Example sentences of "she [adv] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Juliet was n't really hungry , but she politely accepted a small slice . |
| 2 | All she knew was that she presumably represented a new challenge . |
| 3 | Eventually , she secretly engaged a local hermit to describe her plight to Ralph d'Escures [ q.v. ] , archbishop of Canterbury , and on hearing that he supported her case , she decided to escape . |
| 4 | ( She eventually got a third-class honours degree . ) |
| 5 | Deborah Coleman was one of the highest-flying women in Silicon Valley with the title chief financial officer until she suddenly took a long sabbatical a couple of years ago : she did return to Apple Computer Inc and became vice-president for information systems , but quit again suddenly last week ; she has now resurfaced at Tektronix Inc as vice-president for materials operations , which is a new post . |
| 6 | As she wandered slowly along , her eyes on the sluggish water , she suddenly spotted a heavy branch that looked to be oak . |
| 7 | Her gaze slid round the unfamiliar room , then she suddenly gave a loud groan as everything slid back into place . |
| 8 | Staring at him , she suddenly gave a sheepish smile . |
| 9 | At first , especially when she divulged that she was recovering from a nervous breakdown , I assumed that she merely desired a consoling chat with her sister 's old tutor . ’ |
| 10 | Nor can she merely learn a mechanical set of techniques . |
| 11 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 12 | Her ‘ traditional ’ primary education restricted her and she only became a professional journalist ( Echo February 4 ) . |
| 13 | And , since the banks were now firmly closed until the end of the holiday , and she only had a small amount of currency in her purse , she had no way of being able to buy any new , cooler dresses . |
| 14 | Well she only had a small party did n't she ? |
| 15 | She only had a bare glimpse of the softly lit room , her struggling figure still clasped firmly in his arms , as he continued through to the en suite bathroom . |
| 16 | So she says give us your twenty quid , cos she only had a few bits did n't she ? |
| 17 | ‘ It was pouring with rain and she only had a thin dress on . ’ |
| 18 | It 's not cos she only gets a little bit . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , apparently she only has a short time to live ; David came back to be with her — he 's even living at Brooklands . ’ |
| 20 | She says she had no idea that there was a REAL Paradise in Gloucestershire , even though she only lives a few miles away . |
| 21 | She had no problem in finding the turning which led her along an unadopted road for half a mile before she drove through open gates up a steeply ascending drive past lawns on several different levels until she finally reached a gravelled circle in front of Penry 's house . |
| 22 | Rummaging around on the bench , she finally found a long chisel which , she decided , would have to do . |
| 23 | She nevertheless keeps a tight control on the products , the shop displays , training and the operating style of the shops . |
| 24 | Although the figure of the earth-mother pales in time ( receiving a last fitful refulgence in the West in 1950 when she was proclaimed bodily assumed into heaven by Pope Pius XII ) , she nevertheless remained a permanent part of the polytheistic pantheons which evolved first of all during the Neolithic period . |
| 25 | If impressing less as a ‘ big ’ personality she nevertheless has a vivid way of making the developments real and present : for example , at the start of the Act 2 solo , ‘ que viens-je d'entendre ? ’ , she conveys , still more than Baker , the sense of the overheard talk having happened a minute or two before . |
| 26 | She soon found a new challenge when she took over as British Team Manager in 1985 . |
| 27 | ‘ Well — my father , of course , ’ she somehow felt a shy need to prevaricate . |
| 28 | She stopped struggling ; she swallowed the liquid ; and she somehow managed a wry smile . |
| 29 | The idea of pursuing a solo career had been in Sharon Shannon 's mind for a long while — but now the time was right she already had a seminal piece of super session recording under her belt and now , with John Dunford — who 'd been centrally involved with The Waterboys throughout their Irish sojourn as sound and recording engineer — in charge of production , she got to work on her solo album . |
| 30 | ‘ A person who has symptoms of cardiovascular disease has much more to gain from reducing lipid levels [ because he or she already has a higher risk of dying from the disease ] than does someone with desirable lipid levels , ’ he says . |