Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly she switched on a yellow lamp that stood by her on the table and moved the snake-like stem so that Larry 's face was spotlighted as if on stage . |
| 2 | Impatiently she pulled off the blouse and unhooked the brassiere , throwing them out of sight into the pool house . |
| 3 | So she pulled out a rolled up tenner and a small packet . |
| 4 | " Open this , " delightedly she held out a different bottle and a corkscrew . |
| 5 | Somehow she bit back the words and said , ‘ Will you please let go of me ? ’ |
| 6 | Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet . |
| 7 | Desperately she fought back the tears , not knowing why they had formed so swiftly . |
| 8 | Desperately she swallowed back a tide of emotion . |
| 9 | Unconsciously she put up a hand to that fatal head of hair , and her fingers , coming into contact with the enveloping white cap , brought her a sobering thought . |
| 10 | Slowly she picked up the flowers , not knowing what to say . |
| 11 | Nervously she put down the hairbrush , turned out the side-lamp and slid into the cold sheets , fully expecting to sleep immediately . |
| 12 | Eventually she plucked up the courage , half afraid by now that Luke would come to find her if she was any longer , and stepped out . |
| 13 | From somewhere she dredged up a brilliant smile , still angry she had allowed this aggravating man to get beneath her defences . |
| 14 | The more she saw of Alain 's mother and the more she breathed in the atmosphere of this house , the more she felt outside it all , an intruder who was here to rock the peace of the place , to alter their lives . |
| 15 | Quickly she locked up the car . |
| 16 | Wordlessly she held out a bowl . |
| 17 | Judy 's house was struck by lightning during that storm , and moments later she switched on the radio to hear that he had died . |
| 18 | Hesitantly she picked up the soap and began to soap the expanse of his chest , while he looked down at her . |
| 19 | The curtains were drawn back as far as they would go , and whenever she looked up the green-brown panorama confronted her and the pale bowl of sky . |
| 20 | Recklessly she built up the lie , agitatedly aware that she was protesting too much in her desperation but unable to prevent herself . |
| 21 | Back in bed , breakfast tray on her knees , slowly and attentively she poured out a cup of tea , the cuffs of her nightdress drooping over her hands . |
| 22 | Fascinating to watch : how she smoothed down the shard of the totem to make it a circle , to flatten it out ; how she trimmed and chipped to make the natural lines flow ; how she scored out the eyes , the mouth ; how she touched colour with her fingers to emphasize the woman in the land , in the mask ; how the dead wood began to live and breathe . |
| 23 | Fascinating to watch : how she smoothed down the shard of the totem to make it a circle , to flatten it out ; how she trimmed and chipped to make the natural lines flow ; how she scored out the eyes , the mouth ; how she touched colour with her fingers to emphasize the woman in the land , in the mask ; how the dead wood began to live and breathe . |
| 24 | Abruptly she switched on the light . |
| 25 | Then she tossed off a scornful laugh as she demanded haughtily , ‘ Why on earth should I be jealous of Doreen ? ’ |
| 26 | Then she wrote out a cheque in payment of the forgotten parking-ticket , put it in an envelope and went out . |
| 27 | Later , in the chapel adjoining the castle , Father Jerome said Benediction and prayed for Sara and the life that lay before her ; and then she went up the narrow staircase to her bed and , when Candida had helped her to undress , stood a while longer at her window , looking through the narrow slit at the lights in the harbour and the dark , massive mountains behind . |
| 28 | Then she went down the branch line to Port Penrhyn . |
| 29 | Then she ran down the post to the ground below . |
| 30 | She had to blink back her tears before she opened the front door , and then she ran down the short tiled path , and , throwing back her shoulders and digging her hands into her pockets , strode down to the parade . |