Example sentences of "[noun pl] she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she fluttered the long lashes of her baby blue eyes she had the timeless charm of Olive Oyl or Betty Boop . |
| 2 | Her eyes , despite her years , still held their fire and , though her figure had thickened somewhat , to Katherine 's young eyes she seemed the very embodiment of the word regal . |
| 3 | But she effortlessly avoided that exasperating coyness with which some seek to engage their audience , and the group also included the angelic Wir haben beide lange Zeit with whose chiming repetitions she wove an enchanting spell . |
| 4 | When people queried whether Eva 's alert mind would get bored repeating the same course every couple of months she had a ready answer . |
| 5 | For the first time in many months she contemplated the uncontemplatable , and thought that it might not be so with him , even though her heart began to thud uncomfortably at the very idea . |
| 6 | If she started to strew the floor with objects she received a firm warning then , if she persisted , her mother took her wrists and made her pick up and replace each object . |
| 7 | She reached out and laid her hand on his arm , and beneath her fingers she felt the corded muscle clench . |
| 8 | Underneath the maps she felt the bare concrete of the warehouse , not the thick carpet of the Mayor 's office . |
| 9 | Within minutes she heard the front door of the cabin slam shut and she knew he was gone . |
| 10 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 11 | After a few minutes she noticed a certain cunning softness replacing the apprehension of his expression , and her heart began to beat a little faster . |
| 12 | It charts the artist 's career from her highly accomplished art school pieces she received the full encouragement of her parents in her chosen career while her early self portraits demonstrate an artist fully aware of her own powers and potential . |
| 13 | When she had been there for about six weeks she received the Medical Superintendent 's recommendation for her bravery . |
| 14 | In the last few weeks she became a local radio presenter . |
| 15 | She was virtually retired these days , her hotel ( where Coffin had once lived ) turned into small flats over whose tenants she kept a stern eye . |
| 16 | Standing beside one of the fireplaces she touched a dark oil painting . |
| 17 | He shut his mouth and swallowed hard , and in the space of about two seconds she saw a whole kaleidoscope of emotions flash in succession through his mind . |
| 18 | For a few seconds she felt the bony weight of her grandmother on top of her and smelt the sickly powder she used ; then Nana struggled upright , her breath rasping painfully in her throat , and pulled a thick length of bamboo from its hiding place behind her dressing table . |
| 19 | And there were other things ; saliva drooled from her lips and every few seconds she gave a retching cough . |
| 20 | The babysitter , 14 at the time of Stephen 's death in November last year , told police she found the little boy dead after leaving him alone to go to a disco . |
| 21 | When Frederica left for Nîmes she had no real idea of the South . |
| 22 | While she drank her lemonade and ate her biscuits she told the old lady about Brownies and how she had left her bike on the edge of the wood . |
| 23 | When the three girls arrived she was surprised to find that in spite of their sophistication they were not much older than she was and as she watched them glide out in the first selection of fashions she felt a small prickle of excitement . |
| 24 | Like the others she reported the main problem as being a deterioration in her husband 's symptoms . |
| 25 | On others she watched a thick brown snake dive down between her legs . |
| 26 | She hurried back down to put away the food already in the kitchen , and by the time Penry returned with the last couple of boxes she had a tea-tray waiting , complete with a plate of tempting cakes from the small bakery in Brides Haven . |
| 27 | I suppose a wife should consider her husband 's work before her own happiness , ’ Penelope agreed , for like many modern young women she had the right old-fashioned ideas about men and their work . |
| 28 | For her services she received the German war medal and the cross of the German Order of Merit . |
| 29 | From the Wilton Weavers she was given a camera as a leaving present and from the Winding Department and the Spool Setters she received a generous gift of cash to which everyone had contributed . |
| 30 | However , referring to characterisations she felt the full character of the play was not fully explored . |