Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A young ‘ chic ’ girl placed herself in his empty place , fixing her eye liner in the fake sun light of the train , sighed as she looked around the carriage and then smiled to herself , there was obviously no competition so she failed to add an extra layer of lip-stick . |
| 2 | She participated in the founding of the League of Nations and was on the Council , though she failed to get a racial equality clause inserted in the League 's charter . |
| 3 | She was dismayed to see these strangers accosting her when she expected to see an old man in a cowboy hat with a black and white photograph face . |
| 4 | He smiled back at his mother in gratitude , but when she made to put a consoling arm around his shoulders he moved aside . |
| 5 | She needed distance between them as she fought to smother a treacherous joy that he should think her beautiful . |
| 6 | ( 58 ) Mrs Thatcher realizes that there is a great deal to be done before she dares launch an all-out offensive in the House of Commons . |
| 7 | She got to see a grizzly bear , skunks and chipmunks . |
| 8 | In Ethiopia she helped to found a Social Service Society and edited a monthly periodical , the Ethiopia Observer . |
| 9 | She wants to take a luxury winter cruise … next January … |
| 10 | ‘ She wants to become an international model . |
| 11 | Everyone else has gone home , except the poor wretches who are spending the hols at school , and we three are independent citizens whom she invited to spend an extra day . |
| 12 | She deliberately relaxed her limbs , looking steadily out of the open window , inhaling deeply as she tried to pinpoint an elusive scent . |
| 13 | She tried to eat a small biscuit , grimaced a little at the consequent pain . |
| 14 | She says she hoped things would improve but they did n't so she tried to start a new life . |
| 15 | She tried to smile a real smile at her father , who had run down the town to be here for the big moment . |
| 16 | Squatting , she pretended to tie a non-existent shoe-lace and waited until the two men had crossed Clayton Square and turned the corner in the direction of Bold Street . |
| 17 | She has achieved a great deal , and made a valuable contribution to our company 's efficiency over these last seven years . |
| 18 | Therefore after six months the dieter is behaving according to all twenty-six goals and she has achieved a considerable reduction in sugar intake . |
| 19 | For once , you do n't want Eliza to settle down with Higgins — she has achieved an emotional maturity he will never be able to match . |
| 20 | Without it , she has become a virtual prisoner in her own home ; she is ruled by the clock and the hours worked by her local authority helpers . |
| 21 | ‘ She has played a vital part in some of the most important movements and problems of the last 25 years , the ecumenical movement , the problem of refugees , the problems of world poverty and hunger , the problem of race relations . |
| 22 | She has played an active part in the sixth form committee , displaying remarkable skills in organising and motivating others . |
| 23 | ‘ She has suffered a great deal . |
| 24 | ( If she has suffered an electric shock , push her away from the electric equipment with a broom handle before touching her , or by turning off the electricity mains . ) |
| 25 | How does she manage to go out on a training run the same day as she has run a major marathon when most other competitors are sitting with their feet up savouring the rest ? |
| 26 | The initmate scenes she interrogates purport to represent the normal and the everyday but in the selection process she has constructed a cogent version of her ‘ family ’ , aimed at a particular art audience . |
| 27 | She has to wear an artificial arm and mask to protect the skin on her face . |
| 28 | And , remarkably , she has formed an affectionate bond with Rosa Hannah 's much loved senior cow , which for part of the year returns to her old pastures because Bill Purves , the neighbour who cares for Rosa rents the grazing from the new owners . |
| 29 | Fortunately , she has saved a large deposit to put down on a flat so she only has to borrow £45,000 . |
| 30 | She has demonstrated a wellknown fact about physical punishment — it can lead to avoidance . |