Example sentences of "she [vb past] the [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This measures the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the prevailing age pattern of childbearing throughout her reproductive lifetime . |
| 2 | Drawn to socialism by her sister , Eva , she met the Irish labour leaders , James Connolly and James Larkin [ qq.v. ] , and helped the 1913 lockout strike of Dublin workers by running a soup kitchen in Liberty Hall . |
| 3 | In 1900 she met the American collector Samuel Bancroft , who became her foremost patron . |
| 4 | She put four mince pies in a little basket she 'd decorated earlier when she made the other table decorations , put on her coat and was out of the back door in a flash . |
| 5 | She stitched the soft leather uppers into place , then dampened the soles to make them more pliable . |
| 6 | Well , that Arthur turned up at last and the vicar married them , but afterwards me sister let Arthur know just 'ow she felt , she chucked the whole weddin' cake at 'im , then 'er bokey an' then a full bottle of port . |
| 7 | She got the thin iron frying pan from the shelf and put it over the heat with some fat in it . |
| 8 | In 1918 she became the chief woman officer of the Labour party , in which role she was particularly active in pressing for improved working-class housing estates to include community centres with nurseries , restaurants , libraries , concert halls , and home-help services , all of which she saw as not merely desirable in themselves but essential for the emancipation of working-class housewives . |
| 9 | However , she found the physical force tactics employed by the Pankhursts unacceptable , and in 1905 joined the North of England Suffrage Society , which was affiliated to the National Union of Women 's Suffrage Societies . |
| 10 | She grasped the heavy iron handle and turned it cautiously . |
| 11 | Reaching the head of the path , she inspected the new safety barrier . |
| 12 | She proved to be the Glisseuse , a rather shabby forty foot motor cruiser , difficult to see on Venturous ' radar , so that much of the time she had to be kept at visual distance , especially as she approached the busy traffic lanes of the Thames . |
| 13 | She explained to Farmer Plant how she used the outjutting twin branches of the tree as her pony , as she had n't a real one to ride , and how she was working for the Pony Rider badge . |
| 14 | Carrie cooed softly as she fixed the large safety pin to the napkin and wrapped the child in a small flannelette sheet , tucking the edges under her chin as she cuddled the soft , sweet-smelling bundle to her . |
| 15 | Kelly felt quite calm as she entered the large committee room . |
| 16 | She drew the thick blackout curtains and the nightly ritual was finished . |
| 17 | She added the planned cross town route would only be single carriageway and would rapidly become overcrowded with vehicles . |
| 18 | She noted the greasy chenille tablecloth which was threadbare where the table edge cut into it — a sure sign , Nelly knew , that the cloth had been undisturbed for many months . |
| 19 | She noticed the new sweater Flavia was carrying and praised it generously . |
| 20 | His eyes , meeting hers , were intensely blue and lively and she noticed the fine laughter lines on his face . |
| 21 | For her services she received the German war medal and the cross of the German Order of Merit . |
| 22 | ‘ So much so that she told the entire matinée audience of a Noel Coward play ! |
| 23 | She told the junior Health Minister , Mr Roger Freeman , who was attending the fellowship 's conference in London , that since 1971 more than 50,000 mental hospital beds have been lost ; fewer than one in ten have been replaced by residential places in the community . |
| 24 | Headlined Spare my life … rape me , she told the Old Bailey court ‘ He said ‘ I 'm going to kill you ’ . |
| 25 | The night became a blur of faces , trees , light and dark , the scents of the woods enveloping her as she stirred the warm night air with her urgent flight . |
| 26 | She threw the black leather briefcase on to the sofa and said briskly , ‘ Gin and It for me , please , Jack . ’ |
| 27 | Carrie sighed to herself as she threw the soiled towelling napkin in an enamel bucket at her feet and placed the dean and folded napkin under the baby 's bottom . |
| 28 | She scrubbed the old lino floor until it revealed a pleasant geometric pattern of tan , brown and yellow diamonds ; poured bleach , then caustic soda , and then her own physical energy into the stained hideous bath , succeeding in restoring it in several places to snowy whiteness . |
| 29 | During her last year she joined the Voluntary Service Unit and visited an old lady in Sevenoaks once a week . |
| 30 | An individual finding a tangency on the segment 12 of the ‘ kinked ’ budget constraint would choose the same number of hours of work if she faced the linear budget constraint Y 1 125 . |