Example sentences of "and [adv] she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She believed Martin had ended the engagement , and eventually she had a serious mental breakdown . |
| 2 | I had a good laugh about it and eventually she saw the funny side . |
| 3 | However , the burgeoning folk revival of the 50s and 60s offered her a welcome release , and eventually she won a respected place in the circuit of folk festivals and folksong clubs , singing material not only from her mother 's repertoire but also from a personal ‘ collection ’ gathered when hawking , or working at the tatties . |
| 4 | Reaching the main hall at last , she mingled with a crowd emerging from another lecture theatre , and suddenly she drew a quick breath and stopped . |
| 5 | ‘ And obviously she had the wrong idea about what was expected of her ! ’ |
| 6 | Alice 's father , a naturalized British subject since 1852 , indulged his wanderlust during Alice 's first fifteen years , and thus she experienced a constant change of scene and sound , living in New Zealand , Mexico , the United States , and Europe , until the family settled in Tonbridge in 1874 . |
| 7 | He had been seeing her for over a year now and yesterday she popped the big question . |
| 8 | ‘ And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep in blanched linen , smooth , and lavender 'd . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep ’ , ’ he quoted . |
| 10 | Queen Victoria had first used the railway in 1842 to travel from Slough to Paddington and thereafter she became a regular railway traveller . |
| 11 | She strained away , but saw that her breasts were thrust out further , and now she had a new sensation to worry about — the liquid feeling in her loins as if he 'd built a small fire there . |
| 12 | Early in their walk she had handed him the usual tenpenny piece , and now she heard a faint tinkle and watched while he stuck his candle in the socket , and reached for the matches in their brass holder . |
| 13 | Her eyes were open , and guardedly she smiled an instant recognition . |
| 14 | She put the key down and then she saw a little bottle on the table ( ‘ I 'm sure it was n't here before , ’ said Alice ) . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've got the premises already , ’ Emily said and then she saw the surprised look on Hari 's face . |
| 16 | She jumped back with a startled squeak , but Bridhe laughed ; and then she saw the little girl who had slipped in under her arm to comfort the baby . |
| 17 | The silence held for a while and then she heard a low laugh that seemed to trace itself right down her spine too . |
| 18 | There was a moment 's silence , and then she heard an unfamiliar voice . |
| 19 | And then she heard the low whistle — once , twice , and a third time ; and while she lay frozen by terror into indecision , a yet more dreadful possibility occurred : what if Tristram were caught , and were led to believe that she had betrayed him ? |
| 20 | Too confused to respond , Sarella let him mould her beneath his touch until he ran his hands violently over her hips , locking her tight in a way that seemed shockingly intimate after the coldness that had preceded it , and then she felt a searing rapport as her body responded hungrily to his touch . |
| 21 | I ca n't keep on fishing in this bag , she said , and then she had a holy water stoup put up by the door , and filled it with them , you just took some on the way out . |
| 22 | We did take a plant into her on the Saturday before she died , and then she died the following Saturday er and she . |
| 23 | she called back to the card players , over her shoulder , and then she put a silky arm round my neck and drew my face down to hers , and fastened those red , red lips on to my mouth and darted her snake-like tongue between my teeth and pressed her whole soft body right up to mine and seemed to squirm with pleasure . |
| 24 | For a moment , a shadow moved in her eyes , as though she was remembering something , and then she gave a little shake of her head as though to throw it off , before continuing lightly , ‘ It can be very irritating . |
| 25 | So she gazed and her finger traced the outlines of nymphs — thinner , higher cheek-boned than she could ever hope to be , garlanded with flowers , stepping barefoot through the forest ; and sometimes she saw an exhausted Venus , a hand below her belly , lying in a countryside where oxen were driven and ships set sail on uncharted seas . |
| 26 | The family moved to Bramley in Surrey when she was five and there she developed a passionate interest in wild flowers . |
| 27 | And there she won the Red Cross raffle prize of a collection of Sir Cedric 's irises , in all their subtle veined and spotted browns and golds . |
| 28 | Although last year 's result shocked most people in the sport the British team captain , Ann Jones , claims she was not among them and therefore she had a firm eve-of-play warning for her players . |
| 29 | The shower was wonderfully soothing and afterwards she spent a long time drying her hair and putting on her make-up . |