Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 2 | Within eight hours she had developed central abdominal pain , vomiting , and distension . |
| 3 | And for eight hours she devoted herself to sufferers and staff — smiling , chatting and listening . |
| 4 | Walking towards the station , having promised to bring back with her all sorts of expensive food items Tina had requested from Selfridges ' Food Hall , Cecilia thought how much she liked living on her own and that at seventy-six she was too old to have Jasper and Bienvida running around her , fond of them as she was , not to mention Tina 's boyfriends and the odd hours she kept and her lying in bed till noon . |
| 5 | Well should have been really taking two of her strong tablets she says , you know , and she has . |
| 6 | Her diet was mostly handfuls of peanuts and crisps from private views she had attended . |
| 7 | For eight minutes she struggled unsuccessfully , changing her posture , hammer grip and the position of the nut , while Ricci rested nearby , apparently just keeping an absent-minded eye on her daughter . |
| 8 | To occupy the intervening months she took a job in a hospital . |
| 9 | A woman standing next to her thrust a baby into her arms , and with her usual politeness she stayed holding it long after she would have liked to go away . |
| 10 | Strange words she chose ; on the back of a letter of mine I found words made out of HORSELESS and NOVELIZE . |
| 11 | Then she thought about those other long low huts she 'd seen in the fenced-off meadow beyond St Michael and All Angels . |
| 12 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |
| 13 | The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . |
| 14 | I mean , when our Bon was learning I went with her a few times she frightened the life out of me ! |
| 15 | A few times she shouted at them , saying that they were disturbing the peace of the neighbourhood , but this did not discourage them ; a few evenings later they would come back with new songs . |
| 16 | But after a few notes she stopped and turned round on her stool to face me . |
| 17 | Alright old Goldilocks she stumbled across the house . |
| 18 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 19 | Every few minutes she glanced again at the postcard . |
| 20 | After a few minutes she noticed a certain cunning softness replacing the apprehension of his expression , and her heart began to beat a little faster . |
| 21 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 22 | After waiting a few minutes she collected the pictures from the slot outside the booth , put them in her bag without looking at them and hurried home . |
| 23 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 24 | At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 25 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 26 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 27 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |
| 28 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 29 | For a few minutes she indulged in a fantasy where she was one of the young mothers and the child by her side was Roman 's . |
| 30 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |