Example sentences of "[verb] she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because she had no man , Clare also suddenly found she had no public identity and was not likely to get asked to dinner parties , for society seemed to move only in couples . |
| 2 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 3 | Dr Nick Walters , exercise physiologist at the University of Westminster , tested Margaret on his Futrex 5000 computer , which analyses body muscle , fat and water , and found she had a fat proportion of 28 per cent — well above her recommended level of 22 per cent . |
| 4 | Dr Howe … an Oxford graduate … had been a tutor in English at the Open University based at Foxcombe Hall in Oxford for the past two years … she 's recently published her first book … through Cambridge university Press called the First English Actresses … colleagues say she had a bright future . |
| 5 | Her friends say she did the right thing . |
| 6 | And in the moment that she laid herself open to dying she heard the whispery voices of the wild beasts in the wilderness : |
| 7 | Nothing was said to indicate she had a proprietary interest in the house . |
| 8 | Hepzibah says she knew an old woman once who kept what she called a Death Book . |
| 9 | She says she heard a loud gunshot and saw a man lying on the ground . |
| 10 | She says she had a perfect childhood , an almost miraculous childhood . |
| 11 | ‘ The tavern wench says she saw the young man and woman who were later found murdered in the forest . |
| 12 | Ms Sheehy says she received a flat denial of any impropriety . |
| 13 | Her former landlady says she used a different name when taking on the tenancy of the property . |
| 14 | As she went to answer she noticed a white envelope addressed to her in Luke 's handwriting lying on the doormat . |
| 15 | I very much enjoyed the unpretentious vocal quality of Ruth Holton though would like to have felt she had a little bit more in reserve . |
| 16 | Two rows of pegs decorated her succulent crack , making it appear she had a wooden hedgehog between her legs . |
| 17 | A medical report estimated she had a mental age of seven years and nine months . |
| 18 | As the bath filled she inspected the sparse supply of male toiletries , interested to find Penry Vaughan was not a man for sexy French fragrances . |
| 19 | At his urging she raised a tentative hand as if at school , and Karlinsky smiled down at her . |
| 20 | I do n't think she had a single dress with full sleeves . |
| 21 | For the first time since her escape she was very conscious of the fact that she had given birth only a month before and could even fancy she felt a pulling sensation where the fundament stitches had been . |
| 22 | ‘ You mean she made a new will ? ’ |
| 23 | For a moment she relaxed against him , then as his words penetrated she saw a mental picture of those same arms encircling Dawn . |
| 24 | Now they had less than nothing to lose she felt an ancient pugnacity stirring within her . |
| 25 | Because transplanted quail cells will behave normally in chick embryos , she realized she had an invaluable natural marker . |
| 26 | She gave a wry little grin , realising she had no real plan of action in mind . |
| 27 | ‘ But I would have guessed she had a good head for holding her drink . |
| 28 | Shortly after they separated she married an old schoolfriend of Gilbey 's , the Earl of Arundel . |
| 29 | According to our mother , he was so late that she began to suspect she had the hysterical pregnancy of all time . |
| 30 | The year the shop opened she hired a new dress designer , Jacqui Smale , fresh from the Royal College of Art , and told her how sensible she thought it was to wear uniform because this removed the agonies of planning what to wear each day as well as the decisions about accessories to go with the clothes . |