Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She squelched along in the muddy ruts left by the cattle , avoiding other more unpleasant tokens of their passage . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Wish all over home she fired back in the rapid , unpunctuated shorthand of spelling and sign , blinking through the thick lenses of her glasses . |
| 4 | She curled up in the darkest corner , pillowing her head on her arm , and clung to the memory of four hours before , when the time had stilled and she had been not , sweet tearing bliss … . |
| 5 | ‘ It means of course , ’ she went on in the same level tone , ‘ that you will not be free to make a decision until your uncle dies . |
| 6 | She lay back in the musty smelling chair , at peace with the world , and allowed the late April sun to envelop her . |
| 7 | She grew up in the African bush , and came to love the many wild animals as well as the domestic animals on her father 's farm . |
| 8 | As she slopped about in the cooling water , Jess pondered over this peculiarity . |
| 9 | Swiftly and almost silently she ran along in the darker shadows beneath the gable to the granary and from there to the dovecot . |
| 10 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
| 11 | After a moment , she sat up in the cluttered bed and regarded him in mock annoyance . |
| 12 | Her pulse rate had slowed to somewhere near normal ; she sat back in the creaking wooden chair in a deliberate effort to appear relaxed , and returned his smile . |
| 13 | She sat back in the white plastic chair , fanning herself with her napkin . |
| 14 | ‘ You promise ? ’ mother said , a slight stitching of her brows as she sat back in the ladder-backed seat the only indication that she might not entirely believe me . |
| 15 | She sat back in the large , embracing armchair and took another mouthful of the splendid Spanish omelette . |
| 16 | She sat down in the one comfortable chair ; it had come from their housekeeper 's room , and had found its way to Billy 's kitchen , like the strip of Turkey carpet with the hole in the middle . |