Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd decided on a plain pastoral view of the asylum and its grounds , it was supposed to be routine . |
| 2 | They fell upon the red hour-glass painted on Big Momma 's abdomen as she swung down a thread of silk and revolved slowly round on the thread until she had landed on a flat shiny surface . |
| 3 | But , regardless of how she felt , she had to put on a good face . |
| 4 | For Kirsty 's sake she had to put on a bright face . |
| 5 | Sally had agonised over what to wear — she was so afraid of letting Paula down — but eventually she had settled on a neat shirt-waister blouse and pencil skirt and Paula had loaned her a poplin duster coat in duck-egg blue with a thick soft grey Lucca Lamb collar . |
| 6 | She knew she had to travel on a long , stony road , without help or sympathy . |