Example sentences of "she was [adj] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Penelope mounted further to the third floor where she and the other lodger had their rooms , she was relieved to hear the limpid notes of a recorder playing ‘ Brother James 's Air ’ . |
| 2 | Gradually her muscles filled with the aches of motionlessness but she was loth to make the slightest sound which might break his concentration . |
| 3 | She was tired , emotionally and physically tired , and the champagne made her cease to worry about whether she was right to allow the Burgermeister to cosset her with flowers and champagne . |
| 4 | She said she was proud to receive the special award , ‘ particularly in the name of my son Sebastian ’ . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , she was happy to reach the tall narrow house in World 's End , she did n't like the darkness of the streets and the distant sounds of drunken voices . |
| 6 | As he did the actual stitching , Shelley took over the grip on the tourniquet , until the skin was pulled together , and she was able to give the whole area a good wipe of iodine , before putting a clean dry dressing on the hand . |
| 7 | Then she was able to take the mental step that brought her out into the light again . |
| 8 | It was a moment or two before she was able to control the wild surge of emotion and say with commendable aplomb , ‘ Good morning , Signor Lorenzo . |
| 9 | The third was that when Mrs Thatcher concluded that the way was being prepared for full membership of the EMS , she was able to destroy the shadowing strategy by loudly denying its existence . |
| 10 | From the air she was able to see the whole length of the valley and she could only guess at its size . |
| 11 | Already her sailing ability had reached a level where she was able to make the minor corrections to hold the boat on course without even thinking . |
| 12 | Her Spanish was fluent now , and she was able to find the right words . |
| 13 | She was able to list the following forms of expression of anger : kicking , stamping , jumping up and down , throwing oneself on the floor , holding one 's breath , pulling , struggling , pouting , frowning , throwing objects , grabbing , biting , striking , crying and screaming . |
| 14 | Pain had her in its grip again , but with the help of the black bottles of medicine she was able to conceal the worst of her suffering from her family . |
| 15 | This time she was able to trap the playful retort before it made it from her mind to her mouth , managing to content herself with an indifferent lift of the shoulders . |
| 16 | As he dropped his hands and turned towards her she was distressed to see the tortured expression deeply etched on his face . |
| 17 | She did n't want to feel this way , did n't want to feel as though her body was burning in the hot fires of hell while her soul was dancing in heaven , but she was powerless to resist the erotic magic of the kiss . |
| 18 | She was surprised to see the two Wallingtons sitting opposite each other , about eighteen inches apart , apparently concentrating hard on something that lay between them . |
| 19 | She was unable to see the thick , penis-shaped dildo being fitted to the piston rod , or the big machine being placed strategically by her rear end . |
| 20 | It sounded childish , she knew , but she was unable to prevent the tiny gasps of pleasure as her eyes were assailed at each new turn by ever more glorious sights . |
| 21 | She was unable to disguise the bleak note that had entered her voice . |
| 22 | She was unable to meet the intense look in his eyes , and her lashes fluttered wildly against her cheeks . |
| 23 | However , despite a wealth of fascinating data , she was unable to untangle the causal sequence and be sure about what came first in order to conclude when and how support had been protective . |
| 24 | She was annoyed to hear the slight tremble in her voice . |
| 25 | The arrival of the Brownings and her husband in Florence at the beginning of June was the beginning of what she felt to be a softening of her self and she was glad to find the hard crust she felt encasing her crack and dissolve . |
| 26 | Because , while she could just about put up with the attitude of Lady Wyndham towards herself , there was no way she was prepared to let the beastly old woman be unkind to the children . |