Example sentences of "she [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Lucy moved back out into the passageway , she met the returning tide from the last ensemble number onstage ; they arrived in a rush , panting like horses and shedding their quasi-military costumes as they moved . |
| 2 | Worse still , after she had made a little money from the publication of a pamphlet containing her beastly poems about him , she commissioned a rubber dress from ‘ her designer ’ . |
| 3 | She led a losing diamond from dummy , on which she discarded the winning heart from the closed hand , and West was forced to ruff and concede the last two tricks . |
| 4 | The intention being to keep them at Georgia Griffiths house … even though she made no real profit from the deal . |
| 5 | Ruby 's forte was getting her own photograph in the newspapers as she ‘ arrived at the police station to advise officers working on the such-and-such case ’ ; she was a popular television chat show guest ; and she made a decent living from writing about psychometry . |
| 6 | Although she lived a long way from the town , she seldom missed Brownie Pack Meeting . |
| 7 | She banished the horrible image from her mind ; the contorted face , the eyes rolling back as Irina fell after the blow to her head . |
| 8 | Does n't she fancy a horse-drawn carriage from Ayrshire Equitation — just £200 including coachman and attendants ? |
| 9 | She got a mixed reception from delegates . |
| 10 | She unearthed an ancient bicycle from some forgotten shed corner and proceeded to ride it from cottage to cottage , her sackful of letters stuffed compactly into a basket in the front . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I draw the line at Dawn , ’ Sophie said firmly , then , as she caught a reproachful look from Helen , she realised how ungenerous she sounded . |
| 12 | The thought made her smile wryly , then she bit her lip as she caught a puzzled glance from Robert . |
| 13 | The following day she caught an early train from King 's Cross station and set off on the two-hundred-mile journey north . |
| 14 | Did she know a terrible secret from his past , which she had threatened to tell ? |
| 15 | An envelope , addressed in handwriting she did n't know , arrived in the post : inside , she found a photocopied article from a back number of an American academic journal , and a postcard reproduction of a painting by Klimt . |
| 16 | Wordlessly , she drew the twenty-sixth-century weapon from behind her back , and handed it over . |
| 17 | She lifted a ravaged face from beneath the bedclothes . |
| 18 | She lifted a buckled strap from the table 's edge . |
| 19 | Mrs Curdle heard St Andrew 's clock strike seven as she lifted the boiling kettle from her diminutive stove . |
| 20 | She lifted the blue-grey towelling from its hook , and sniffed delicately at the material ; it was clean and odourless with no man-animal scent , as if it had been bought and hung but never worn . |
| 21 | Her reputation was established with the nine-volume Illustrations of Political Economy , and she received a good income from her magazine contributions which enabled her to go to America in 1834 . |
| 22 | But she received a warm smile from the housekeeper for her efforts , and as the housekeeper said something in Czech to her employer and , presumably with something to do elsewhere , left the kitchen , Vendelin Gajdusek turned his attention to Fabia . |
| 23 | She received a charming welcome from Monique Lavaux , and a boisterous one from Marie-Christine , who promptly dragged her off to her room to see the wedding dress she was making for herself , in fold after fold of shimmering ivory brocade . |
| 24 | In 1919 she received an honorary MA from Manchester University for her work in archaeology . |
| 25 | She received an honorary LLD from the University of Wales in 1920 . |
| 26 | She withdrew the fragrant dish from the oven , and put it , still sizzling , before the bedazzled sexton . |
| 27 | She licked the salty tears from her lips and , taking a tissue from the box by the bed , blew her nose loudly . |
| 28 | Better get it over before she hears a garbled version from Edward . ’ |
| 29 | When she and her husband have the chance to attend a ball , a rather grand function , she borrows an exquisite necklace from an acquaintance . |
| 30 | Bending down , she retrieved the discarded dress from where it lay crumpled on the floor on the other side of the bed . |