Example sentences of "she [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She made the first breach in my armourplating of male superiority . |
| 3 | FIONA Saunders , 24 , made a small piece of personal finance history when she became the 50,000th saver with Britain 's oldest and largest investment trust . |
| 4 | ( London ) , gaining a first in mental and moral science and a second in mathematics , while three years later she became the first woman to be awarded a D.Sc . |
| 5 | Among the guests , Patricia Pinkerton , who made history earlier this year when she became the first woman to be put in charge of her own parish ; St Briavels in the Forest of Dean . |
| 6 | Described on the ballot paper as ‘ Mrs Hugh Dalton ’ , she became the ninth female in the Commons . |
| 7 | Unlike her uncle and aunt , who spoke with the Northern inflection , drawing one word into another , she pronounced the last syllable of each word . |
| 8 | She added the last phrase as if suddenly aware that she was taking no undue interest in her children 's fate . |
| 9 | She describes the first meeting at Liverpool Street : |
| 10 | She opened the first bottle of wine , and went down to the door . |
| 11 | She opened the first door off the corridor . |
| 12 | She spent the next couple of hours staring into the darkness . |
| 13 | As she finished the last morsel of a perfectly running Brie , she said , sighing : |
| 14 | But she swung the second door in her hand uncertainly . |
| 15 | She breathed the last gasp of smoke towards the ceiling and stubbed out her cigarette . |
| 16 | Despite all , she enjoyed the last day on set . |
| 17 | That was probably the understatement of the decade , she acknowledged ruefully some hours later , as she grabbed the first opportunity of the entire afternoon to simply stop moving and stand still in one place for longer than ten seconds . |
| 18 | There was just time to shower and dress before Lucia arrived , smiling shyly as she delivered the first cup of coffee of the new day . |
| 19 | She crushed the last dress to her face and inhaled the scent , the faint , delicious musk of fashion lingering in the fibres , the incense of the temples of elegance mingled with the stink of sweat , debts and cruelty . |
| 20 | Beth has practised her craft , of course , and as she reads the second line of each poem , thereby confirming the piece 's rhythm , the children look up expectantly . |
| 21 | The flustered Committee did not have the chivalry to accept her terms , so instead of answering questions about herself she pleaded the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination and was discharged . |
| 22 | She died the next morning in hospital without regaining consciousness . |
| 23 | ‘ It is only simple , ’ she apologised as she brought the first course to the table . |
| 24 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 25 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 26 | Actually it was only a matter of perhaps fifty seconds before the first convulsive rattle of protest shook his ribs , and then she felt the first thread of breath drawn out long and fine under her coaxing fingers as she sat back from him . |
| 27 | Yes , already the numbness of shock was fading , and she felt the first spasm of the enormous pain that awaited her , and she was frightened . |
| 28 | And it was then , in that moment , that she felt the first twitch of anxiety . |
| 29 | She remembered the last occasion on which mother and daughter had met . |
| 30 | It was as she put the last plate on the table that the door opened and Carrie Smith entered the kitchen . |