Example sentences of "[verb] she [verb] [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 | ‘ And I expect she wears a new pair of knickers every day , ’ little Kitty whispered in my ear . |
| 5 | Has she asked the Atomic Energy Authority about these contracts ? |
| 6 | Has she seen the great efforts being made this year to obtain private inward investment into southern Africa in the form of conferences and other initiatives ? |
| 7 | " Who has she left the other half to ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Her friends say she did the right thing . |
| 10 | And in the moment that she laid herself open to dying she heard the whispery voices of the wild beasts in the wilderness : |
| 11 | Nothing was said to indicate she had a proprietary interest in the house . |
| 12 | Hepzibah says she knew an old woman once who kept what she called a Death Book . |
| 13 | She says she heard a loud gunshot and saw a man lying on the ground . |
| 14 | She says she had a perfect childhood , an almost miraculous childhood . |
| 15 | ‘ The tavern wench says she saw the young man and woman who were later found murdered in the forest . |
| 16 | Ms Sheehy says she received a flat denial of any impropriety . |
| 17 | She says she welcomes a new Sainsbury 's |
| 18 | Her former landlady says she used a different name when taking on the tenancy of the property . |
| 19 | " The doctor says she needs a good beating if she wo n't eat properly . " |
| 20 | CROOKED tycoon Robert Maxwell 's widow wishes she could help the pensioners her husband robbed but says she has no spare money . |
| 21 | She says she has a nice cake next door , one she made last night . |
| 22 | I 'll say it is I 'll say it is but she says she has a trapped nerve in the top of her leg , she says sometimes it 's not so bad but she said it 's not bad , you know when I get up she says I 'm in a lot of pain and it , you have to take painkillers for it |
| 23 | Her husband says she has a big mark across her throat from the rope . |
| 24 | The housewife says she has an old and inefficient vacuum cleaner : this is a statement about the inappropriateness of the tool to the work . |
| 25 | yeah , done well , I might re come winter I 'll probably replace it , I wo n't bother now it 's not worth it with summer says she having a nice summer |
| 26 | As she went to answer she noticed a white envelope addressed to her in Luke 's handwriting lying on the doormat . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Two rows of pegs decorated her succulent crack , making it appear she had a wooden hedgehog between her legs . |
| 29 | A medical report estimated she had a mental age of seven years and nine months . |
| 30 | 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 . |