Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 She knew nothing of the future other than that it was an inhospitable fog that no-one had any choice but to enter , but she was certain that there was a scene all laid-out and waiting for her where she brought in the name of the man — or woman — who 'd first talked to Chrissie and then run her down .
2 She was collecting glasses and plates from all over , slinging the contents in a vile bucket , and Philippa noticed that she was n't particularly careful where she stubbed out the cigarette that dropped a little trail of ash wherever she went .
3 Sperber and Wilson 's ( 1986 ) principle of relevance entitles the hearer to expect adequate contextual effects for the minimum necessary processing effort.5 This means that a speaker who is asked to say what , for example , was said in a lecture would not satisfy the principle of relevance if he or she read out the entire content word for word .
4 Less than 48 hours after the world No.1 had lifted her third French Open title , doctors in Paris revealed that she picked up the injury towards the end of her quarter-final win over Jennifer Capriati .
5 Then her hands began to shake so she put down the half-eaten cake , very aware that his face was full of emotion , belying the quietness of his voice .
6 Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy .
7 But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research .
8 However when the party broke up and he offered her a lift home , she was quick to negotiate secretly with her hostess for her bike to remain unmentioned in the stairwell until she came back the next day to collect it .
9 It was her ‘ wait ’ and she sped down the stone staircase ahead of the lumbering old man and snatched up the receiver .
10 Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid .
11 And she drove out the image and her own overwhelming feeling of terrible loss , by concentrating her mind desperately on what Gazzer was saying .
12 The poser 's cafe had free newspapers and she filled in the crosswords shamelessly , was even miffed if someone else had got there first , especially with a blue Biro : Alex used a black Biro for crosswords .
13 I tapped on the glass , and she wound down the window .
14 Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words .
15 Like that right , and she walked down the bus and this , the policeman said to the bus driver , oh you 'll have to hang on a wee minute because I have to speak to this woman here .
16 When Sara returned they drank the ale and she brought up the subject of an increased allowance for her and the children .
17 Gabrielle 's relationship with Baldwin blossomed and they had two children together , Sam and Harry , but later the couple parted and she brought up the two boys .
18 The bang came again but softer , and she made out the squeak of rusty hinges against the din of the stormy night .
19 She felt rage flood through her and she fought down the impulse to scream — that was just what he was waiting for .
20 " It 's just a trick , really , it 's easy , " said Clara , and she took back the egg , and found that she could not put it together again either , so they decided to abandon it , and left it in little pieces in a glass dish on the mantelpiece with some dry and coloured gourds , and then they went downstairs and out into the park , and walked towards the bus stop , and Clara explained , lest the gourds and the egg should be thought to reflect in any way on herself , that they had been given to her by a friend the week before , to celebrate her twenty-second birthday .
21 Her husband was a very good tenor , the Baron , he sang , and she wrote out the parts for piano , and various other instruments .
22 He nodded and she tapped out the number .
23 He nodded and she tapped out the Sheldrake practice number .
24 And she pulled up the weeds and she pulled up the teasels .
25 And she pulled up the weeds and she pulled up the teasels .
26 Despite the sunshine , it was a crisp , cold day , and she pulled up the collar of her black jacket , flicking the long auburn mane of her hair out of the way .
27 It was probably only a rabbit , but it had still unnerved her slightly , and she pulled off the drive and parked on the grass .
28 And she phoned up the Saturday , on Friday
29 My mum right when I put my make-up on in the morning my mum said oh erm she went to the phone box and she phoned up the specialist and they said so I 've got ta go .
30 come in that day and she sat up the table with the boys and had a dish of
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