Example sentences of "she [verb] of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She disapproved of the haphazard selection of foster parents ( she would have much preferred the children to go to hostels run on the lines of Bunce Court ) and , when the Movement pressed ahead anyway , she concentrated on plucking out from the crowd the children she identified as especially gifted and on salvaging those who had been packed off to unsuitable foster homes . |
| 2 | That , she knew full well , she could do nothing about , although she disapproved of the whole set-up . |
| 3 | She told of the one time when the weeping stopped . |
| 4 | And what mother of young children , whether she owns a family pet or not , has not felt even more frightened of neighbourhood Rottweilers and Dobermans when she reads of the horrific savaging and killing of children by uncontrollable animals ? |
| 5 | Was it true ? she demanded of the silly girl : that she 'd run away from the boys when they were only trying to be friendly ? |
| 6 | He 's the sort of grandfather I would have liked to have , ’ Paige said shortly , then softened her tone as she thought of the kindly gentleman who had taken her under his wing . |
| 7 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 8 | She thought of the dark corner in the kitchen garden where discarded violets grew , pallid , but obstinately scented as strongly as their pampered descendants , grown in glassed-over frames and raised on beds of leaf-mould . |
| 9 | Lucy giggled as she thought of the small room next to her own . |
| 10 | She thought of the helpful policeman who had told her the wrong day for the train . |
| 11 | She thought of Rory 's hand on her bare stomach , she thought of the two art students with their camera , she saw two brimming glasses of Beamish in the dockside bar , and the light came on . |
| 12 | And as she thought of the good golfing years she had allowed to go to waste , so praying and practice loomed large in the recovery programme she set herself . |
| 13 | As she stepped out into the dark night she thought of the gloomy squalor of Bacon Buildings and the smile left her face . |
| 14 | Talking to strangers might be unwise , but she thought of the ghastly welcome awaiting the tired , unsuspecting traveller , and felt sorry for him . |
| 15 | She sighed as she thought of the constant drudgery . |
| 16 | Tears filled her eyes again as she thought of the little gravestone in the churchyard : In loving memory of William Richard France-Lynch , 1978–81 . |
| 17 | She thought of the purple crimplene trousers with the saggy bum and elasticated waist that her mother put on to keep warm in the factory and the thick support tights she wore all year round , even under her trousers , because she said her legs ached . |
| 18 | She thought of the local cemetery : if they all woke up , they 'd come round demanding their houses back ; they 'd have to be sheltered and fed and appeased with promises . |
| 19 | She thought of the inevitable disdain with which her friend would react to the news that Constance had been seduced into a reckless marriage with a virtual stranger . |
| 20 | She thought of the tragic woman who 'd been deserted by her father and had settled for second best . |
| 21 | That night , she dreamed of the Great Crocodile in the Moon . |
| 22 | There she learned of the sudden death of her father in Switzerland . |
| 23 | In 1983 she spoke of the general election providing a ‘ choice ’ between two ways of life ; before the 1987 election she spoke of the election as the opportunity to ‘ kill off ’ left-wing socialism . |
| 24 | Andrée spoke of Saint-Simon and compared him to some English memoirists ; she spoke of the astonishing variety of the classical French novel , La Princesse des Clèves , Adolphe , Les Liaisons Dangereuses . |
| 25 | She used to be drawn towards political life , she dreamt of the English statesman , yet when Simon went for office she was against it . |
| 26 | ‘ I think she is going to be a real danger this year , ’ she said of the talented Russian . |