to the living room .
5 The ones which could not be changed , or were too important to be missed , she shared out with the others and put a schedule on their desks .
6 At the end of the ceremony she tottered off to the bus , looking as if she had every intention of popping in to the local when she got home and livening everyone up with a steady dropping of ‘ To think our ‘ Ilda should go before me ’ remarks .
7 She made up for the difficulty by striking their fingers with a ruler when they erred , especially when learning the piano .
8 A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England .
9 Stella kept them waiting a long time , and when she did appear she sprinted off down the street ahead of them .
10 In no mood now to finish her work , she stalked along to the kitchen .
11 She stalked off across the road , her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line .
12 And she stalked off to the foyer .
13 She stalked off into the house .
14 She stalked off like a scarecrow in a rage .
15 She stalked out of the factory , intending to walk through the grounds to cool off , and it was n't until she was passing the administration block that she realised it was raining .
16 She flung the fork down , looking daggers at him , and continued : ‘ The house she lived in during the war received a direct hit , and for two days she was buried alive nursing a glass vase belonging to her mother .
17 She lived in as a bride .
18 Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above .
19 Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling .
20 She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford .
21 She gazed around at the paintings which hung on the walls , looking but not really seeing .
22 But , as she gazed around at the chintz sofas , and the French-provincial-style velvet-upholstered dining-room chairs — which she could see through a far open doorway — it occurred to Laura that maybe it was the only way to preserve such sumptuous furnishings on a shoreline likely to be damp and salty in the latter part of the year , while , outside the large windows , she could see automatic sprinklers drenching the fine green lawns that ran down to the beach .
23 She gazed out of the window , rehearsing conversational gambits .
24 Kicking off her sandals , she curled her legs up beside her , running slim fingers absently along the silky golden skin of her shins , her grey eyes unfocused as she gazed out of the window .
25 She gazed out of the window aware now of how close they were to the centre of the city and Rune 's apartment .
26 She gazed out of the passenger window with unseeing eyes , hardly aware of the changing scenery as it flashed by , letting the music wash over her , concentrating on the familiar piece , losing herself in its beauty .
27 She gazed out as the beach gradually emptied of holidaymakers , and felt grateful to Rosie for having persuaded her to come to Samana .
28 She gazed out over the flat , dark countryside as the lights of Ghent were left behind .
29 The warm wind blew her hair from her face and she gazed out across the sea where craggy pitons struggled up from the blue sea .
30 She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings .
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