Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] [noun sg] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outdoor pursuits , especially walks , were promoted at all times , reading by oneself only when it was raining , and television not at all ( although in old age she herself became a tireless watcher of ‘ the News ’ ) . |
| 2 | Reed Children 's Books and Books for Students , the Warwick-based school and library supplier , have just announced that in that capacity she will be a judge for a new competition for primary school children — the first prize being a week 's holiday for a whole class at children 's author Michael Morpurgo 's farm in Devon . |
| 3 | On the other hand , the mere fact that in that time she has overtaken it most one of some 20 countries that outranked her in per capita terms is enough to establish that her record is less than spectacular . |
| 4 | He cut into her thoughts with a question about the ball and she repeated her earlier assurance that she 'd had a successful evening , adding that in all conscience she ought to have been driving back to London to work on some of the stories . |
| 5 | Sycorax saw that in this regard she had achieved her curse : for Kit too , Roukoubé was a mongrel whelp , the reminder of his weakness and Ariel 's strangeness . |
| 6 | She wrote to me saying that in this place she found it possible to forgive for the first time and then return home to seek reconciliation . |
| 7 | There is never the feeling that in any way she is exploiting her position for her own good . |
| 8 | I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else . |
| 9 | as if in slow motion she had seen Benny travel backwards through the air , landing heavily on his back among the rubbish that littered the end of the garden . |
| 10 | Creggan was startled by this and wondered if in some way she understood that he had made a vow that if ever the chance came for them to escape he would place her freedom before his own . |
| 11 | With a helpless little movement she sat up , drawing up her knees and hugging them as if in some way she might glean comfort from the gesture . |
| 12 | And in each hand she had two heavy plastic carrier bags of shopping ; they cut into her hands and threatened to split . |
| 13 | Meanwhile in Egypt Isis had heard what Seth had done to her husband and in great distress she set out to find him . |
| 14 | He looked fiercely alarming and in actual fact she had n't the faintest idea how to begin this task . |
| 15 | And in one room she found the tattered remnants of a standard , white , emblazoned with the image of a bird . |
| 16 | She is modestly draped but wears jewellery , and in one vignette she applies perfume to her hair with a pin dipped in a flask . |
| 17 | And in that instant she guessed the stars that ruled him . |
| 18 | And in that instant she understood two things . |
| 19 | There was still a world to face and in that world she had learned to take care of herself . |
| 20 | JOAN Bassett has been the conductor of the Hadley Court Singers for over eight years and in that time she has welded this group of 45 singers based at Haddington into a flexible corporate whole motivated at all times by her own perceptive musicianship . |
| 21 | Mrs Knelle gave a shudder , and in that moment she reminded me of a Karen Blixen figure in Kenya , who has stayed on after Mau Mau to make the best of life in a new Republic . |
| 22 | Nothing happened for a moment , and in that moment she started to think that she 'd over-reached herself ; but then Charlie said , ‘ This is n't some charity for runaways , you know , ’ and she knew that she was still within the limits , if only just . |
| 23 | As she stared into her bemused eyes , he slowly smiled , and in that moment she would have committed murder if he 'd asked her to . |
| 24 | And in that moment she wished with every fibre of her being that it really was possible for her to stay away . |
| 25 | Then Rachel remembered that Jennifer had said that David had told her he was in love with her and in that moment she knew that what her sister had said had been the truth , because it was there in his eyes . |
| 26 | ‘ With your arms around my neck I ca n't think of anything but — ’ He broke off as a door opened along the corridor , his head turning automatically to look away , and in that moment she escaped , going into her room and slamming the door behind her . |
| 27 | The trousers had followed the jacket on to the chair , leaving only a pair of grey and white striped boxer shorts , and in dumb amazement she clutched the towel around her and stared reluctantly at the most impressive male body she 'd ever seen , well over six feet of muscle and sinew and matt-looking olive-tanned skin . |
| 28 | Sometimes both came together : very few of our sample lived as far out of town as the mining village of Gilmerton , but one woman compositor who did was the daughter of a miner and in due course she married a miner herself . |
| 29 | A serving-man , sent to the kitchens , reported that they were already busy , having had their instructions , and in due course she and the women attending her ate where they were , in the chamber . |
| 30 | He was unfastening the waist of his trousers now , having kicked shoes and socks under a chair , and in helpless fury she bent down to snatch the damp towel from the floor , wrenching it round herself and jumping down from the bed , glaring at him so ferociously that he suddenly burst out laughing . |