Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their place she pinned up a poster of a starving black child and a chart which eventually recorded a handsome donation to the Biafran famine relief fund , amassed by the girls from a summer fair , Christmas carol-singing and a sponsored fast during which Suzie Chamfer histrionically fainted in the lavatories . |
| 2 | She laid out a selection of records from Harry Roy through theatrical speechifying to the Beatles and Scott Joplin . |
| 3 | Her face pinched in disapproval , she laid out a dish of sliced cold beef , a platter of bread and butter , the remains of a pigeon pie and some cheeses . |
| 4 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 5 | She sucked in a double-lungful of air and screamed , but not in pain . |
| 6 | She beat down a gush of self-pity , knuckling away tears as she slid gingerly from the bed to make for the bathroom again . |
| 7 | She snatched up a square of tissue paper , deftly swung and twisted it round a fat brioche . |
| 8 | Then , as though it were the most natural thing in the world , she heated up a kettle of pool water to do the washing up . |
| 9 | She let off a salvo of three guns , spaced so that the first ball fell well in front of the Genoese ship . |
| 10 | She let out a sigh of disappointment . |
| 11 | She let out a sigh of impatience . |
| 12 | When much later in the afternoon she got up to get the tea a tearing sound was heard as her nice blue overall parted with the gummy chair — she let out a burst of laughter . |
| 13 | Despite herself , she let out a yell of laughter . |
| 14 | Yes we used to go to see her , and she came up a couple of times . |
| 15 | She poured out a dose of medicine for her mother and soon she fell asleep . |
| 16 | Back in bed , breakfast tray on her knees , slowly and attentively she poured out a cup of tea , the cuffs of her nightdress drooping over her hands . |
| 17 | The faint silvery-white outline of his robe and his face were clearly discernible to her at all times , and so overpowering was the experience at first that in the early morning , as she poured out a cup of tea , she would pour a second cup and absent-mindedly walk towards the chair and say : ‘ Here 's a cup of tea for you , ’ and then jolt back to reality , shaking her head : ‘ Agh , I must be mad ! |
| 18 | She poured out a cup of tea , buttered a piece of toast . |
| 19 | They fell upon the red hour-glass painted on Big Momma 's abdomen as she swung down a thread of silk and revolved slowly round on the thread until she had landed on a flat shiny surface . |
| 20 | Although she started out a creature of Parisian tastes in the sixties , by the seventies she had turned towards Iranian fabrics and designs ; where she went her court and may others followed . |
| 21 | She broke off a piece of baguette , spread it with butter and jam , stuffed it into her mouth . |
| 22 | Desperately she swallowed back a tide of emotion . |
| 23 | She swallowed down a mouthful of wine . |
| 24 | She trickled out a spiral of smoke and watched it rise . |
| 25 | When they 'd turned the comer , she pulled out a bottle of champagne from under her coat . |
| 26 | Unbuttoning her pocket , she pulled out a packet of fruit-gums . |
| 27 | She pulled off a handful of pink candyfloss and handed it to him . |
| 28 | Rising to her feet , she gathered up a sheaf of files . |
| 29 | One night during the making of the first film in November 1972 , she dusted down a piece of furniture in that crowded kitchen of hers ( which everyone had supposed to be a writing desk ) lifted the lid and revealed … a miniature organ . |
| 30 | She took down a couple of volumes , flicked through them , placed them back . |