Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She drove out for an early lunch at a small diner down the road and was back at the cabin by half past twelve . |
| 2 | No news for 6 months then she came along with an anal fissure , she 'd not had any stomach problems and in fact had only taken the Arg Nit LM3 for 2 or 3 days till the headache went . |
| 3 | She stood looking after him for a moment ; then she dropped on to an upturned box , and bending her head into the folds of flesh under her chin , she asked of herself why she had to do this . |
| 4 | She glanced around with an innocent expression on her face , but all eyes were on the Doctor 's antics . |
| 5 | Gazing into eyes that were suddenly like warm velvet , she swallowed drily as an unbearable excitement flooded her . |
| 6 | She shrank inwards as an icy blast of air enveloped her . |
| 7 | ‘ Thanks , but … ’ she trailed off with an awkward shrug . |
| 8 | She looked up with an absent smile . |
| 9 | ‘ So much , Steve , ’ she went on in an agonised whisper . |
| 10 | Three powerful strokes brought her to the rail where she went straight into an underwater turn and headed down the pool . |
| 11 | Her old white dress and purple shawl She bought once from an ancient stall . |
| 12 | Now she wished fervently for an old-fashioned attendant to match the commissionaire downstairs and the man who had driven Luke 's car away to park it . |
| 13 | At last she wound down like an old-fashioned gramophone and rolled onto her back on the grass feeling exhausted . |
| 14 | Do you know , I long for a family more than anything in the world ? ’ she blurted out with an intense yearning . |
| 15 | In 1988 , she travelled around with an imposing security squad of African-American women , hinting at once of black nationalism , gay pride and eerie robotic conformity . |