Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Butterfield 8 ’ she read out in a clear , schoolmarm voice .
2 Sybil had composed a poem about dead flowers , each quatrain ending with the line ‘ And the spent petals fall , one by one , to the ground ’ , which she read aloud to a receptive audience , a note of melancholy in her voice and a trace of moisture dimming her eyes .
3 Unfolding it she read aloud in a clear voice , ‘ The Veteran . ’
4 ‘ 'The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice , self-contempt , abasement , submissiveness , meekness — ’ she read aloud from the early works of Marx , which she had never returned to the library , property being theft , and knowledge free for everyone .
5 As she taxied in to the small civilian terminal , Adam watched the three fighter planes ease their pointed noses skyward and climb at over thirty thousand feet a minute .
6 She plunged happily into the familiar noise and chaos of a house with three boys and unpacked the four plastic shopping bags that contained the gifts she had brought .
7 She squelched along in the muddy ruts left by the cattle , avoiding other more unpleasant tokens of their passage .
8 One of his favourite cakes was a sticky gingerbread which she made frequently in the cold days of winter .
9 She made off along a long marble-floored corridor .
10 With a winning smile at a rather bemused young man , she dragged him up to dance , and every time she saw Feargal she made off in the opposite direction .
11 The prosecution allege these scratches had been inflicted just an hour earlier by Mrs Chandler as she fought back during the brutal sex attack .
12 She stalked away from the front door and it closed softly behind him .
13 When the tower walls swung back into focus Isabel found herself clutching a chainmail tunic , quite unaware of the metal links cutting into her palms as she gazed straight into the ice-blue eyes of her husband .
14 As she gazed intently towards the small group that was her family , a great sadness filled Beth 's heart .
15 Lacuna appeared distracted , her face frozen in surprise as she gazed unseeingly at the ceaseless struggle .
16 She gazed again at the peaceful scene in front of her until her eyes rested on an old Severn Punt lying high and dry on the foreshore .
17 Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water .
18 She gazed accusingly at the sheepless landscape .
19 While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles .
20 There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features .
21 Her tattered shirt and ancient denims in no way detracted from her tall decorum as she gazed down upon the squat clerical figure .
22 Laura took in the boundless wealth surrounding her , the possibilities of power , she gazed back at the golden coffin of the false messiah and back at Jonathan .
23 Slipping off her muddy shoes , Leonora went on into the big living-room , every nerve on edge as she crept silently across the familiar worn carpet towards the seductive warmth from the stove , but there was still no sign of Penry .
24 She checked about for a likely place of shelter .
25 over that woman 's feet , cos you know what she did , she rang up Lynnette , she got through to the wrong extension Debbie answered , she slammed the phone down , and Debbie knew it were her she went mad
26 She got off to a bad start on the streets as the child of Bruno Bonney , convicted pimp , pusher , armed robber and bilko artist .
27 ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she got out after a painful silence .
28 ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it .
29 As she rode further into the changing forest , she found the remnants of their defeat …
30 ‘ Are you Mr Cuthbert of Green Gables ? ’ she asked excitedly in a high , sweet voice .
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