Example sentences of "in [det] [adj] [noun sg] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or had she just seen him one day , walking around the suburb where he had been born , and said to him , in that sharp voice she used for all commands : ‘ Marry Me ! ’ |
| 2 | It was only to teach her a little lesson that I 'd added some nail-varnish remover to the ephedrine in that nasal spray she carried around everywhere . |
| 3 | Well why ca n't she do that two weeks marking in that first week she needs to unwind ? |
| 4 | There was clearly a close friendship between them , and the Office gives a moving account of his efficacy in curing her of some kind of fit : He came and found her mute , but when he had seated himself at her window and they had eaten together , it chanced that at the end of the dinner the recluse wished to sleep , and oppressed by slumber her head drooped towards the window where God 's saint , Richard , was reclining , and as she was leaning a litle on that same Richard , suddenly , with a vehement onslaught , such a grave vexation took her in her sleep that she seemed to wish to break the window of her house , and in that strong vexation she awoke , her speech was restored , and with great devotion she broke out into the words " Gloria tibi Domine " , and the blessed Richard completed the verse which she had begun . |
| 5 | She felt as though she could n't get enough of him , and in that split instant she made her decision . |
| 6 | Timothy looked straight into Topaz 's eyes and in that split second she knew without doubt that he was aware of her love for Andrew . |
| 7 | Shakily Fernando eased away from her and in that terrible second she hesitated , fearing the rejection he had once threatened her with . |
| 8 | And in whatever enterprise he was engaged there , in that far-off region she had never seen , and never would see , where his heart was , she knew in her own heart that it could not be less than glorious . |
| 9 | It is only three years since she took up painting dogs as a profession , but in that short time she has been kept constantly in work . |
| 10 | Had Araminta been right in that brief exchange she had overheard in the breakfast parlour ? |
| 11 | In that fleeting instant she had seen the soldier of her dreams . |
| 12 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 13 | She seemed again to have lost interest , in that swift way she had , and I felt useless and bereft . |
| 14 | In this first session she demonstrated how she nagged him and went on and on trying to get the response she wanted . |
| 15 | Had she been asked the same question in different surroundings her amazement might have been tempered with doubt that Nahum Morey was in his right mind , but in this confined space she began to share his conviction that they had been drawn together by their various needs . |
| 16 | Playing the spy was not something that came naturally to her , but in this particular instance she sensed it was her duty . |
| 17 | Increasingly , she wondered if in some unconscious way she had not simulated naivety since the first weeks of her marriage , if she had not — through her uncontrollable selflessness — permitted a skin to grow instead of probing beneath it . |
| 18 | And in all that time she 'd never heard from Jez , nor even from her parents . |