Example sentences of "she [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at them , she experienced a curious sense of exclusion ; she wondered who the woman was ; she wondered how well Giles knew her . |
| 2 | She experienced a strong feeling of déjà vu , as if she 'd seen him before , as if she knew him . |
| 3 | Wandering around looking at the different displays , she experienced a strange sensation of being drawn towards something . |
| 4 | Now angry frustration replaced satisfaction , and she experienced a little spurt of apprehension amid the bleak realisation that he had n't been speaking out of generosity after all . |
| 5 | Alice 's father , a naturalized British subject since 1852 , indulged his wanderlust during Alice 's first fifteen years , and thus she experienced a constant change of scene and sound , living in New Zealand , Mexico , the United States , and Europe , until the family settled in Tonbridge in 1874 . |
| 6 | Some weeks later , discussing the arts , she admitted the English sense of humour was difficult to understand initially , and only now could she laugh at my greeting of , ‘ Help , I am being bitten by a sanitary towel ! ’ |
| 7 | She flung the whole tangle of thought away from her and ran fast up the stairs as though in the room some delight or pleasure awaited her , not the hard task of painting . |
| 8 | And as she met the dark gaze of Guido Falcone , her breath caught as though a fist had connected with her solar plexus . |
| 9 | She met the burning passion of his eyes , and time ceased . |
| 10 | Her eyes narrowed into hostile slits as she met the cold gaze of her mother-in-law . |
| 11 | The deep voice behind her made her jump and , turning quickly , she met the smiling face of the man who had attracted her attention a short while back . |
| 12 | ‘ Perfectly , ’ she replied , and preceded him out of the lift very much aware that , no matter how conscience and love might insist that she make a clean breast of everything , to confess was something she simply could not do . |
| 13 | She expected a loud shout of . |
| 14 | She smelled the clean tang of his breath , felt the softness of his beard and the purposeful movements of lips and tongue and hands . |
| 15 | Mer-doll and T-shirt opportunities appear to be limitless ; making balance-sheet splashes are Disney 's The Little Mermaid and the upcoming Cher movie Mermaids — a tail story in which she plays a single mother of two who leads a less-than-respectable love life . |
| 16 | She made a studied gesture of looking at her watch . |
| 17 | She made a tiny motion of her head , acknowledging the T'ang 's words ; then she stood and , with bows to Tsu Ma and her husband , turned and went back into the pagoda . |
| 18 | In 1839–40 , together with her friend , Anne Walker of Lightcliffe , she made a grand tour of Russia , including the Caucasus and Persia ( Iran ) , climbing Mount Ararat en route . |
| 19 | What if she made a complete fool of herself and let Ricky down ? |
| 20 | She 'd be wise to push him out of her mind — if this were at all possible — and before she made a complete idiot of herself . |
| 21 | Instead of returning directly to the river , she made a complete tour of the upper storey of the house . |
| 22 | As it was , she made a good show of appearing delighted . |
| 23 | ‘ She made a good job of it too , ’ Alec explained , adding like a good Scot , ‘ and of course there 's a small benefit to me because now I draw a rent allowance . ’ |
| 24 | Lindsey almost flinched herself as she made a gentle examination of the blistered area . |
| 25 | She was making a nice neat pile of the stuff she 'd cut down , while she made a right mess of the pathways I 'd so carefully set up . |
| 26 | She made a slight acknowledgement of Paul 's presence . |
| 27 | She made a small motion of her head , then looked down . |
| 28 | Startled by his sudden , critical observation , she made a small gesture of dismissal . |
| 29 | The questions which arise in this appeal are whether Miss T. was fit to make a decision not to have a blood transfusion and whether she made a genuine decision of her own volition or whether her decision is to be impugned by the undue influence of her mother . |
| 30 | She made him stand idly on the sidewalk while she made a big deal of paying the cab driver . |