Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Wendy Mountford was living in a house belonging to Mr Roger Street , under a written agreement headed " Licence " , in which she expressly agreed she had no Rent Act protection . |
| 2 | She suddenly realized she did n't know what she had meant . |
| 3 | ‘ I can only think she decided she could not marry Fabien after all , but could not bear to tell him so either . |
| 4 | Did her excitement at the way the evidence fitted together mean she wanted it to be true ? |
| 5 | She suddenly realised she had passed from the survival phase to a phase where she could see that The Body Shop had become a retailing institution that was going from strength to strength . |
| 6 | His gaze had already returned to Jessamy , and she suddenly realised she did n't want to be left alone with Julius . |
| 7 | She moved to the table , put her keys down , suddenly realising she had been clutching them tightly . |
| 8 | He 's going to be ages , thought Juliet desperately , suddenly realising she 'd been standing with her hands clenched together , and her eyes screwed tightly as if to hear better . |
| 9 | Some man at the college had arranged it for her … she more or less admitted she 'd worked on him . ’ |
| 10 | None of the thoughts that had so oppressed her came into her mind . |
| 11 | Because she had no man , Clare also suddenly found she had no public identity and was not likely to get asked to dinner parties , for society seemed to move only in couples . |
| 12 | Her mummy had once shown her photographs of herself as a Brownie many years ago , and Angela had laughed at the funny straw hat and long frock she had worn . |
| 13 | The warmth of a moment ago that had so overwhelmed her had cooled to a more familiar glint of contempt . |
| 14 | ‘ But not close enough to know she 'd moved out ? ’ |
| 15 | Jane Pargeter walked self-consciously to the kitchen to make herself a cup of tea : she had obviously decided she had drunk enough gin for the afternoon . |
| 16 | He rang her hotel , and after a long wait she came to the phone . |
| 17 | He rang her hotel , and after a long wait she came to the phone . |
| 18 | I only hope she did not see my carriage ! ’ |
| 19 | I can only assume she tried once too often to enter the nest , as the female died during the night . |
| 20 | So scared she felt her limbs turning to water , Jezrael tried to cap her imminence into bland indifference . |
| 21 | One glance in the dressing-table mirror as she sat down showed she looked as fraught as she felt . |
| 22 | During a telephone call to a neighbour this weekend , Ms Gibson apparently indicated she intended to continue her holiday . |
| 23 | As he turned to face her , Ronni was suddenly wishing she had n't sat down quite so hurriedly . |
| 24 | The one , that , even while giving her a verbal warning about her work , he had handed her a very important file to work on — albeit only to ensure she had little time for anything else — must mean that he had received good reports on her ability . |
| 25 | And so saying she led the way on to the terrace with its beautiful scents of honeysuckle , rose and jasmine . |
| 26 | So saying she ran from the kitchen and up to her bedroom , leaving those round the table confused and upset . |
| 27 | And so saying she gathered up her shawl , adjusted her mittens and scuttled from the room . |
| 28 | No , not at all , and then , even in her confused state , her mind shied away from the reasons for her distaste , and she found herself saying even through her pain and shock , ‘ I will not think about that , I will not , ’ and so saying she stopped struggling and sank back into oblivion once more . |
| 29 | And so saying she helped herself . |
| 30 | So saying she bustled Sarah out again into the bitter cold . |