Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seems to have a moth-like fragility until , spellbound by the weightless command she exercises in a long , intimate soliloquy , you realise that you are the moth and she the candle . |
| 2 | The Niue People 's Action Party ( NPAP ) , Niue 's only formal political association ( which was strongly opposed to the leadership of Sir Robert Rex who had dominated politics since Niue became self-governing ) , made gains with the victory of sympathizers including Tauveve Jacobsen , who retained the seat she won in a 1989 by-election , and Sani Lakitani , the founder of the NPAP . |
| 3 | Beatrice Webb signed the Appeal , although as she recorded in her diary for 1889 , she was impressed by a reply she received from a woman who complained that her lodger could vote but she could not , and that while she could vote for her parish council and her local Poor Law Guardians , she could not do so for an MP . |
| 4 | She has started to reject the liver and bowel she received in a transplant last year after a huge fund-raising campaign to send her to America . |
| 5 | For the interview she opted for a cream silk shirt , and a tailored black skirt . |
| 6 | She took her notepad from the pocket of her apron as she went , and at the doorway she stopped for a moment as if to gather herself . |
| 7 | Paula asked , stubbing out her cigarette and concealing the end in an empty lozenge tin she used as an ashtray . |
| 8 | So when [ named defendant ] , 41 , made sexual overtures for the first time during their five-year friendship she went to a neighbour and cried rape . |
| 9 | It was a gabled Victorian house set behind a high red brick wall in the heart of the city and as Rachel drew on to the gravel forecourt she sat for a moment admiring the mass of copper beeches that surrounded the house . |
| 10 | Sarah that where that little desk she used as a dressing table , as I said , the desk in our will fit in there nicely , she says but I 'm leaving that till we |
| 11 | With a laugh she watched from a doorway as the man searched aimlessly for her . |
| 12 | That longing she managed with an effort to suppress — the other was made of sterner stuff , and at last she gave in to it . |
| 13 | On her return she flopped into an armchair , and we smiled at each other . |
| 14 | Before the last cottage she paused as a woman appeared in the doorway . |
| 15 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 16 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 17 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 18 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 19 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 20 | You may remember seeing Katrina Hunter and the remarkable progress she made with a herbal cream from the borders . |
| 21 | The denuded chest she pushed against a wall . |
| 22 | When she walked into the kitchen she came to a shocked halt . |
| 23 | In the main cabin she came to an abrupt halt , feeling distinctly foolish . |
| 24 | After going to Sheffield University she worked in a London store and trained to be a pilot in her spare time . |
| 25 | A thematic key to the diaries was a haunting experience she had as a child in Cornwall . |
| 26 | If she had cashed in her units at that day 's prices , just two of 102 ‘ UK general ’ trusts recorded by Finstat ( a Financial Times subsidiary ) would have given her back 100% or more of the money she put in a year earlier . |
| 27 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 28 | Her feet tapped loudly on the curving stone steps and for a moment she felt like a bit-player descending to the dungeons — with horror , and a stack of movie cameras , lying ahead . |
| 29 | For a moment she stared at a different Luke . |
| 30 | I was told that before she got married and gone into farming she lived with a great-aunt and enjoyed a good meal every day . |