Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without so much as a backward glance she left the room , indignation clear in the rigidity of her spine as his mocking laugh rang out behind her . |
| 2 | On the southern side she saw the mandarin silks of the beginnings of civilisation and the huge courage of the Long March ; and on the other , to the north , the eternal silence of the greatest desolation . |
| 3 | She had seen that instantly the next afternoon ; in Rachel 's eyes she recognised the same melting joy as she had seen in Lisa 's . |
| 4 | When she fluttered the long lashes of her baby blue eyes she had the timeless charm of Olive Oyl or Betty Boop . |
| 5 | losing her eyes she felt the warmth spreading throughout her body , relaxing her . |
| 6 | Her eyes , despite her years , still held their fire and , though her figure had thickened somewhat , to Katherine 's young eyes she seemed the very embodiment of the word regal . |
| 7 | When she placed Morndun across her face and peered through its ghostly eyes she saw the air shimmering with elementals , sharp-faced , wraith-like , coiling and twisting above the river , streaming out of the mouths and eyes of the men by the water and from the piles of skulls by the trees . |
| 8 | She lowered herself until she was crouched above his thighs ; slipping her hand between her legs she manoeuvred the tip of his cue into the moist entrance of her sensuous channel . |
| 9 | Well I expect she did but I saw Debbie Thursday night and she said about her and er I said er how long has she been in , she said Tuesday she had the op she said and she 's due , she 'll probably be coming out tomorrow |
| 10 | When Leonora returned to the bedroom she found the bed turned down invitingly . |
| 11 | Back in her bedroom she settled the little dog beside the still-warm hot-water bottle in her own bed . |
| 12 | Before she had taken five steps she hit the chain link fencing that was invisible in the darkness . |
| 13 | With Dennis she made the mistake of saying where she lived before he did . |
| 14 | With a sigh of satisfation she drained the last of her soup from the Thermos cup and chewed the remaining scrap of bread and cheese . |
| 15 | He asked about her journey , and sitting beside him in the car she recounted the mix-up over the sleeper numbers , enjoying , still , hearing herself speak French . |
| 16 | After jumping nimbly from the freight car she closed the door , picked up her holdall , and hurried towards the fence . |
| 17 | Somewhere in her mind she registered the fact it was still pumping . |
| 18 | Over a cup of tea she regaled the old lady with the story of her son and grandchild saving the wounded squirrel , and , leaving her to pass it on to her companions , she drove back to the surgery . |
| 19 | Back at the hacienda she abandoned the horses and fled to her room , leaving the others to see to them and turn them into the enclosures . |
| 20 | She did what she could with her tousled mass of auburn curls , but when she twisted it into its usual topknot the starkness of the style served only to emphasise the weariness in her wide-set eyes , and with a little mutter of disgust she let the curls fall again , tumbling about her shoulders in riotous abandon . |
| 21 | At the second attempt she made the connection and heard the telephone begin to ring at the other end . |
| 22 | At first interview she said the strain of looking after her mother-in-law was considerable , that it was putting a strain on her marriage in that she and her husband were always quarrelling these days , and that she had got to the point when ‘ I feel I ca n't go on any longer ’ . |
| 23 | As she leaned in the doorway she surveyed the gloomy décor . |
| 24 | Gwendolen , thoroughly upset by the morning 's events but mindful of her appointment for dinner that evening , decided to slip into Mr Horrell 's , in order to purchase some of his advertised Special Skin Soap , In the doorway she met the subject of her dinner appointment himself . |
| 25 | Around her neck she wore the famous ‘ Regent ’ , the diamond beyond compare in its beauty which is part of the Crown jewels , while on her head sparkled a magnificent tiara . |
| 26 | One trembling finger traced them , as if in disbelief she sought the source of that blistering torch that had fired her through and through . |
| 27 | Anger was a luxury she lacked the energy for , right that minute . |
| 28 | In her last term she won the Miss Clark Lawrence Award for service to the school : a special award , not necessarily given , ‘ for anyone who has done things that otherwise might have gone unsung ’ . |
| 29 | With apparent concentration she circled the rim of her coffee cup with the tip of her finger . |
| 30 | A second hospital has been accused of mixing up a baby 's name tag , making the mother fear she had the wrong child . |