Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard to refuse a neighbour , as you have to go on living near them , so she agreed to lend the front lawns for a folklore festival , attended by ‘ ethnic ’ people with flowing skirts and hair . |
| 2 | Her back shrieked , and when she bent to serve the late-night customers with their breath of beer and Cinzano , her head swam . |
| 3 | She helped to get the 90 workers reinstated that year . |
| 4 | In 1921 she helped to found the International Women 's Co-operative Guild . |
| 5 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
| 6 | She tried to push the painful memories of her young companions ’ deaths to the back of her mind . |
| 7 | Intent on trying not to forget what had brought her marching into his room , she tried to stoke the fading embers of her rage . |
| 8 | She tried to say the accustomed words |
| 9 | She tried to visualise the silhouetted figures on Harriet 's blind . |
| 10 | Grimma 's forehead wrinkled as she tried to read the smaller words on the back . |
| 11 | She tried to find the right words to explain but discovered only a great disconnection between her brain and her voice , which ensured her silence . |
| 12 | Thinking it meant the arrival of a new doctor , she stopped to read the two names on it . |
| 13 | Later , while she was crossing the foyer of the hospital , she stopped to admire the colourful blooms on the flower stall just inside the door — carnations , pyrethrums , freesias and anemones . |
| 14 | In the little garden of the Hof Arents she stopped to admire the modern sculptures of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse when a voice behind her said , ‘ Merrill — Merrill Stanton … ! |
| 15 | She stepped back , horrified , but not before she 'd seen the naked arms and legs , the bright yellow hair against the emerald green pillow , the broad naked back of the man . |
| 16 | She 'd intended the pleasure-bound figures by the lake to be stylized and realised that they looked sinister , as if an architect 's drawing was peopled by a sideshow of grotesques . |
| 17 | She 'd tacked the first sketches for this picture up on the wall and they looked as if someone else had drawn them . |
| 18 | She 'd gathered the fragrant blooms from a tub outside on the narrow balcony and deeply inhaled its sweet perfume before deciding to wear it in her hair . |
| 19 | She 'd waited the few moments it took for his lean , athletic figure to be swallowed up in the crowd , feasting her eyes on his receding back , fighting back the threatening tears . |
| 20 | On the desk before her lay a slip of paper , onto which she 'd copied the basic details of a single credit card entry noted in Charlie 's records . |
| 21 | She 'd left the whey-faced women in her hut |
| 22 | She caught him up in a breathless embrace , then gave a little gasp of alarm as she seemed to notice the two policemen for the first time . |
| 23 | Caught off balance , Kate tried to keep her teetering emotions on an even keel as she strove to find the right words to explain what had happened in Jason 's office . |
| 24 | For a long moment their glances clashed like swords , then there was a shout behind her , and she turned to see the two men he 'd been talking to and a short stout woman in a dark overall running towards them . |
| 25 | When it had gone she turned to watch the white waves roll up the beach then roll back . |
| 26 | When she finished selling the remaining tickets Sally looked around for them , realised what had happened and went back to sit on one of the hard upright chairs which lined the hall . |
| 27 | She began to flick the offending wisps from Alain 's clothes . |
| 28 | ’ She began to draw the other curtains back . |
| 29 | Marriage was forbidden in their contracts too , but so many of the so-called babes broke the rule during the season that Amy found it impossible to replace them ; not having a large pool of dancers back in Britain she decided to bring the unmarried ones back after the first year 's contract was completed . |
| 30 | Through Ed , who , she thought had the right contacts because he was a man , they went to the Roundhouse that night . |