Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] she [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But the truth is , there was never anything between us — not after I 'd discovered she cared more for her mirror than for anything or anyone else . ’ |
| 2 | Upon being reminded that Darlington was the sort of marginal constituency the Party may like to win she assumed then that the recipients must live in Tory wards . |
| 3 | Anne realized that she did n't really want to leave she 'd just wanted a happier home . |
| 4 | Folly was beginning to wish she had never mentioned that she was seeing Luke , but her straightforward nature made it difficult to conceal something that was so far to the forefront of her mind . |
| 5 | Fabia asked , beginning to wish she had never said anything . |
| 6 | When Thursday of that week came round , Leith was beginning to think she had never worked so hard . |
| 7 | I would have thought she 'd probably made a mistake somewhere along the line . |
| 8 | You would n't have thought she had so much stuff . ’ |
| 9 | Flustered by his presence , thrown off balance by the feel of his hard body against her own , she suddenly clamped her mouth shut , horrified to realise she 'd almost told him she 'd been rushing to get to him . |
| 10 | Today — no , last night , she had realised she wanted more from life than that . |
| 11 | As soon as her mind registered what it had seen she jumped away from the car door , a scream issuing from her that cut through the night air . |
| 12 | Close though her friendship with Gary had become she had never once breathed a word to him about the new collections she saw taking shape at Mattli — and as for ‘ pillow talk ’ the notion was absurd . |
| 13 | The Customs men had believed she was a drug-smuggler ; Nathan had assumed she had virtually jumped out of Giles 's bed and into Clive 's . |
| 14 | As quietly and uncomplainingly as she had lived she slipped away in her sleep at two o'clock in the morning of 21 October . |
| 15 | Finally , Mrs M. R. Ault of Gravesend , Kent , wrote to say she 'd just bought a ribber and how could she knit a V-neck band using the ribber . |
| 16 | If only they had insisted she come home earlier . |
| 17 | ‘ Go to hell ! ’ she whispered bitterly against his mouth , and when he refused to stop she bit hard into his lower lip . |
| 18 | Mother Francis knew it must be part of his divine plan , but at times she wondered had she prayed hard enough , had she examined every possibility . |