Example sentences of "she [vb past] [noun prp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carole told her , putting a plump , comforting arm about her as she led Laura into the large ranch-style house . |
| 2 | Honest , lovey , ’ the dresser said as she helped Constance into the first dress . |
| 3 | She found Helen in the last one of all , sitting on the floor with her head on her knees , crying as if she never intended to stop . |
| 4 | She pronounced Maurice in the French way . |
| 5 | An enthusiast from the start , she had been attending Edith Harlow 's Woodford Green Medau class for less than a year when she approached Edith with the bold question ‘ What do I do to teach this ? ’ |
| 6 | The FOR SALE notice nailed to Lord Jim 's funnel saddened her and if possible she approached Grace from the other direction . |
| 7 | She affected Luke in the same way as he did her . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm afraid this tunic is a little on the tight side , ’ she told Marianne at the first fitting of her costume , after tugging ineffectually at the zip on the shimmery silver material . |
| 9 | She hated Nora for the double betrayal and swore that she would never forgive her . |
| 10 | She followed Will along the mean cobbled streets until he paused alongside a narrow alley . |
| 11 | ‘ But there 's nothing , ’ Clare repeated in amazement , as she followed Caro over the raw uneven ground , and looked back at the truncated ends of the streets they were leaving behind them . |
| 12 | She beckoned Gloria into the dark passage outside the room . |
| 13 | Then she settled Victoria in the big chair and set about making tea . |
| 14 | She represented Austria in the first European Women 's Bridge Championship of 1935 ( winning it , and the next in 1936 ) . |
| 15 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 16 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 17 | Germany declared war on France on 1 August 1914 ; she invaded Luxembourg on the 2nd and the following day Belgium . |
| 18 | She left England after the 1688 Revolution and followed the Stuart family into exile at St Germain . |