Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eagerly she tugged the card off the Cellophane wrapping — then stared at it in confusion . |
| 2 | Gingerly she took a sip of the soup , surprised to find it was not only delicious but nothing to do with any can or packet . |
| 3 | Suddenly she jangled a set of car keys in front of my face . |
| 4 | The guests , packed cheek by jowl , parted as he entered , and suddenly she knew the reason for the party . |
| 5 | Suddenly she knew the answer , even as she asked herself the question , and realised what she had to do . |
| 6 | Suddenly she saw a man 's face in the light of a fire . |
| 7 | Suddenly she saw the car . |
| 8 | Then suddenly she saw the skipping-rope . |
| 9 | Then suddenly she had no make-up , she was fatter , drooping about . |
| 10 | Suddenly she had a need to speak his name . |
| 11 | She was moving towards him , fascinated , when suddenly she felt a clutch on her arm laurels towards the orchard . |
| 12 | Suddenly she felt a jolt and her body was submerged underneath the mud . |
| 13 | For a moment his face rose before her — the deep , thoughtful eyes , the firm mouth — and suddenly she felt a surge of longing . |
| 14 | Suddenly she realised the direction her thoughts were taking and shot Adam a furious look . |
| 15 | Suddenly she heard a voice , and she stopped crying to listen . |
| 16 | Suddenly she heard a car engine in the drive . |
| 17 | Then suddenly she heard a car sweep into the yard , and , getting up from her desk , she felt her heart leap uncomfortably once more as she saw Robert getting out of his Land Rover . |
| 18 | The vehemence of his reply had taken her aback , and suddenly she heard the throb of her own heartbeat loud in her ears . |
| 19 | Suddenly she heard the sound of an approaching car on the road running alongside the promenade , and as its headlights shone on them , she tried to pull away , turning her head so that his kisses fell on to the side of her face and down on to her shoulder . |
| 20 | Then suddenly she heard the sound of someone coming , and she put aside her sadness of heart , to realise that Lubor , perhaps on the lookout for her , must have spotted her from a window somewhere . |
| 21 | She had now stationed herself directly behind Rupert , and suddenly she extended a hand the size of a tennis racquet and grabbed all the hair on Rupert 's head in her fist . |
| 22 | Suddenly she noticed a movement behind a tree near the wall . |
| 23 | She would have opted to work , only she had no idea what Michele had done with the key to the studio door . |
| 24 | If only she had a comb and some make-up . |
| 25 | And because she wanted to know more , she wanted to find out all there was to find out about this dark , ancient stronghold that her ancestors had known , at times she stole out from her bedchamber after nightfall and stood listening to the night rustlings and the soft settling of the old , old timbers ( and the footsteps ? did n't she still hear the footsteps every night ? ) and thought that if only she knew the right words , or if only she had the power , she could summon the enchantments and lay bare the secrets and understand this place . |
| 26 | Perhaps only she knows the journey he has made , from the cocky Jack-the-lad who neglected the discipline of academic study for the raw excitement of Left-wing politics to the measured politician with an answer for everyone . |
| 27 | Idly she unravelled the muddle of paths , wandering past low , stunted railings , and dwarf ‘ Keep off the grass ’ signs sprouting from the balding turf ; past desolate putting greens ; past tightly-shuttered refreshment kiosks ; past the narrow lanes marked ‘ Men ’ and Women' that commenced at a modest distance from each other and wound through dark shrubbery to merge in a single , dripping tomb , divided by a wall . |
| 28 | Idly she traced the pattern of the marble-topped table with a slender finger . |
| 29 | Apparently she had the equivalent of half a tablet . |
| 30 | Bits yes well Georgina round the corner apparently she has the lot new , because the bank moved them and they paid her and it was over four hundred pounds . |