Example sentences of "[vb past] she [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she arrived at Lynx some hours later she found that the door to the office was propped open , and as soon as she entered she understood the reason . |
| 2 | When her husband rose she lay a while , dreaming . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But on receiving no reply , he seemed hellbent on goading her , and she found she had no chance to be passive , meek and mild , when he went on to taunt , ‘ You 're paid well , I 'll grant , but even so … ’ his eyes flicked over her good quality suit which , while not drawing attention to her figure , had been costly ‘ … |
| 5 | She secured her garage door and , having decided to walk round to the front of the building to find out what Naylor was so furious about , she turned around — and found she had no need to go anywhere . |
| 6 | Dr Nick Walters , exercise physiologist at the University of Westminster , tested Margaret on his Futrex 5000 computer , which analyses body muscle , fat and water , and found she had a fat proportion of 28 per cent — well above her recommended level of 22 per cent . |
| 7 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 8 | Suddenly Rachel found she had a lump in her throat . |
| 9 | She pretended she had no idea what he meant . |
| 10 | Unknown to them , she had been one of Tiller 's favourite leading ladies around 1906 , but when the work offers stopped she faced the same bleak future confronting all dancers who feel too old to dance . |
| 11 | When the lift stopped she yanked the gate back and stepped out like someone in a hurry . |
| 12 | Was his vanity really so overpowering that he actually believed she gave a damn about him anyway ? |
| 13 | A medical report estimated she had a mental age of seven years and nine months . |
| 14 | ‘ I just do n't like being used by rich politicians , ’ Ellen said angrily , though I silently noted she had no objections to taking their money . |
| 15 | Suddenly it seemed she had no one to talk to . |
| 16 | Marianne McCall might be hiding her true colours from the men , but it seemed she felt no need to do the same where Shae was concerned . |
| 17 | It seemed she expected an answer , so I gave it . |
| 18 | Ronni imagined she saw a question form in his eyes and already she was forming her answer in her head . |
| 19 | As the bath filled she inspected the sparse supply of male toiletries , interested to find Penry Vaughan was not a man for sexy French fragrances . |
| 20 | Later , both sloppy drunk , he climbed on and gave it to her and just before he came she put a finger up his asshole and it was the strangest sensation he 's ever had . |
| 21 | With a holiday in Rhodes planned she thought the sun might help . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In the castle , while baby Alan grew out of his six-week colic , there was an added sharpness to Marion Aluinn 's tongue , for she realised she had a more serious rival than any lass ; Lachlan 's rediscovered love of fighting . |
| 24 | As she climbed into the driver 's seat of her own car , she realised she had no plan in mind , no destination . |
| 25 | With the decision made she felt a kind of temporary peace . |
| 26 | For a moment she relaxed against him , then as his words penetrated she saw a mental picture of those same arms encircling Dawn . |
| 27 | Mary , who has an 18-year-old daughter , revealed she took an overdose the day her husband left . |
| 28 | Dot realized she meant the bombs not the blackberries . |
| 29 | Because transplanted quail cells will behave normally in chick embryos , she realized she had an invaluable natural marker . |
| 30 | The girl later admitted she made the story up to get back at the teacher for punishing her boyfriend . |