Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adj] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undressing , she tumbled naked into the wide bed , and within seconds was fast asleep . |
| 2 | But , in the summerhouse , she became dissatisfied with the slow growth of clay . |
| 3 | She became involved with a married man , who eventually ended the affair — but ten years later , Jessica was still convinced that , one day , he would realise that he loved her , arrive at her door with a ring and they would live happily ever after . |
| 4 | After a short period working with a girls ' club in Lambeth ( an LMH settlement ) , she became involved in the non-militant suffrage movement . |
| 5 | For not only did Mrs Keppel maintain her position as maîtresse en titre but she became one of the leading personalities of the Edwardian court . |
| 6 | from then she became one of the best-known faces on Australian television but quit after four years to try new acting challenges . |
| 7 | She became one of the notable personalities of the House of Commons , and in 1952 she was the first woman MP to be suspended from a sitting . |
| 8 | The thin cotton of their clothes could not hide their bodies ' warmth from each other , and she became aware of a curious lassitude that seemed intent on relaxing her tense muscles . |
| 9 | As she came within earshot of the group , she became aware of a huge suppressed excitement permeating their ranks . |
| 10 | She was in her bedroom on Saturday morning making a list of the errands and shopping she had to do when she became aware of an excited chattering in the courtyard below her window . |
| 11 | About 18 months ago , she became aware of the successful development of sales of the product in Germany and Sweden and began her project which now hinges on a decision to be made by Perth and Kinross District council today . |
| 12 | When Veronica Sive first became interested in photography through a friend 's guidance , she became aware of the basic elements of the new medium . |
| 13 | There was a moment of profound , intense stillness , and in the breathless silence that followed she became aware of the heavy thumping of her heart against her ribcage , the rapid , quick-fire beat of her pulse . |
| 14 | Then gradually she became aware of the demanding nature of his kiss and her own desire flared to match his . |
| 15 | Her heart had been beating painfully fast , and now she became aware of the rapid pulse in Travis 's neck where her cheek rested against it . |
| 16 | She became aware at an early stage that there was an entirely different way of life available not far outside Baldersdale , perhaps more appealing to her , but it could have been on another planet . |
| 17 | Then she became conscious of a vast blood-red sun warming the pampas . |
| 18 | She passed one of the heavy dishes to Isabel , whose cold , shaking hands nearly dropped it . |
| 19 | She passed some of the compulsory qualifying examinations and failed others and was granted an exemption from one subject on the basis of a pass in it attained at London University . |
| 20 | She noticed one of the wooden struts on the opposite wall had snapped off leaving an aperture the size of a football in the corner of the car . |
| 21 | That Pretty Polly was something out of the ordinary was confirmed as she sailed unbeaten through a nine-race campaign as a two-year-old and continued to carry all before her in 1904 , notching up facile victories in the One Thousand Guineas ( at 4–1 on ) , the Oaks ( 100–8 on ) , the Coronation Stakes ( 5–1 on ) , the Nassau Stakes ( 33–1 on ) , the St Leger ( 5–2 on ) and — just two days after the final Classic — the Park Hill Stakes ( 25–1 on ) . |
| 22 | She seemed surprised by the new topic , perhaps relieved . |
| 23 | She told some of the other mothers he 'd died , but she was n't a good liar , and she gave them different reasons for his death . |
| 24 | It was to get in those lectures , of course , ’ she added , flushing a little as she recalled some of the pointed remarks the headmistress had made to her , about lack of initiative and weakness of will . |
| 25 | She acknowledged this with a raised thumb , but when she showed me the assortment of charts on the bed-table pushed against the wall she gave a thumbs-down over his fluid-intake . |
| 26 | One great comber filled the canoe before she shook free from the cascading crests ; now they could not expect to make much headway and had to fight even harder to avoid broaching-to . |
| 27 | She turned next to the typewritten pages . |
| 28 | Teversham stopped where he was , saw Miss Williams notice him , and waited patiently while she dispatched four of the assorted teenagers to a distant meadow with eight ponies , and while the yard cleared of small children and their parents . |
| 29 | Working at Richard France-Lynch 's yard for the past two years , she showed much of the old France-Lynch magic , and must be regarded as high goal potential . ’ |
| 30 | Breeze talked away for all she was worth as she cut bread-and-butter in the draughty old kitchen , but she knew that her sister was n't really listening . |