Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She failed him as a great ‘ silver ’ power , as a naval power at Trafalgar , and by 1807 her domestic polities were so confused by court intrigue that she appeared scarcely a reliable political ally . |
2 | She flung him into the Grand Canal . |
3 | Phyl would have stayed in show business without the help of Littler but she was fortunate in that she met him at the right time , when he was building up his pantomime empire . |
4 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
5 | She met it with a puzzled look in her eyes . |
6 | She read it through the following morning and decided not to send it , but a small niggle of grievance stayed in her mind . |
7 | Now , while Anna slept , she read it for the tenth time . |
8 | She propelled her to a low wall and sat her down beside her suitcase . |
9 | The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint . |
10 | I waited in the office for an hour before she led me into a darkened side ward . |
11 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |
12 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
13 | She led them down a narrow corridor and into a comfortable lounge . |
14 | She led them onto a small covered terrace running the full width of the house . |
15 | She led him to the dismal apartment rented to her by Louis . |
16 | She led him into the comfortable drawing-room at the front of the house , and disappeared . |
17 | She led him into the semicircular hall with its high vaulted ceiling from which a chandelier threw its bright light over the pale lemon and white walls . |
18 | Then gradually , imperceptibly , she led him into the trickier terrain of the past . |
19 | She led him through the main tannery to where a pile of raw sheep skins lay , and still with her light eyes on him lay down . |
20 | She led us to an unmarked oak door which opened into a short corridor , obviously a modern extension to the farmhouse . |
21 | She laid everything in an untidy heap in the leather box . |
22 | But our knitwear in particular , erm she effected us by the little jumper she wore er with Charlie before she got engaged . |
23 | Now Liz did n't win our first , second or third prize er last year , but she , she made it to the final twelve , er her , her full-length novel now , has now been accepted by Collins and that 's going to be published next February , there 's talk of a big American contract for Liz and Liz has now been floated away in to the world of big time professional writing . |
24 | God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch . |
25 | He caught them and tried to hold her still but she fought him like a spitting cat . |
26 | Relieved of her professional role , she manifested herself as an attractive well-dressed young woman answering to the name of Suzanne . |
27 | Soon she aligned herself with a small group of women who wanted to break into publishing . |
28 | Short of battering him on the head with a blunt instrument — the thought held immense appeal , and she savoured it for a long moment , before reluctantly putting it on hold — she could n't come up with any way out of the present situation . |
29 | When they were settled down with their drinks she asked him about the learned society . |
30 | And she asked me for the fifty P . |