Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satisfied with the merest hint of make-up she had used on her heart-shaped face , she emptied out the small jewellery sachet she always took with her on her travels . |
| 2 | After hitching her cover more firmly round her shoulders she made up the smouldering fire and sat on the pouffe . |
| 3 | Her fists gripped the armrests of the chair so tightly she made out the taut ligaments running from her wrists to her knuckles . |
| 4 | Her eyelids fluttered and she went deathly white , but she fought back the dizzying sensation , her hands coming up to brace herself against fitzAlan 's chest while the world righted itself . |
| 5 | She fought back the sudden urge to run to him , to fling herself into his arms and beg his forgiveness . |
| 6 | Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail , she fought down the momentary surge of panic . |
| 7 | She sought out the darkest room and even then closed the shutters , though it was only early morning , and lay on her bed without energy even to feed her son . |
| 8 | Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words . |
| 9 | She choked down the sudden lump in her throat , rejecting a surge of self-pity she had no need for . |
| 10 | She cobbled together a rough draft and then rewrote it , trying to remove the more ostentatious signs of plagiarism . |
| 11 | Most of them had never been before and was scared , she got just a little bit of water in her mouth and she thought she was drowning but instead of saying drowning she said to me , ‘ I drownded ’ . |
| 12 | It should have been a new beginning , a clean slate but , as she rode out the following morning , her head clouded from lack of sleep , Kelly knew that life was never that easy . |
| 13 | She straightened out the dead woman , folded her hands and tidied the bed . |
| 14 | While they were steaming on top of the savoury liquid she whipped up a small quantity of French dressing , sprinkled it on shredded lettuce and tomato slices , then added grated cheese and made some sandwiches . |
| 15 | Joyce went on the stage in 1939 — by accident rather than design — and during the next forty years she became both an international entertainer and a national treasure . |
| 16 | ‘ We had a photographer here , once , from a colour supplement , ’ Finn told Melanie one morning as she exclaimed over a fresh assortment of jumping-jacks ( soldiers in red jackets , each sporting a row of meticulously painted medals ) that they were too good for children . |
| 17 | She helped up the old woman who insisted on seeing her out , and drew the curtains for her . |
| 18 | From somewhere she dredged up a brilliant smile , still angry she had allowed this aggravating man to get beneath her defences . |
| 19 | In An Englishwoman ‘ s Work among Workingmen , 1875 she recounted how the dramatic language of evangelical religion enabled her to press her case : |
| 20 | She sucked in a deep breath then looked up , squeezing her eyelids tightly together as if to clear the fuzziness which clouded her vision . |
| 21 | Julie 's hand was shaking as she pushed the key into the ignition but she sucked in a deep breath and started the car , checking her rear-view mirror both for approaching traffic and , more particularly , for that Granada . |
| 22 | She sucked in a deep breath . |
| 23 | Her heart gave a strange flip inside her ribcage , and she sucked in a deep breath to steady herself . |
| 24 | A board creaked beneath her feet and she sucked in a startled breath . |
| 25 | She sucked in a huge breath , then let it out slowly again . |
| 26 | She sucked in a steadying gulp of air , letting it go with little huffing sounds before she walked on and turned into the lane . |
| 27 | ‘ Dëkuji , ’ she tried out a Czech thank-you to the man on Reception who sold her a stamp for three crowns and assured her her card would catch that day 's post . |
| 28 | She tried out the new offices , did not find them satisfactory and left claiming unfair dismissal . |
| 29 | She wrung out a real tear or two . |
| 30 | Then , in the very same breath , she snatched up the toppled coffee-cup and flung the lukewarm contents in his face . |