Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 His expression had n't changed , but suddenly she saw an underlying loss and sadness , so much a part of him that it was easy to miss — but once seen , not easy to overlook again .
2 And then suddenly she had a sad mishap .
3 Suddenly she felt a glowing warmth deep inside ; he could never betray her , could never sell what they had together for the cheap thrill of recounting an old , sordid story .
4 Quite suddenly she felt a generous relief , as though she 'd given science and herself new hope of heaven , and set out through the gathering dark , home , home across the dragon-haunted park .
5 Suddenly she heard a strange noise , and there in front of her was a boy .
6 Suddenly she noticed an unusual calm .
7 Reaching the main hall at last , she mingled with a crowd emerging from another lecture theatre , and suddenly she drew a quick breath and stopped .
8 When the Buckau was driven by her screw only she reached a top speed of 14.5 km/h , with rotors alone 14.3 km/h and with both systems running , 18.5 km/h .
9 Apparently she had a severe allergic reaction to the drug , although it could have been a lethal impurity in the tab she took .
10 Eileen joined with them but before long she met a young man and started courting so dropped the dances .
11 Instead , she set to stubbornly work her way through in alphabetical order , so that before long she had a small pile of pink order slips in front of her .
12 Perhaps she had a poor memory and kept forgetting where she had left them .
13 Perhaps she had a secret assignation ? ’
14 Oh no perhaps she had an extra , oh no it 's already .
15 Trustingly she slipped a small hand into one of his , and she would have gone with him anywhere , but he detached her fingers after giving them a reassuring squeeze .
16 In 1988 alone she sold a remarkable £25 million worth of records around the world , earning herself around £5 million .
17 The moment that red ball began to flatten , she sat on a rock and strained to see along the flat road , along the plain leading to Siena , and sure enough she saw a black dot which grew larger and became a single horse and then she stood up and began to run towards it , waving and shouting .
18 So she struck an amazing deal .
19 She looked up quickly , and as she did so she felt a sharp tug at her neck .
20 So she had a little book and she wrote some words in English and some in Arabic the
21 There was still a little money left so she bought a tiny bottle of scent for Aunt Margaret .
22 Every few seconds or so she squeezed a hard rubber shape that the blood bank nurse had given her , an action which would pump the blood faster into the cannula , through plastic tubing and into the attached plastic bag , which was slowly filling .
23 She already knew that she would but inside she felt a great hurt begin to grow .
24 She ought to hate him for what he threatened to do , yet inside she felt a treacherous excitement at the fact that he wanted to keep her close .
25 John Wayne may be fresh-faced as the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach ( 1939 ) but , a scant decade later , he was prematurely playing old men in She Wore A Yellow Ribbon ( 1948 ) , much more convincingly that he would 20 years later on as a real old man in the indulgent True Grit ( 1967 ) .
26 The branches dipped nearly to the ground , but when Charity ducked in she found a cosy hollow underneath the tree that seemed dry and snug as a little house .
27 When the black vehicle tried to move away she heard a horrible clanking sound and saw the bumper come free .
28 As the music died away she sent a shimmering glance round the room , a glance designed to send every red-blooded man 's pulse racing just that little bit faster .
29 As Louise moved away she experienced a powerful urge to grab the massager and tug it close to her secret places again but she did not dare .
30 As his car went away she gave a great sigh of relief and Marguerite shot her an amused glance .
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