Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got up with a sigh . |
| 2 | She straightened up with a smile . |
| 3 | The vaguely fluttering nerves suddenly crystallised themselves into a hard painful little knot in her stomach and she bent over with a groan . |
| 4 | She tiptoed out with a blanket and tucked it around him . |
| 5 | So , after licking another 485 stamps , she came up with a manifest of eight people , one Sloth , Gan Moondork ( one of Nintendo 's escaped bionic mutations ) and Gan 's woman ( the Rubber Dummy ) . |
| 6 | And she came up with a list which are pleas from the switchboard supervisor . |
| 7 | She came up with a routine for visiting the tables , and even managed to empty a few ashtrays . |
| 8 | She ducked down behind the table and emerged with the little box her employer had displayed so proudly , then raked around in the back of a drawer until she came up with a key . |
| 9 | She came back with a start . |
| 10 | She came in with a light , wary step , made a deep obeisance just within the doorway , and then advanced to the prince 's chair and sank at his feet , touching her lips to his proffered hand . |
| 11 | She came out with a Christmas cactus . |
| 12 | The maid had cleared away , and now she came out with a jug of wine and two glasses . |
| 13 | She glanced up with a smile as Connor came in , but her smile disappeared when she saw who was with him . |
| 14 | Then , still a little dopey , she glanced back with a frown at the dark , menacing figure standing over her . |
| 15 | When she opened her eyes and saw Patrick standing in the room she started up with a cry . |
| 16 | I could still read the name of the English toffee manufacturer on the lid which she prised off with a knife . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , some of the guests had arrived early , before she perked up with a smile , and witnessed the other side of the sweetness and light . |
| 18 | I sent her Nit Ac LM1 and did n't hear anything for a year when she rang up with a headache — it turned out that the anal fissure had cleared quickly and she felt she had been miraculously well given her sister had been murdered 12mths previously and she 'd had 4 months leave of absence from work to deal with the aftermath which had involved her nephew joining the family . |
| 19 | He had such a nice voice that she looked up with a smile , expecting to see a nice , kind face to match . |
| 20 | She looked up with a start . |
| 21 | She looked down with a fear that was also a pleasure at his stained , scarred hand . |
| 22 | On her way , she passed the room with the light on , and she looked in with a stab of surprised longing at the cosy scene inside . |
| 23 | I think it was his wife anyway she went round with a pot at the end . |
| 24 | She went around with a group of friends of about the same age , and one evening they were messing around at a friend 's house when his parents were out . |
| 25 | She 'd been into biking since she went out with a Hell 's Angel called Rafe when she was sixteen . |
| 26 | Ricky has left , she went off with a bloke ten years younger than her |
| 27 | She went off with a GI during the war and he divorced her in nineteen forty-six . ’ |
| 28 | Freda , from Salford , Manchester , also says a ‘ bungling surgeon ’ at the Northern Manchester Hospital removed the WRONG ovary when she went in with a cyst . |
| 29 | She lay back with a hand lightly covering her closed lids . |
| 30 | With the youngest of her three children now at nursery school near their home in Somerset , Helen works part-time in the business she set up with a friend , organising helium balloon decorations for parties and weddings . |