Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found them in the Green Room . |
| 2 | Later , she found herself in the front passenger seat of a comfortable grey Rover , and as the car negotiated the twists and turns of the mountainous road she stole side-glances at Silas 's profile . |
| 3 | She found herself in the public library . |
| 4 | The popular myth paints a homely picture of the Queen Mother ducking around Diana as she schooled her in the subtle arts of royal protocol while the Queen 's senior lady-in-waiting , Lady Susan Hussey took the young woman aside for tuition in regal history . |
| 5 | ‘ I heard that , ’ she told him in the same language . |
| 6 | ‘ At last Bertha managed to reach some big , sweet-smelling myrtle bushes , and she hid herself in the thickest bush . |
| 7 | She heard it in the raised treble , saw it in the bright eyes . |
| 8 | Paula looked at him wickedly as she settled herself in the front passenger seat . |
| 9 | Turning to the mirror , she saw herself in the long white silk dress , clinging to her slender body , curving off the shoulders , accentuating her fine collarbones , tight at the waist then flaring out with clouds of taffeta below that made it seem as if she floated rather than walked . |
| 10 | She kept them in the other day because she sa , erm or something need to keep the , we think it was them anyway with Mrs kept one group in cos erm , she said that someone had nicked off with her pen or something and it was underneath the desk , it had rolled off the desk ! |
| 11 | To her , religion was morality and appearance , and she kept it in the same compartment of her mind as her dinner napkins . |
| 12 | So she did it in the early morning before the Men came , or in the warm evenings when the Zoo gates were shut . |
| 13 | The next time she said , ‘ Give me some chicken , ’ she said it in the vacant lot behind the Commercial Hotel , and it was a different kind of chicken altogether . |
| 14 | Sam Somerville 's rental car had been where she left it in the short-stay carpark at Heathrow . |
| 15 | With a shrill yelp she nipped him in the hind leg and he shot away in alarm . |
| 16 | She glanced down at her hand , wondering yet again why the memory of that day should be so insistent tonight , then her lovely face became expressionless as she wrapped herself in the familiar cloak of indifference . |
| 17 | She sat him in the biggest chair , the one he always hid behind , and looked deep into his eyes . |