Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |
| 2 | Eventually she plumped for Persian help , but at a time ( 412 ) when her potential critics inside the league were less effective ( cp. p. 97 on Corinth ) . |
| 3 | Quickly she put on lacy underwear and pulled her best dress from the wardrobe , a cocktail-length skirt of full , flame-coloured taffeta topped by a portrait-necked bodice of black velvet . |
| 4 | Later she worked in public relations on an island playground for Scotland 's hunting and fishing set . |
| 5 | To warm herself up she lay in hot water up to her chin , her hair tied up on top of her head , consoling herself with the fact that physically she was almost back to normal . |
| 6 | When they stood up she thought with ill-humoured relief that Nicole was about to step into her car and drive away , but Piers turned to her and said in a flat voice , ‘ I 'll see you later . |
| 7 | Now she asked for white wine in her charged voice . |
| 8 | Well she went on sick leave for a long time |
| 9 | And here she stayed on public display until 1868 when it was decided not only to close the museum but also to lay Hannah Beswick to rest . |
| 10 | She was curious to know how she looked to other people . |
| 11 | Dad knew how she felt in general about Guy . |
| 12 | When we were dressing up kids , I always tried to look elegant , classy , sexy or feminine , whereas she dressed more how she wanted in weird and wacky costumes , like a cowboy outfit . |
| 13 | If nothing else , she enjoyed feeling needed ; but sometimes she dreamed with disturbing vividness about the managing director , who had believed in full-length mirrors , bottles of champagne and the importance of taking one 's time . |
| 14 | Sometimes she hinted at young men , she teased him , but more and more , Parr became convinced that she was faithful — as he was to her — because she loved him . |
| 15 | Then she stiffened in shocked disbelief , the Campari bottle poised precariously over her glass . |
| 16 | Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I ? ’ |
| 17 | Then she added with sudden firmness , ‘ But after that I shall go home . |
| 18 | For a moment she could n't believe she had actually struck , then she stared in horrified fascination at the dark red stain spreading diagonally across de Raimes ' belly and down to his thigh . |
| 19 | Then she laughed with sudden pleasure . |
| 20 | Then she thought with simple and hard resolve : It is time to get married . |
| 21 | Then she looked at Sabine . |
| 22 | In the title role , Anne Dawson remained passive until error and madness set in near the end ; then she sang with increased energy , and spun her lines with great beauty . |
| 23 | Then she undressed with due care for her dress , unbelievably crisp after its night of stress . |
| 24 | Then she retreated in bleak anguish to her bedroom , and sat hunched in the window-seat , looking out over the soft rolling lawns and distant Cotswold hills , dimly aware that her single most painful desire was that her mother were still alive , so she could pour out the secret desolation to the one person who 'd have understood … |
| 25 | The urge to throw herself on the tormentingly broad shoulder was too humiliating , and instead she stiffened with fresh anger and resentment towards him . |
| 26 | Postoperatively she complained of abdominal discomfort and blood chemistry showed cholestasis . |
| 27 | She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it . |
| 28 | She did n't face Christina when she said through clenched teeth , ‘ I 've never expected or received any help from you anyway , Christina . ’ |
| 29 | She remained well until March 1989 , when she presented with generalised pruritus and fatigue . |
| 30 | In particular she won a great deal of sympathy last January when she appeared on national television with Bill Clinton as he faced allegations of extra-marital dalliance with a singer . |