Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The fantasy lasted until suddenly she thrust it aside .
2 but Ann said erm perhaps she gave it away well she did
3 When he had done so she brought it back to England .
4 So she wanted it really dead level in the front I reckon you 'll need a whole inch off your back here .
5 Well on mine she did it once , it did n't work so she did it again for free and then it all started breaking off .
6 He tried to slow her down with gestures which she interpreted as signs of denial , and so she poured it on .
7 Nevertheless she loved it just the same but had to sadly wave it goodbye , much to the relief of her cat who took a dim view of the competition !
8 Slowly she turned it over .
9 Eventually she puts it away , deciding not to wash it because she hates ironing .
10 Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in …
11 Later she locked it away in her own empty suitcase , a place where she was sure even Giovanna would never find it .
12 Involuntarily she pulled it more securely around her in a jerky movement , her flush deepening as his mouth curved with mocking laughter .
13 Tenderly she picked it up .
14 And whenever she bought it always had to be the best .
15 Carefully she drew it out through the folds of the eiderdown and held it close to the flame of the nightlight .
16 Carefully she drew it out .
17 So she was patient , and even when she was fed up she stuck it out .
18 She was not normally of an argumentative disposition , finding it essential to have the last word , but now she felt it distinctly necessary to score points .
19 She 'd done that , and more ; now she wanted it again .
20 Now she let it down and tied it at the nape of her neck with a scarf .
21 No they 're all tucked well in , now she needs it still to be up here , right , so what 's the best thing that we can do to make sure it stays up in the high position ?
22 ‘ You cow , ’ cried Sam , without malice : only a few months ago she would have pressed the plum into her friend 's hair , but now she threw it on to the pavement where it lay easily among the cabbage stalks and traces of vomit .
23 It was one of those cosmic accidents which are no accident , that the next day , when she called in at a bookshop to look for some more Morris titles , she should find on the same shelf the total output of Professor M. L. Vaughan ; and among the rest his : Aurae Phiala : A Pleasure City of the Second Century A.D. She took it down and opened it at random , and the prose caught her by its incandescent fervour .
24 Well yeah but she is seven seventy is n't she has it always taken her or has it ?
25 I indulg 'd my Curiosity in calling upon her often , to see how she carried it on
26 She never knew how she made it through to the end of the song .
27 That 's how she wants it so I done a lot .
28 Sometimes she piled it up , sometimes she pulled it forward in a fringe , and sometimes she let it hang straight , like her mother 's .
29 Sometimes she piled it up , sometimes she pulled it forward in a fringe , and sometimes she let it hang straight , like her mother 's .
30 Then she kicked it away and sank onto the bed covering her face with her hands .
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