Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the beginning of each week she read through the Radio Times and TV Times and ringed the programmes that she wanted to see . |
| 2 | She stabbed at the recorder controls , though her eyes were blurred with tears and she could n't even see them . |
| 3 | With this intention firmly planted in her mind , she headed for the back stairs leading down into the kitchens . |
| 4 | As she headed through the basement corridors that would lead her to the stairs and the stage door and thence to the waiting Joe Lucas , Josie 's thoughts barely touched on the subject of dying at all . |
| 5 | Her hand tipped the scoop and the chips slid into the scale and when the dial registered much more than half an ounce she did n't remove any but , taking a paper bag , she blew into it , then , tipping up the scale , she disposed of the coconut chips before saying , ‘ I 'll be with you in a moment . ’ |
| 6 | Karen Briggs , the world bantamweight champion , has undergone surgery on the shoulder she dislocated in the world championships final in Belgrade last month . |
| 7 | As she strolled past the shop windows she ran her fingers through the short layered style that the hairdresser had said was made for her , and felt like someone else . |
| 8 | As she came through the side roads to her house she heard a few trial notes on a wind instrument of some sort — a clarinet , was it ? a run of notes that seemed to carry on where the last solitary trill of the bird had stopped , and then a beat , beat , beat of a bass and a drum slowly swinging in , and the band , trying out their numbers high up in a house , lilted together into a piece , melancholy at base with gay little twiddles from the clarinet bravely calling that nightfall was not the end of hope , not a closure — a little bit of swing filtering over back gardens to draw people out , out into the spring night , a beat along the channels of their blood suggesting that this hour , as the light dies , as the dusk creeps along the ground , is not an ending but a beginning . |
| 9 | She came into the school grounds , I 'm pretty sure she crossed the headmaster 's lawn , but after that I lost her . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well — she came into the school grounds . |
| 11 | She joined in the pillow fights , charades and satirical singsongs . |
| 12 | She joined in the training sessions , but soon found to her chagrin that in the personal fitness stakes he left her standing . |
| 13 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 14 | She galloped past the rabbit hutches , the ducks swaying towards the pond . |
| 15 | Since 1945 , Britain 's record has been consistently better than that which she achieved in the interwar years — an average of 20 per cent of GDP as compared with 11 per cent [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 16 | Valerie Stevens had been in the house to get more coffee and as she stepped through the patio doors she stood for a moment staring at Rachel in horror , having only heard the last part of the conversation . |
| 17 | She had not expected to see him so soon , as she returned to the dining rooms . |
| 18 | As she slumped against the sofa cushions Vass reached for the phone and dialled for room service . |
| 19 | As she sorted through the family heirlooms in the 29-bedroom Victorian mansion in preparation , Betty said : ‘ I do n't want to be there when people are prying into my private belongings . |
| 20 | She stared at the car lights going by on the ceiling and thought about her Diary and wondered how much they would pay her for it . |
| 21 | She stared at the riding trousers , feeling slightly bewildered . |
| 22 | On this particular occasion , having picked up her baby daughter , the mother was in such a haste to reach the safety of the shelter that she tripped on the stone steps leading down into its dark interior . |
| 23 | She looked at the canvas flaps . |
| 24 | She looked at the riding trousers , then demanded bluntly , ‘ Is it possible they belong to Doreen ? ’ |
| 25 | She inquired at the trading standards department about the legality of catapults but was told they were sold at fishing tackle shops because anglers use them to hurl their bait into the water . |
| 26 | ‘ I hardly knew whether I would find you still here , ’ Benedict had said , catching her on the gallery as she went towards the attic stairs , burdened with a small wooden box containing the contents of Lady Merchiston 's medicine cupboard , Hector at her heels . |
| 27 | You must have decided to follow her before she went into the school grounds , because otherwise you would n't have opted out of the swimming . |
| 28 | She flicked on the windscreen wipers . |
| 29 | She spoke to a woman police officer outside the Old Bailey after the court had adjourned on Tuesday evening . |
| 30 | She pointed at the toilet rolls . |