Example sentences of "and she [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she looked for a way out , though she knew there was none . |
| 2 | Martha 's face was now flushed and she looked on the verge of tears . |
| 3 | The returning colour drained out of her face again , and she looked on the point of collapse . |
| 4 | And I handed over my day timing , now bear in mind this is all in pencil , and she looked at the schedule for May and said you 're not real busy this month , you know , you can take some time off . |
| 5 | At first she could meet his eyes , but what she saw confused her and she looked at the floor , colour creeping into her cheeks , reacting against the tenderness surprised in herself with a sense of shock that made her brusque and suspicious . |
| 6 | She went into the dining-room , where the tea was set , and she looked over the table as if there she would find something missing . |
| 7 | Her hair was dressed in a pyramid of fat ringlets and she looked like a Restoration wench , maid to Millamant , scene stealer , fit to be kissed in corners . |
| 8 | She thought of taking off her overall — ; she was wearing one of Lily 's blouses underneath — only when it was unbuttoned and she looked in the mirror her chest poked out in a most peculiar way . |
| 9 | The Dolphin was commanded by Captain Samuel Wallis , who also had the Prince Frederick and the Swallow ( Captain Carteret ) under his orders , and she sailed round the world by way of the Straits of Magellan , Tahiti , Java , the Cape of Good Hope , and St Helena , leaving Plymouth on 19 August 1766 and anchoring in the Downs on 20 May 1768 , paying off in June . |
| 10 | His dark brown eyes met hers , and she flinched at the ruthlessness that blazed from them . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , ’ and she flinched at the cutting acidity in his voice , ‘ I never thought I 'd see the day when a woman could fool me , but you managed pretty well . |
| 12 | But her legs shook and she clutched at the bed , which seemed to recede and there was a strange , fizzing sensation in her head . |
| 13 | Her ankle gave under her and she clutched at the fridge for support . |
| 14 | So , and she knew about the office , and I knew about the office and knew everything they were wanting me to know but a man got it from outside so |
| 15 | For the first time in her life Horatia was terrified of Rossmayne There was insanity in his eyes , and she knew without a doubt that at that moment he wanted to murder her . |
| 16 | Her body was alive , throbbing with pulses she never knew she had , and as she jerked her face away from his she knew he had once again defeated her , outclassed her , and she knew without a doubt that he was right : if there was ever a real fight between her and Damian Flint , he would take supremacy , she would be overpowered by the fierce excitement burning in her now , and he would walk away with victory on a scale she did not dare imagine . |
| 17 | But she had said nothing , and she knew from the look on his face that he was thinking she was still bearing a grudge from the incident in the storeroom the previous night . |
| 18 | She did The Old Man and the Seal with ease , acting old , acting a big man and swimming the breast-stroke in the air , and they got it almost immediately and then she flopped on to Conrad 's knee and he laid his wine-filled head on her breast and somebody wiped a smear of black kohl from her cheek and she felt like a child again and thought of how Gabriel had nursed his little girl to sleep when she had been tired and fading away . |
| 19 | Halfway there and she felt like a break . |
| 20 | Camille felt intimidated and envious : she thought the girls did n't like the look of her and suspected she was after their jobs , and she felt like an interloper . |
| 21 | ‘ You still maintain you are not the woman with whom Garry is having an affair ? ’ he asked , and she shivered at the threat in his quiet voice . |
| 22 | And she glared at the Cockney youth , who gave an elaborate yawn . |
| 23 | Matilda cried and she burst into the room , brandishing her knife . |
| 24 | In June 1813 she was back at Temple Place , and she arranged for the auctioning of the contents of her Bond Street house . |
| 25 | Jessie was sitting up straight now , the tears running down her face , and she asked as a child might , ‘ What am I going to do ? ’ |
| 26 | Madge was attended by six little Burmese bridesmaids , who as soon as she arrived started off up the long aisle , and she followed with the kind friend at whose house she had spent the previous two nights and who ‘ gave her away ’ . |
| 27 | Fred 's voice came through the headphones to her and she glanced towards the control-room , barely seeing the figures clustered behind the glass for the tears clouding her eyes . |
| 28 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 29 | Well , erm , she goes to him , well she told him , and she goes onto the pill yeah , and you know , she did n't tell her mum , she did n't tell her mum though , did she ? |
| 30 | ‘ Lola is very powerful and very sensitive and she goes through a lot of changes . |