Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | That bloody awful feller she 's with . |
| 2 | But on longer-term issues such as membership of the European Monetary System she remained hostile . |
| 3 | It emphasises that she is not the awful old termagant she has so far seemed to be . |
| 4 | By securing the support of the head teacher and staff of a different mainstream school she was able to place her opposition to a recommendation for residential schooling on a firm footing and insist that her understanding of Tom 's needs be tested in practice . |
| 5 | If she was , then it is for her God to judge her personal action — and for the historian to wonder whether this was not one of the most sensible political decisions she ever made . |
| 6 | Almut Suerbaum , of the university of Munster , has joined us as the new Fellow in German ; as a specialist in Medieval German literature she continues the tradition of her predecessor . |
| 7 | She was arrested five years ago by a Cairo narcotics squad who found £3m worth of heroin hidden in a concealed compartment of an ornamental wooden elephant she was carrying through the capital 's airport . |
| 8 | He would see her in the old holey woollies she wore to bed , rather than an old-fashioned nightshirt . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've nothing to wear , ’ she faltered , thinking of her tropical wardrobe and one old warm suit she had worn to travel out from England . |
| 10 | she can only go round with two sticks and she gets er while Beryl 's here in house but erm the brave little kid she er did a degree in erm art and costume design , you know , dress design with a erm and she 's set up a good business at home . |
| 11 | With her uplifted left foot she was shoving the next foster mother square in the mouth . |
| 12 | From under her huge hat and the light grey veil she had thoughtfully donned for the occasion Jane Postlethwaite regarded them steadily . |
| 13 | Hari took the money out of the old cracked teapot she kept on the shelf , she had just enough for the rent and she smiled in relief . |
| 14 | Of course , Mrs Hilali may get the chance to explain to them face to face what 's happened , because if she 's broken Turkish law she could be deported . |
| 15 | The sight of her in the old tatty jumpers she slept in always brought him back to reality . |
| 16 | For her sake , you will smile and pretend to be the sweet , charming young woman she so foolishly believes you to be . ’ |
| 17 | Suddenly finding herself in this strange dark place she naturally tried to retreat from it and all the farmer did was guide her . |
| 18 | He looked up slowly , with the strange lost gaze she remembered . |
| 19 | For the remaining eight months she will continue her TV production work with FCEI , which has been a member and partner of WACC for several years . |
| 20 | This was not the simple old man she knew well , sometimes annoyingly obstinate , but usually easy to coax or control with a smile . |
| 21 | Along the path by the side of the warm regenerative earth she caught sight of blue waves . |
| 22 | These beliefs not only explain to the ordinary language-user things she might have observed for herself , they also regulate linguistic behaviour . |
| 23 | She could no longer see the Steep yet the feeling of the dark airless room she had left behind , the sound of her foster-parents breathing heavily in the close darkness , still seemed to hang about her and draw her back . |
| 24 | In the dark little passage she hesitated outside the door of the front room . |
| 25 | She saw him in all his beauty , grace and arrogance — physically the most nearly perfect human being she had ever seen . |
| 26 | Virginia had crept up to her several times trying to be friendly , but each time the house repelled her advances , do n't you dare to come near me with those nasty creepy little fingers she smiled , preventing the new young tendrils finding a hold on her walls . |
| 27 | Out in the dark cold hall she stopped him at the foot of the stairs . |
| 28 | For the following three years she enjoyed a period of heady social success . |
| 29 | As she replaced the receiver with a sad little gesture she felt her eyes fill with tears . |
| 30 | The woman she seemed to have become over the course of a single weekend — just forty-eight hours — bore no resemblance to the vague mental picture she had always , possibly complacently , had of herself . |