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

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1 After all , he knew Mr Parnham better than she did and he did n't look as if he could be fooled at all .
2 On the grounds that James IV 's will had nominated her for the regency only if she remained a widow , the Scottish Estates sent for the Duke of Albany , descendant of that Stewart who had plagued James III .
3 She works fast , adding one strip to the rim of the hardening strip below until she has built a small bottle , complete with an elegant out-turned lip to its mouth .
4 A group of grinning Koreans from Kazakhstan craned their necks skywards as she spun like a top .
5 Her plan was really just to find the place , then go away and have tea somewhere while she waited for him .
6 So , thought Meredith grimly when she had arrived back in the kitchen of Rose Cottage , do we rush on madly to our doom .
7 The thoughtful echo rang in her ears long after she 'd buried herself beneath the bed cover in the privacy of her room , and yearned for the oblivion of sleep .
8 Esther could not have planned that particular episode better if she had intended it .
9 She 'll stay with me while I swim , then we 'll take a cup of tea together before she goes — ’
10 Rhoda said Wendy would n't keep Ken long if she went on being so bossy .
11 I persuaded my mother that I should be the first visitor ; after all , I knew Parma better than she did , and since I was a young girl they might treat me more kindly .
12 She was n't even aware of having spoken the words aloud until she saw his face tauten with some undefinable emotion as he held her from him .
13 She 'd just box a few ears , knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries , and chase them off .
14 Mrs Green was bludgeoned to death with 16 blows of a lump hammer shortly after she returned from working a night shift at a local hospital .
15 Laura could n't seem to tear her eyes away as she absorbed the man 's hawk-like , tanned face and the sensual appeal of his tall , broad-shouldered body elegantly clad in a black long-tailed jacket and dark-striped trousers .
16 Blood gushed from a wound on her temple , running down into her eyes , but she saw Nahum Morey 's fatal collapse just before she crumpled into unconsciousness at the foot of the stairs .
17 Mrs Green had been bludgeoned to death with 16 blows of a lump hammer soon after she returned from working a night shift at a local hospital .
18 However , legal action was far from 26-year-old Shaunagh 's mind yesterday as she sipped a lager and kept the Maltsters Arms running smoothly .
19 THE father of human torch victim Suzanne Capper spoke of his grief yesterday after she lost her fight for life .
20 CARRY ON KISSING : Admirer Hubert , smothering smiling Di 's hand with smackers yesterday after she accepted his offer
21 Former headmistress Mary Liverseed held a party for friends at her Billingham home when she celebrated her 101st birthday on Saturday .
22 A SOBBING mother cursed her daughter 's killer yesterday as she collapsed at the graveside of pop fan Helen Gorrie .
23 Funny girl Pamela Stephenson looked like she 'd joined the smile-high club yesterday as she jetted into Britain with pop star George Michael .
24 Krugier has been Marina Picasso 's adviser ever since she came into her inheritance and he helped her choose her works from Picasso 's estate .
25 But he was wrong , as Laura pointed out nine months later when she sat up in bed , proudly holding three-day-old David and James in her arms .
26 Mary telephoned the therapist 2 months later because she felt unable to decide whether to return to her ex-husband or to stay with her boyfriend .
27 Accordingly , the policy of dismissing a woman employee solely because she had attained the qualifying age for a state pension which was lower than that for a man constituted discrimination contrary to the Council Directive .
28 It was over three months now since she had known the sensation of being held in a man 's arms .
29 There was a certain speculation in her glance now when she looked at him ; she listened when he advised her on her investment portfolio , and — increasingly — she took his advice .
30 A passport inside containing the photograph of Eila Karjalainen , a Finnish student who 'd disappeared a few months before as she hitchhiked through Oxfordshire .
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