Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she flopped down in a corner seat , Constance looked at the man pushing her case on to the rack opposite . |
| 2 | That was below the belt , but instead of stopping there while she was still in one piece , she drove on in a high , hectoring voice , ‘ Do n't you think your daughter deserves a little rest instead of going home to slave for you after she 's been working all week ? ’ |
| 3 | She flared up in a fury and we parted for life again … |
| 4 | She rummaged around in a handbag as big as my trumpet case and eventually found a length of till receipt from a grocery store . |
| 5 | Now she curled up in a ball , hunched , defeated . |
| 6 | And then and then like you know and then she went off in a mood cos I cos I go to let's me sit opposite you like hinting like oh I do n't want to sit there . |
| 7 | In Carthage an inveterate schism ( Donatism ) originated when a devout and wealthy lady who treasured the relic of a martyr was rebuked for lavishing kisses on it at the commemoration of the faithful departed at the eucharist ; ‘ she went off in a huff |
| 8 | She wheeled round in a rage , holding the candle high . |
| 9 | At first people were suspicious ; they could not understand why she was so interested in these details , which she wrote down in a schoolbook . |
| 10 | She jumped up in a panic , terrified at being late home . |
| 11 | She sat up in a kind of horror , her feelings filling her up with shame . |
| 12 | She sat down in a chair , exhausted . |
| 13 | She sat down in a chair by the hearth . |
| 14 | She sat down in a chair by a table and as she had done once in Michael Swinton 's kitchen , put her head down on her folded arms and burst into tears of passionate gratitude . |
| 15 | Police kept her locked up in a cell until she gave a negative breath test and was deemed fit to leave . |