Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one major turning point came when she started going to carpentry evening classes and found she had real talent for do-it-yourself . |
| 2 | She wore nothing beneath other than cami-knickers , but before they followed her dress he nuzzled her graceful neck , and stroked her striking red hair . |
| 3 | In my study , a white mother , previously married to a full-time skilled manual worker and now living on benefits , described her changed economic circumstances like this : |
| 4 | Later that evening , when the Labrador had been handed over to its rejoicing owners , Sophie went into Joanna 's room and found her looking pensive . |
| 5 | She 's hardly eaten a thing since she got here , and last night I went into the kitchen and found her looking terrible . ’ |
| 6 | He gave her specialist child custody advice and helped her win legal aid for her court battle . |
| 7 | I reached the flat just after so helped her carry clean sheets and towels upstairs as well as my luggage and B. The two bedrooms in the flat are small — ‘ compact ’ in estate agency jargon I expect ! — and the bathroom is very nice with a washing machine in it . |
| 8 | Someone helped her to struggle free from her banner . |
| 9 | Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 10 | In an added postscript , Mr Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 11 | I was never asked to discuss the final Report with her or with Mr Baker , so I can not be sure about her reasons , but from her radio and television appearances it seemed she found repugnant our insistence that a child 's dialect is not inaccurate in its use of grammar and should be respected . |
| 12 | As she ate she cast worried glances up towards the cupboard by the stove , where lay a small sack of potato crisps , some Liquorice Allsorts and two packets of biscuits . |
| 13 | The side letter advised her to take independent advice . |
| 14 | Unhurriedly he studied her sparking green eyes . |
| 15 | In my mind 's eye , I imagined her nestling warm and soft in the palms of my hands , trustingly accepting morsels of moistened wafer from between my lips , maybe cooing a little — not to say thank you , I 'm not daft enough to think that — because she would be so happy . |
| 16 | This in itself caused her to feel guilty and so added to the distress she already suffered . |
| 17 | She wrinkled her freckled teenage nose . |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe the French told her to act pregnant and so lengthen her stay in Scotland ! ’ |
| 19 | Just told her to take light clothes . ’ |
| 20 | She said that she begged Mr Pollard not to drive , he pushed her and told her to get lost . |
| 21 | I told her to forget bloody implants , what would her babies think ? |
| 22 | Perhaps he had decided she was n't even worth despising , although the brooding expression in those dark grey eyes prevented her feeling complacent . |
| 23 | She realised she sounded elated . |
| 24 | Jessica announced she felt pissed and would have to go onto lemonade or leave the car outside the Amsterdam all night — which raised guffaws as to what she thought she 'd find left of it the morrow — and Mallachy offered to drive it home for her for twenty quid plus his taxi back , although he did n't have a licence . |
| 25 | As the weeks passed she became accustomed to seeing Luke already at his desk when she arrived , immaculately suited , his dark head , with that one dramatic streak of white hair , perfectly groomed , his long , square-tipped fingers idly toying with a gold fountain-pen as he frowned over his mail . |
| 26 | A PATIENT who claimed she suffered severe brain damage from an allergic reaction to anaesthetic drugs was awarded interim damages of £50,000 yesterday . |
| 27 | He claimed she had salted money away in Brazil , where she fled briefly before returning to be arrested , using Liberian companies and bank accounts in Monaco and Luxemburg . |
| 28 | But Julie claimed she had sub-let the studios and had nothing to do with them any more . |
| 29 | Mr Goldring claimed she gave 15-year-old Jonathan Jobson his diabetic grandmother 's hypoglycaemic tablets . |
| 30 | He encouraged her to take public baths , he saw that she ate properly — though indifferent to food himself — and behaved with her like a caring mother , the kind of affectionate mother who had always inspired him . |