Example sentences of "she was [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got outside I found Mum in the yard , waving her arms about and giving directions to the neighbours whom she was organising for the party . |
| 2 | She was transferred to the department last October by Mr Newing after making her formal complaint and is now a detective . |
| 3 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 4 | However I know that one Christian friend has given up the therapy because of the amount of occult literature and New Age material she was receiving through the post . |
| 5 | And if he 's out — ’ she was reaching for the handkerchief in her apron pocket — ‘ I want to know where he is . |
| 6 | One of the men had a key and she was moved from the car into an empty , damp and very cold house . ’ |
| 7 | She was butchered at the wheel of the vehicle by her attacker who hung through the passenger window , repeatedly slicing her with the panga . |
| 8 | Thirty minutes later she was drowning in the river Severn at Stonebench in Gloucestershire Bristol Crown court was told . |
| 9 | The details of Julian 's life are not known , but it is highly unlikely that she was professed at the time of her visionary experience — if at all . |
| 10 | She was swung round forcefully , so that her breath gasped from her body , then with equal force she was flung against the door . |
| 11 | She was troubled by the contrast between Edwin Frere , ice-dancer , and this submissive comforter . |
| 12 | She took on a black lad and because she did that she was ostracised from the rest of the community . |
| 13 | They had returned to the Operations Room , where Bernice was surprised to hear Ace 's voice — as far as anyone knew she was recovering with the rest of her party on Moloch — and even more surprised to hear it raised in anger and directed at — of all people — the Doctor . |
| 14 | It took a couple of seconds to sink in , then she was struggling into the boiler suit , using language , under her breath , which would have made treble word scores in Rude Scrabble . |
| 15 | She was uncertain whether , at work , she should be denying the rumour that she was engaged to the head of the Massingham empire , but thought that if Naylor had any strong views on the subject she 'd soon be hearing about them anyway . |
| 16 | She found no sexual pleasure in going to bed with strangers , but , in contrast with the rest of her week , she was comforted by the feeling of being thought desirable , of having someone 's arms around her , of warm cuddling beneath the quilt . |
| 17 | After she finished with the silver in the women 's lightweight judo final , team boss Roy Inman claimed she was robbed of the title . |
| 18 | All aboard and she was nodding in the sardine swelter on seats so narrow you could lose your virtue and never miss it . |
| 19 | She dropped the bowl that she was using to the floor . |
| 20 | P.C. Clifford , the driver of the car , got her name and address and a statement from her , though it does n't amount to anything more than that she was looking over the bridge and saw the body . |
| 21 | Succeeding flights opened up to her view and then she was looking at the lobby . |
| 22 | She was looking at the gentleman , and he was looking at her now and as he inclined his head he said , ‘ Thank you for your service . ’ |
| 23 | Rory worked out she was looking at the door he was crouched behind . |
| 24 | Her face brightened , she was looking at the door . |
| 25 | Oh , dear me ! ’ — she was looking at the casserole dish — ‘ stewed mutton and dumplings . |
| 26 | During the few moments in which she paused in her ascent to the church she reflected that now she was looking at the view the other way round ; now she was in one of the overcrowded little alleys visible from San Martino as merely a crack in a vast expanse of roof tiles and crumbling masonry and noticeable from that lofty vantage point because of the fluttering of the washing hung out on poles over the street to dry . |
| 27 | Harriet glanced at Meredith and saw that she was looking at the picture . |
| 28 | She was looking for the opportunity to extend her holdings in Glasgow , but she was unsure if she wanted to expand her business in the same district as her first premises — perhaps she ought to move upmarket , rather like her London operation . |
| 29 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 30 | Soon she was recognised by the group as their specialist on facts and figures and formal press officer . |