Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gulped , unable to continue speaking as she fought to keep back the tears that were threatening to fall yet again . |
| 2 | She bent to plump up the cushions . |
| 3 | ‘ She wants to pass on the message that the world is still a great place despite everything . |
| 4 | Leith requested , and went back to her own office , where for the next twenty minutes she tried to pick up the threads of her job . |
| 5 | She tried to shut out the wind , the explosions , the driving hail , the movement of the ground beneath her feet . |
| 6 | Here was someone in the top position virtually starting from scratch as far as the day-to-day running of the various institutions were concerned , When she tried to lay down the law experienced officers found it hard to stomach . |
| 7 | Staring at his back , she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like , tender , and failed . |
| 8 | Laura frowned , glancing swiftly up at his tanned features , and she tried to work out the family ramifications . |
| 9 | Resolutely she tried to shake off the memories , but they persisted . |
| 10 | She tried to shake off the feelings but it was sheer impossibility and he smiled down at her . |
| 11 | She moved to switch out the light , forgetting that it was not her lamp that glowed on the bedside table , but he caught her arm , oh-so-very-gently , this time . |
| 12 | This keeps him happy until it is time to go to the nursery by which time she has cleared up the mess . |
| 13 | Your Mum ca n't afford toilet paper , she has to slide down the banisters . |
| 14 | She has to carry up the children , her shopping and any other goods coming into the household . |
| 15 | Then Susan comes in , and when she has put down the tray she is carrying , she turns the light on beside his chair and draws the curtains so that the room becomes a series of pools of light , isolating each of us . |
| 16 | Brittain says : ‘ She has put back the weight , is in tremendous form — and deserves a tilt at another classic . ’ |
| 17 | With no qualifications and precious little experience , she has taken on the job of Princess of Wales and is turning it into a significant career — and at the same time has brought up two small boys . |
| 18 | She stoops to pick up the leaves , then drops them as ( by a cut ) they transform into a knife . |
| 19 | She 'd turned down the offers of promotion because of Emily . |
| 20 | Until last week , she worked as a cleaner at the local community centre , but colleagues say she 'd given up the job to spend more time with her sick mother . |
| 21 | After she 'd made out the application for him she said , ‘ Can you manage if I leave you with it ? ’ |
| 22 | Leonora , expecting to be taken by storm after she 'd flung down the gauntlet , found Penry in no hurry at all . |
| 23 | For three whole days she 'd blanked out the memory of that kiss they 'd shared , but now it came flooding back with a vengeance , hot and strong and so seductively real that she could have wept for shame . |
| 24 | Christina warmed to her and was glad for the trouble she 'd taken on the Morris 's account . |
| 25 | She said — and I do n't know if she was just bullshitting me , ’ and here Blufton opened his palms in a gesture of frankness , ‘ that she 'd found out the dates when a couple of lorries were due at Dover . |
| 26 | No we no she 'd got out the pool you see , she was I did n't recognize her , she said oh it looks like all the family 's here and I was only talking to Evelyn and , and I kept trying to place her and it was only when she said oh Rebecca was born a month after cos she 's died her hair a different colour , I did n't , just did n't recognize her at all . |
| 27 | She had put an old cardigan over the top , and she 'd rolled up the sleeves and she was shaking that bucket . |
| 28 | The priests had a mulberry tree , which last year had come near to ruining the woman 's trade , spattering the linen of the town with a roan signature , as the pulpy fruit fell from its higher branches , or was dropped by feasting birds or even wasps ; in fact , she did not know how so much staining happened , but it was the devil to scrub it out , and she risked wearing out the cloth itself with ammonia or other solvents . |
| 29 | Now with the release of her new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ she prepares to take on the world again , with music of an almost other-wordly beauty . |
| 30 | The wedding was off , because no way was she going to walk down the aisle looking like an eejit ! |