Example sentences of "she make [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perfectly , ’ she replied , and preceded him out of the lift very much aware that , no matter how conscience and love might insist that she make a clean breast of everything , to confess was something she simply could not do . |
| 2 | The intention being to keep them at Georgia Griffiths house … even though she made no real profit from the deal . |
| 3 | She made a studied gesture of looking at her watch . |
| 4 | She made a defiant gesture with her hands . |
| 5 | She made a round-the-world trip in 1929 . |
| 6 | ‘ When I left you last night you were positively down in the dumps ; today you 're — you 're … ’ she made a helpless gesture with her hands , searching for the right adjective ‘ … you 're sizzling ! |
| 7 | She made a tiny note with a gold Swan pen on the note-pad on the table , " Manchester stock " . |
| 8 | She made a tiny motion of her head , acknowledging the T'ang 's words ; then she stood and , with bows to Tsu Ma and her husband , turned and went back into the pagoda . |
| 9 | ‘ I think it must have been coming from the cold of the church into the warmth , or , perhaps — ’ and she made a wan attempt at humour — ‘ it might have been the thought of attending the ladies ’ sewing circle which overcame me ! ’ |
| 10 | Ruby 's forte was getting her own photograph in the newspapers as she ‘ arrived at the police station to advise officers working on the such-and-such case ’ ; she was a popular television chat show guest ; and she made a decent living from writing about psychometry . |
| 11 | In 1839–40 , together with her friend , Anne Walker of Lightcliffe , she made a grand tour of Russia , including the Caucasus and Persia ( Iran ) , climbing Mount Ararat en route . |
| 12 | What if she made a complete fool of herself and let Ricky down ? |
| 13 | She 'd be wise to push him out of her mind — if this were at all possible — and before she made a complete idiot of herself . |
| 14 | Instead of returning directly to the river , she made a complete tour of the upper storey of the house . |
| 15 | She made a complete recovery without recourse to surgery and is reported elsewhere . |
| 16 | As it was , she made a good show of appearing delighted . |
| 17 | ‘ She made a good job of it too , ’ Alec explained , adding like a good Scot , ‘ and of course there 's a small benefit to me because now I draw a rent allowance . ’ |
| 18 | She made a frantic gesture with the sharpened blades and at the same moment Rourke went into action . |
| 19 | She made a brilliant debut in This Girl 's Army and followed up with two light romances ; the publicity department declared that she was grown up when she charmed Alfred Hitchcock and won an Oscar nomination for Reasonable Doubt , a sophisticated courtroom melodrama . |
| 20 | Lindsey almost flinched herself as she made a gentle examination of the blistered area . |
| 21 | One evening , she made a rare outing to the local discotheque in her home town of Dusseldorf . |
| 22 | She was making a nice neat pile of the stuff she 'd cut down , while she made a right mess of the pathways I 'd so carefully set up . |
| 23 | Still , she made a creditable attempt at the meal , which she ate with Bill and Tom buffet-style , grouped around Faye 's bed . |
| 24 | She made a vague gesture towards the necklace . |
| 25 | She made a slight acknowledgement of Paul 's presence . |
| 26 | She made a small motion of her head , then looked down . |
| 27 | Startled by his sudden , critical observation , she made a small gesture of dismissal . |
| 28 | She said nothing , but gazed at him with wide , terrified eyes , then almost involuntarily she made a small gesture with her hands to ward him off and he , taking it as a token of reciprocal feeling , stepped forward and took her in his arms . |
| 29 | With Puddephat 's disappearance in the news , it would not seem odd if she made a casual reference to it over dinner . |
| 30 | She made a major contribution to Macmillan London , which she leaves as a profitable and successful part of the group . ’ |