Example sentences of "[verb] she at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't recognise her at first , ’ Lily told her . |
| 2 | She felt a warm rush of gratitude for his sensitivity as he kissed and played with her in a teasing , light-hearted way which both excited and disarmed her at first . |
| 3 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 4 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 5 | I helped her at first but it was a mistake . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He 's spending a few days with Maria Luisa in Valencia on the mainland , ’ Fernando told her at last . |
| 7 | Wycliffe had not seen her at first . |
| 8 | I did n't see her at first . |
| 9 | I admired her at first , wanting to help the slaves . |
| 10 | Her father pressed a kiss to her forehead , and smiled , releasing her at last . |
| 11 | Releasing her at last , he stepped back . |
| 12 | His words surprised her at first , then anger took over — an anger so intense that she was prepared to walk out of her marriage and do irreparable damage to the Royal Family . |
| 13 | I simply did n't recognize her at first , and to tell you the truth , I was a bit embarrassed when Uncle Félix came over to talk to me with this perfectly stunning girl on his arm . |
| 14 | Aware only of the bumping of her heart and the pressuring of his mouth on hers even as he carried her through interminable pathways to the journey 's end , Sarella felt him lower her at last on to his bed . |
| 15 | Nausea overwhelmed her at last . |
| 16 | Only when the water began to cool did she at last climb out and towel herself dry . |
| 17 | God and the saints remembered her at last . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ By golly , somebody 's floored her at last ! ’ cried one of the men , grinning . |