Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , having no more to discuss on that topic , I went on to ask Sylvia if she could think of a place in her own home where she felt uneasy if the door was shut . |
| 2 | Late that evening Liz returned to her flat , where she felt lonely and miserable , particularly when she remembered how happy everyone had seemed earlier in the day . |
| 3 | Virginia turned her head lazily where she lay supine on the fine white sand , and shot Guy a smile of such radiance that he flipped off his Raybans and propped himself on his elbows to scrutinise her more intently . |
| 4 | ‘ There , there , ’ he kept saying , until she lay calm against his shoulder , calm and sodden : ‘ Come to bed , ’ he said , and pulled her to her feet , and supported her up the stairs , past the paintings and the roses , and into her bedroom , where she lay motionless as he began to take off her sandals , her tights , her dress . |
| 5 | It was an effort for Leonora to wish him goodnight , an even greater effort to walk upstairs slowly , instead of running headlong to her room , where she lay sleepless for hours , unable to get Penry Vaughan 's handsome , cynical face out of her mind . |
| 6 | Her body was found at her flat where she lived alone in Tewkesbury Walk , Newport , Gwent , on 1 July 1988 . |
| 7 | Belvoir was not her only house , for her late husband the 9th Duke restored Haddon Hall where she took particular pleasure in the rose terraces . |
| 8 | Rosalba tried to respond , turning to her friend and patting down a curl or two round her face ; then she adjusted the combs which held her friend 's hair behind her ears , where she wore small gold hoops . |
| 9 | Mrs Shephard , 52 , a former inspector of schools and senior education officer , has always joked that nothing could have prepared her more for being thrown into the deep end than leaving Cromer , where her father was a cattle dealer , for St Hilda 's College , Oxford , where she read modern languages . |
| 10 | She 's very muddly and disorganized and I can see so clearly where she falls wrong … when I lived at home it was always a bit of a nightmare because I was always trying to get things straight . |
| 11 | After Oxford , Merck joined the staff of Time Out , where she wrote impenetrable reviews and helped to organize the strike which came close to destroying the magazine . |
| 12 | From 1893 to 1895 she visited the Church of Scotland mission in Blantyre , Nyasaland , to do linguistic work and prepare school textbooks , and Maritzburg , Natal , where she acquired Zulu and Afrikaans . |
| 13 | Latterly , Elizabeth had married but had been the victim of a cruel and brutal husband , and had retreated to her parents ' home at the post office where she fell ill and later died . |
| 14 | This is Eavan 's reward for a cool and competent victory in the national championship at Royal Belfast , where she beat 20-year-old Aideen Rogers in the final ( one hole ) . |
| 15 | Uma Thurman stars as a hitch-hiker who ends up working at a pansexual beauty ranch , where she joins fellow workers in rebelling against the owners and their male-servicing feminine hygiene products . |
| 16 | ‘ See , where she comes apparelled like the spring . |
| 17 | The Marr technique of painting is to go and visit the subject , where she makes copious notes on eye colour and other little idiosyncrasies that will help catch the soul of the dog . |
| 18 | Did he turn silent where she turned prim ? |
| 19 | Her own first excavation was at the Devil 's Tower , Gibraltar , where she found Neanderthal skull fragments . |
| 20 | Lesley , who is single , was taken straight to the operating theatre where she underwent immediate surgery on severe injuries to her stomach . |
| 21 | Mrs Easby , 58 , has returned to her house in Minors Crescent , Darlington , from Harefield Hospital , Middlesex , where she underwent life-saving surgery to replace one of her lungs . |
| 22 | In 1876 she went to Girton College where she gained third-class honours in the mathematical tripos in 1880 , and showed her flair for experimentation and designing scientific instruments . |
| 23 | Angela McCarthy welcomes you to her period guest house where she provides traditional English food . |
| 24 | Mrs Moore welcomes you to her Regency villa where she provides traditional English food in grand surroundings . |
| 25 | At first sight , the ground floor council flat where she lives alone with two cats and Judd could belong to any young person . |
| 26 | She persuaded John to open a school at 226 West 72nd Street which incorporated an office where negotiations to import Tillers could be conducted , and a rehearsal studio where she trained American pupils as well as the troupes . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the Secretary of State for the Environment is empowered to ‘ charge cap ’ local authorities , either by setting a universal limit or by singling out those authorities whose levels of Community Charge he or she considers excessive . |
| 28 | It is by no means altogether improbable , for instance , that some ordinary person on the periphery of a murder should be so disturbed by some apparent contradiction of character that he or she feels obliged to talk about it to others involved , and thus gradually comes to unearth the secret of character you have put at the heart of your story . |
| 29 | And so , when faced with something he or she feels unsure about , they seek security from the more confident ( and usually more dominant ) dog , which has been allowed to learn independence and develop a one-to-one relationship with the owner . |
| 30 | A tutor-organiser ( or equivalent ) who as a professional employee is susceptible to discipline if he or she proves negligent or misguided , can help to ensure that the voluntary movement lives up to its obligations — through advice and encouragement as far as possible , through seizing the initiative himself if there is no alternative . |