Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With guidance she picked a long , beaded dress with a side split and see-through sleeves , which she wore to a special anniversary dinner . |
| 2 | Stay at Goulding 's Lodge , a ranch built for the set of the movie She Wore A Yellow Ribbon ( this , remember , was John Ford country ) and surrounded by high open desert . |
| 3 | Outside in her car she kept a tight grip on herself , refusing to let her humiliation reduce her to tears . |
| 4 | Into each piece she inserted a small two-pronged cylinder the size and shape of a small capacitor , and twisted each of them . |
| 5 | Around her neck she put a thin early Victorian gold chain , on her right hand a fire opal she had recently had reset in a simple gold ring , on her left wrist the gold Baume & Mercier watch . |
| 6 | In this light she had a washed-out look : colourless hair and face , even lips and eyes . |
| 7 | Her mouth she kept a pale peach , knowing that a stronger colour lipstick would n't be right for the effect she wanted to create . |
| 8 | Both the local people and the expatriate community had been happy to befriend the pretty blonde newcomer and her infant son , with the result that whenever Ashley came down to the village she spent a good proportion of her time chatting . |
| 9 | During the campaign she had a high-profile role as the woman who was prepared to keep tight control over the purse strings and demonstrate Labour 's readiness for Government by rejecting demands from her Shadow Cabinet colleagues for excessive spending . |
| 10 | Inside the reception hall she found a tiny antiquated lift barely large enough to take herself , her suitcase and a bellboy to her fifth-floor room . |
| 11 | In the hall she wraps a long scarf round her neck and puts on a cream-coloured quilted cotton jacket , with wide shoulders and inset sleeves , and lets herself out by the front door . |
| 12 | From the depths of the hold-all she lifted a heavenly blue bed-jacket , all loops and fronds and frivolity . |
| 13 | The babe was fretful with teething , but as she came along the corridor she heard a gentle humming above the baby 's wails . |
| 14 | From the pocket of her noisy plastic mac she produced a key as long as her own forearm , its turning piece in the shape of a Latin cross . |
| 15 | Back in the cottage she took a long , hot bath , but the water failed to ease the tension in her body , even though she lay there for what seemed like an eternity , trying to will away the effects of the afternoon . |
| 16 | Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon , |
| 17 | ‘ And heaven help you , ’ riposted Lady Merchiston swiftly , giving the lock of hair she held a sharp jerk , ‘ if you let Araminta know of this ! ’ |
| 18 | Good songs are ‘ Home on the range ’ , ‘ John Brown 's body ’ [ p.73 ] and ‘ Around her hair she wears a yellow ribbon ’ as well as other children 's songs such as ‘ Ai n't going to grieve my Lord ’ [ p.72 ] . |
| 19 | In a sort of aperture she saw a white baby hanging upside down from a nail of light . |
| 20 | Next instant she had a great thrill , for as the van swung into the lane past her she saw that it was full of Brownies , with luggage all around them ! |
| 21 | And something stilled within her as in that instant she caught a tantalising waft of the rich , dark scent of him and felt the hard , powerful warmth of him press against her . |
| 22 | Beneath an open beige silk trenchcoat she wore a red Louis Féraud dress ; her legs were long and sheathed in fine black nylon . |
| 23 | When my hon. Friend was a Member of the European Parliament she did a tremendous amount of work to promote not only her region , but the concept of regional government for England . |
| 24 | Cut into the sultry gold of his skin she saw a thin white line which zigzagged down from beside his eye , along his cheekbone , to his jaw . |
| 25 | His body was washed in silver by the moonlight and when he removed his shirt she felt a tiny shiver of something that had nothing to do with the pervasive cold of the night air on her chilled skin . |
| 26 | For a moment she felt a violent pain in her heart — as though she was falling in love … |
| 27 | gets the odd enquiry about becoming a guide and she meets those interested to explain about the job , but for the moment she has a full complement of volunteers . |
| 28 | When she went shopping to the town she wore a long , voluminous , dark-grey cloak of which she was very proud . |
| 29 | At the top of a hill she passed a little oasis of trees that surrounded a small pool . |
| 30 | With every move she gave a little gasp , as her body , previous experience or not , proved an apt pupil . |