Example sentences of "she [vb past] [vb pp] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had carried her along on the groundswell of his own forceful personality , but now that the ride was over she had time to wonder if she 'd done the right thing . |
| 2 | Once they reached the canal bank , however , Robbie had no doubt that she 'd done the right thing . |
| 3 | Loretta put down the phone with a sense of unease , wondering if she 'd done the right thing . |
| 4 | She 'd lavished the new moisturiser on her face , outlined her mouth with a muted pink lipstick , and for the finishing touch gathered her hair into a loose knot on top of her head with a length of black velvet purchased along with the cosmetics . |
| 5 | She 'd said the right thing . |
| 6 | And immediately wondered if she 'd said the right thing , for Lubor wasted no time in asking , ‘ And what are you going to do today ? ’ |
| 7 | Unable to keep up the pretence any longer , she 'd told her friend the whole , disastrous story behind her stay in New York , only withholding her fears about a possible pregnancy as she 'd related the disastrous sequence of events . |
| 8 | Either she was losing her mind , or she 'd followed the wrong man . |
| 9 | Was it because she 'd broken the seventh commandment ? |
| 10 | She 'd seen the same thing happen to too many others in the music business , not because they 'd tried and failed to be carbon copies of Aurora Blake , but simply because they 'd tried to force a talent they simply did n't possess . |
| 11 | She stepped back , horrified , but not before she 'd seen the naked arms and legs , the bright yellow hair against the emerald green pillow , the broad naked back of the man . |
| 12 | Laura had never had any doubts that she 'd made the right decision . |
| 13 | Perhaps she 'd made the wrong choice , after all , she was thinking . |
| 14 | She 'd made the oldest mistake in the book , had n't she ? |
| 15 | She 'd intended the pleasure-bound figures by the lake to be stylized and realised that they looked sinister , as if an architect 's drawing was peopled by a sideshow of grotesques . |
| 16 | She 'd tacked the first sketches for this picture up on the wall and they looked as if someone else had drawn them . |
| 17 | She 'd gathered the fragrant blooms from a tub outside on the narrow balcony and deeply inhaled its sweet perfume before deciding to wear it in her hair . |
| 18 | And almost immediately she 'd felt the forceful beam of Ross 's hard grey eyes sweeping over her slender figure . |
| 19 | She 'd killed the wrong man ! |
| 20 | Funny girl Pamela Stephenson looked like she 'd joined the smile-high club yesterday as she jetted into Britain with pop star George Michael . |
| 21 | She 'd waited the few moments it took for his lean , athletic figure to be swallowed up in the crowd , feasting her eyes on his receding back , fighting back the threatening tears . |
| 22 | And why she 'd reacted the same way yesterday evening when Jake had started questioning her about her private life . |
| 23 | As an acoustic duo they took the name Right Said Fred ( suggested by a girlfriend of Fred 's after she 'd heard the 1962 Bernard Cribbins novelty hit of that name on the radio . |
| 24 | He 'd threatened her with the direst reprisals if she dared to leave their suite , not guessing that wild horses would n't drag her away until she 'd cleared the whole matter up . |
| 25 | Ruth occupied herself with getting settled on the office stool , aware that she could n't speak until she 'd swallowed the ridiculous tightness in her throat . |
| 26 | Flustered , she looked away , but not before she 'd caught the devilish gleam in his eyes . |
| 27 | When she 'd finished the second glass , he was still there , and still trying to catch her eye . |
| 28 | This morning she had started out late for Pack Meeting , so instead of going by the woodland path , which was a long way round , she 'd taken the direct route by road and arrived in time . |
| 29 | She 'd found the perfect present for her niece 's wedding . |
| 30 | She thought she 'd found the perfect place to live , yet already it was slipping away and this cosy compartment was only a stage on to something else . |