Example sentences of "she [verb] the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! ’ |
| 2 | She flung the inside door to one side , was about to slam it but changed her mind and closed it behind her in a quiet and controlled manner . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | When she was just about within striking distance , she flung the soaking bundle with all her might in his direction , shouted , ‘ Take that ! ’ and then ran , not waiting to see if she had hit the target or not . |
| 5 | She flushed as she met the quizzical expression in Helen 's eyes . |
| 6 | And as she met the dark gaze of Guido Falcone , her breath caught as though a fist had connected with her solar plexus . |
| 7 | She met the burning passion of his eyes , and time ceased . |
| 8 | Her eyes narrowed into hostile slits as she met the cold gaze of her mother-in-law . |
| 9 | As she met the clinical look in Penry Vaughan 's eyes she stiffened , the reason for his change of mood suddenly , mortifyingly , obvious . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Gingerly she lowered the sweet-tempered child into the cot , not taking her eyes from her exquisite face , Ruth stood gripping the sides of the cot with fingers whitened in an attempt at stopping them shaking . |
| 13 | She read the first page of a review copy of the new novel by a Royal Shakespeare Company actor and put it down again when she realized she had n't taken in a single word . |
| 14 | She scanned the small platform for those two familiar figures , but they were not there . |
| 15 | She scanned the drab office with its scarred furniture , scuffed paintwork and nicotine-yellowed ceiling . |
| 16 | Soon after Mrs Thatcher came to power in 1979 she disbanded the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , set up as a permanent body by the Labour government in 1974 to report periodically on changes in distribution trends . |
| 17 | She then swept the kitchen floor , knowing her aunt would wish this to be done , and as she swished the few crumbs into the dustpan she heard Silas moving furniture in the dining-room . |
| 18 | She smelled the clean tang of his breath , felt the softness of his beard and the purposeful movements of lips and tongue and hands . |
| 19 | As she laid the wet dress on the stone coping of the basin and rubbed soap into the fabric at the waist , she unfolded every motion of the tryst Tommaso had kept , and exultation filled her so she felt it might fly out of her mouth in a huge whoop . |
| 20 | On March 23 she made the first appointments to a new government . |
| 21 | She made the first breach in my armourplating of male superiority . |
| 22 | Sylvia had been repeatedly rehearsing her chosen situation for twelve days so that , when she made the actual attempt on the thirteenth , her performance too might be perfect . |
| 23 | I envy her her happiness — she ca n't help it shining out of her but I 'm also bitter against her for saddling me with this lot , and for changing-me from what I was : she made the young girl into a woman before her time and a bitter one at that . |
| 24 | Eleanor Coade had the royal appointment to George III , for whom she made the Gothic screen at St George 's chapel , Windsor , and to the prince of Wales , for whom , successively as prince regent and George IV , she did work at the first Royal Pavilion , Brighton , and Carlton House . |
| 25 | Superbly , she evokes the fragile communion of the other and of herself in her ineluctable trajectory . |
| 26 | She followed his eyes downwards and cringed inwardly when she realised the top buttons of her shirt had come undone . |
| 27 | She banished the horrible image from her mind ; the contorted face , the eyes rolling back as Irina fell after the blow to her head . |
| 28 | Does she think the Royal divorces of the Nineties will hit business ? |
| 29 | She stuffed the remaining towels into her satchel . |
| 30 | Though , as we have seen , once there she fulfils the traditional roles of provider of food , nurse and comforter . |