Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie had been amazed at her own fury , rocked by the power of Fenna within her , breaking through the cool disdain she tried always to preserve in front of this loathsome woman . |
| 2 | She moved away to talk to Eustace Tolby who had come with his wife , an elegant Asian woman . |
| 3 | She woke early stabbed by wretchedness . |
| 4 | If she 'd already heard of Burrows ’ escape , she would assume that our attention would be directed towards him . |
| 5 | She 'd immediately thought of Jordan . |
| 6 | After a half-hour programme with Bristol tennis girl Jo Durie , once in the top half dozen in the international ratings , she said it was by far the toughest thing she 'd ever done on television . |
| 7 | It was the first time she 'd ever spoken to Aunt Sarah and come away with this feeling of no comfort , no help , weighing her down as if the big brass door stop from the porch had got lodged inside her . |
| 8 | Leonora shied a pillow at her sister , her face scarlet as she remembered how she 'd once pleaded with Penry to make love to her . |
| 9 | That night in bed , not able to sleep , she remembered she 'd once knocked on Miss Malabedeely 's door and when Miss Malabedeely had n't answered she 'd just gone in . |
| 10 | And when Ross had proceeded to tell all the interested spectators — of which there had been many — that he and Laura were on their second honeymoon … she 'd almost exploded with loathing of the man who was now so clearly dominating her life . |
| 11 | The worst thought was that maybe she 'd wanted her mother dead ; for she 'd certainly gone to extremes to avoid knowing the truth . |
| 12 | Report by Ms de Meaner Aside from Katie Mallett who , early on , informed me she would n't be entering this comp ( she 'd never heard of Summerhill ) , most of the regulars entered . |
| 13 | And in all that time she 'd never heard from Jez , nor even from her parents . |
| 14 | Because she 'd never fallen in love , the head-over-heels , with-all-your-heart kind of love that made a woman 's world centre on one man for the rest of her life . |
| 15 | She 'd never spoken about family either . |
| 16 | Though she 'd never worked in insurance , her potential employers thought her smiling manner and evident efficiency would equip her well for the task , particularly as she appeared a quick learner , and did well in the practical assignment they gave her during the period of the interview itself . |
| 17 | She 'd never resorted to violence in her life , but suddenly the thought of landing a punch square on that granite jaw was enormously appealing . |
| 18 | But … she 'd hardly spoken to Adam since the morning he 'd returned from Starr Hills . |
| 19 | She 'd hardly spoken to mother all day . |
| 20 | She was not very good at smiling these days , and the unease disseminated by her unconvincing efforts led Eddie Duckworth to mutter to her in a corner , with a mixture of sharpness and sorrow , that perhaps she 'd better go to bed . |
| 21 | She 'd definitely thought about Martin , wondered what it would be like … |
| 22 | Somehow she 'd still hoped against hope that Ace might have come to her after all . |
| 23 | She turned slowly to look towards Tallis , her eyes fierce , her mouth twisted with fury . |
| 24 | But the glamour soon wore off and she began publicly complaining about media attacks and lack of privacy . |
| 25 | She went upstairs to change after luncheon and then took herself to the chair by her bedroom hearth , and said she should want nothing further , all afternoon . |
| 26 | Morthen slashed through the bindings of Tallis 's cloak , stripped the woman as she lay there gasping for breath and life , mind awhirl with confused thoughts , with loss , with fear … with need . |
| 27 | As she lay there floating in space , she felt herself being stretched . |
| 28 | She felt suddenly dirtied by death , ashamed of the knowledge she had gained when she witnessed the cessation of breathing that marked the end of her parents ' lives , sad and sullied by the separations she had lived through . |
| 29 | She had a lot of questions she wanted to ask him — his pottery — his plans , but she felt too filled with emotion at the moment . |
| 30 | Though urged by the school to apply for a place at Oxbridge , she chose instead to go to Sussex University , as bright young people often did in the 1970s , because the new universities were considered exciting and innovatory places to study at . |