Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Restored in 1960 for the Temora Aero Club she eventually fell into disuse and was sold to Ray Windred of Dungong , New South Wales , as a basket case . |
| 2 | Almost desperately she sought solace in her own private ‘ pictures ’ , the programme she never tired of , which she had projected on to her drowsy mind countless times as she lay in bed before dropping off to sleep , or half-awake on Sunday mornings . |
| 3 | The photograph she always used as a bookmark fluttered out of it . |
| 4 | By the time Robert Forbes was introduced to Lorna Lewis he was free , rich and forty-one ; his hair had turned almost completely white and he was the perfect partner for a beautiful actress , eighteen years old , who was so full of ambition she almost trembled with it . |
| 5 | ‘ You know , the only ambition she ever had for me was to marry well and bring up the colour of the family . ’ |
| 6 | Ianthe had always wanted a house of her own and as soon as she had shut the door behind her she forgot the lonely homecoming in the pleasure she still felt at seeing her furniture and possessions in their new setting . |
| 7 | ‘ Passion 's prisoners , ’ she offered with acid amusement but none of the simple pleasure she usually took in alliteration . |
| 8 | Mrs Symons was , as a matter of fact , a frequent visitor to this house before the war ; indeed , she was among the most popular as far as the staff were concerned due to the kind appreciation she never shied from showing . |
| 9 | Sometimes his fingers strayed between her lips and when she closed her mouth she accidentally sucked on them . |
| 10 | She had thin , brittle , permed hair , and , under the blue and white checked overall she always wore for work , her legs were stringy and knotted with varicose veins . |
| 11 | She was saying things like ‘ unbelievable ’ and ‘ 'doesn t make sense ’ , hut she never came to the point at all . ’ |
| 12 | As he paused at the exit she then ran to the front of the car and stretched her arms across its bonnet . |
| 13 | There she met Molly Braithwaite , who was so enthusiastic that after finishing her degree she also trained at the Medau School and on her return joined Peggy in taking classes . |
| 14 | As a child she always dreamt of working with animals . |
| 15 | Tonight near the Forest Green home she once shared with him and the baby she 's trying to come to terms with what 's happened |
| 16 | Stupidly , she had hoped that Silas would invite her to sit at his table , but instead she was led to a small one by a girl she later learned to be Stella 's daughter , Jean . |
| 17 | Olive had been expecting so many horrors that hearing the question she almost laughed with relief . |
| 18 | She hesitated , torn between the unaccountable shyness she always felt in Louise 's presence and the overwhelming desire to be in on whatever it was they were giggling about , even if she was only a barely tolerated spectator . |
| 19 | She went towards the house to say goodbye to Stella , and as she turned the corner of the building she almost collided with Luke . |
| 20 | She managed to conceal the physical revulsion she always felt from close contact with this man . |
| 21 | Norman Lamont , she thought , would look good in a gangster movie of the kind she occasionally watched on the telly , playing opposite George Raft or James Cagney . |
| 22 | For the rest of the afternoon she simply sat in the front room of the old farmhouse , surrounded by paint pots and rolls of wallpaper , oblivious to the chaos as she went over everything that had happened in her mind . |
| 23 | She is sorely missed for the loyal support she always gave to Classes and Events and the Kent Team is not quite the same without her … but our loss is the West Country 's gain and we hope to meet up with Janet at the Easter Course in Bath . |
| 24 | A general respect towards her grew out of her sufferings ; having borne them with humility she judiciously re-settled in her native valley . |
| 25 | Whereas at first she had welcomed the assessment she later came to the view that she was being given no say in the objectives of the assessment . |
| 26 | He heard the Direktor calling them back to work again , and he crossed to Ingrid who was nervously studying her score , her lips moving as yet again she went over the part she already knew in minute detail . |
| 27 | She pulled herself straight and directed into his sleepy eyes the look she usually reserved for teachers and principals . |
| 28 | ‘ For my money she just came over the top of the hill from the Broughton side too fast . |
| 29 | She did n't answer : Nick saw in her face the struggle she always had with herself before she went in the water . |
| 30 | Next moment she nearly tripped over her espadrilles , the lacing had got undone ; as she was stopping to tie it again she heard Mme Fournier 's voice , always strident , from inside . |