Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She squelched along in the muddy ruts left by the cattle , avoiding other more unpleasant tokens of their passage . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The prosecution allege these scratches had been inflicted just an hour earlier by Mrs Chandler as she fought back during the brutal sex attack . |
| 5 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 6 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 7 | Her tattered shirt and ancient denims in no way detracted from her tall decorum as she gazed down upon the squat clerical figure . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 11 | She peered around at the various exhibits , squinting into the sun . |
| 12 | She peered out into the moonlit garden and felt a wave of desperation sweep over her . |
| 13 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 14 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 15 | She bore down on the surprised Jane like a galleon in full sail and demanded , imperiously , what she intended to ‘ do ’ with the house . |
| 16 | Purpose hard in her , she staggered back to the flat sheet of the blueness that was spread to catch the warmth of the sun and in her frozen hand was a knife sharpened by erosion from a rock . |
| 17 | She knelt down by the low window , put her head on her arms and cried bitterly . |
| 18 | She moved around to the other side of the desk . |
| 19 | As she moved off with the other mounted followers , Artemis determined that if her father thought it was time for her to stop riding ponies and learn to hunt on a horse , then so be it . |
| 20 | As Annie adjusted the nappies under the wriggling body , she glossed back over the previous week . |
| 21 | Guy was sitting at the pool 's edge as she swam back to the shallow end . |
| 22 | Once inside , she sank on to the quilted bench opposite the marble vanity and stared at her reflection . |
| 23 | Then with a sigh she sank on to the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , feeling the soft springs of the mattress bounce beneath her weight . |
| 24 | Faye understood now too , and she sank back into the reclining lounge chair with a gesture of despair . |
| 25 | She sank down into the smooth embrace of the sheets , at peace . |
| 26 | She wandered over to the chicken-wired window , and looked out . |
| 27 | She wandered out into the darkening grounds , across the lawn towards the trees . |
| 28 | She wandered back into the small sitting-room with her mug of tea , put it down on the polished surface of a table but removed it hastily in case it left a tell-tale ring which S. Kettering might complain about in the future . |
| 29 | Instinctively she drew back against the damp cellar wall , willing herself to fuse into the crumbling , whitewashed brickwork . |
| 30 | She gestured down at the pale lilac , close-fitting , long-sleeved light wool jersey dress she was wearing . |