Example sentences of "[pron] she [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth too had wine which she drank in greedy little sips . |
| 2 | The goddess Hathor is thus given an uncharacteristic fierce role , but one which she fulfilled with great zeal . |
| 3 | Lesley turned smartly left as the lights changed , and wound her way by back-streets to the parking-ground on the edge of the shopping centre , a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete , at which she gazed with resigned distaste as she crept slowly up to the barrier and drove in to the second tier . |
| 4 | He gave her chips which she ate with great deliberation . |
| 5 | A country that gave her a cold welcome , in which the To Let signs specified ‘ No Coloureds ’ , and of which she wrote in Second-Class Citizen , ‘ If I had been Jesus I would have passed England by and not dropped a single blessing . ’ |
| 6 | They are an invaluable source for women 's health problems in this period , especially the ‘ dangerous perils ’ of childbirth , and movingly discuss the traumas of the early deaths of children , which she met with resigned submission to the will of God . |
| 7 | For a week , while the ship was stored and watered and fresh livestock taken aboard , Sara lived in a strange no-man's-land of emotion in which she alternated between boiling excitement at what lay ahead and abject dolours at the thought of leaving Ireland . |
| 8 | She had a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace . |
| 9 | Hi Jinks had an awesome range of martial skills which she practiced on small children . |
| 10 | One of the Follies , 83-year-old Mary Maugham , presented a fundraising doll to the foundation which she dressed in Edwardian costume herself . |
| 11 | Who is to say what it was like living out on the plains for months on end , at first in a tent and then in a small house , not much more than a hut , built of saplings , mud , and cow dung , which she equipped with Somali fabrics and safari furniture ? |
| 12 | Actually , she opened with Mozart 's scena Misera , dove son which tested her somewhat at the top of the stave , but there followed arias from Manon , Don Pasquale and La Forza del Destino which she gave with commanding conviction , variety and characterisation . |
| 13 | It was my unhappy duty to break the news of her son 's death , which she bore with great fortitude . |
| 14 | She went into the darkness of that experience , found within herself a healing power which she allied with alternative therapies and is now fully cured . |
| 15 | In Mrs Parvis 's parlour there were greasy patches on the chairs which she covered with little cloths . |
| 16 | Jenny came in with some flowers from the garden which she set in small posy bowls down the centre and James took the pink lustre candlesticks from the mantelpiece and set them among the flowers . |
| 17 | Finch encouraged her to talk about Sam , which she did to nervous excess , while Barrett made innumerable cups of tea and coffee . |
| 18 | Another dancer of my era , who teaches Irish dancing in an Ashington school , once told me she despaired of attracting boys to her dance classes . |
| 19 | But she did n't want him even that far away , and in a mindless vortex of wanting , she , who she knew for certain was not the clinging type , clung on to him . |
| 20 | She really does want to hear again about Feeny 's daughter , who she left in Enfant-Béate long , long ago . |
| 21 | The entrance to her own flat was down one of the narrow corridors that led off from the rectangular landing , and as she stepped towards it she noticed with sudden uneasiness that one of the wall lights halfway down the corridor had gone , plunging the passageway into semi-darkness . |
| 22 | Midge protested at what she saw as bureaucratic interference in what should have been a private grief . |
| 23 | There was no competition here , no assumed superiority on the part of another to make her uneasy or defensive , only what she saw as shared experience , delightful in retrospect . |
| 24 | The staff member who received the flowers on this occasion did what she did through pure interest and gut instinct . |
| 25 | She put down her long life to what she regarded as healthy eating — her breakfast on her last birthday was brandy , bacon and eggs — and keeping the Ten Commandments . |
| 26 | She needed someone to talk to about it all , needed a sharer of secrets , an ear to listen to her plans and , above all , someone to agree that she was on the right course , that both shopping expedition and holiday were what she stood in urgent need of . |
| 27 | Miss Wharton , on her first visit to St Matthew 's , nine years previously , had decided that it was expedient to admire it since it was her parish church and offered what she described as Catholic privileges . |