Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then she made out a very tiny-looking patch of light in the distance — then another , and another . |
| 2 | She sits on a little wooden bench , and seems to be engaged in animated conversation with the empty space beside her . |
| 3 | In analysing the ways in which informal care in the context of an existing familial relationship is both more than and less than personal assistance , she opens up the rather sterile debate about ‘ burden ’ , ‘ dependency ’ and residential care . |
| 4 | ‘ Not everyone , ’ said Lydia after a moment 's consideration as she worked out the least impolite way of putting what she wished to say . |
| 5 | She took up the already damp towel and swathed herself in it . |
| 6 | She lets out a surprisingly earthy bellow of laughter . |
| 7 | She edged around an especially deep puddle before replying : ‘ Once Barbara Coleman was free to talk , suspicion would point to him . |
| 8 | I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size . |
| 9 | The Isis was not a line-of-battle ship , but like the Adamant she acted as one in the battle of Camperdown in October 1797 , when she set about the much heavier Gelijkheid ( 64 guns ) , one of the eleven Dutch ships that were taken . |
| 10 | She sat up a little straighter and resolved to regard her host with more of an open mind . |
| 11 | She held up an extremely odd-looking weapon that looked like a cross between a Sten gun and a stick insect . |