Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ships had some 10 miles to go ; the MLs had used their extra fuel and filled the spare tanks with seawater as they stole into the estuary in two columns , headed by MGB 314 : These motorboats are difficult to handle at slow speed and Campbeltown was sluggish , but at speed she drew an extra foot aft and every inch counted as she came towards the mud . |
| 2 | With guidance she picked a long , beaded dress with a side split and see-through sleeves , which she wore to a special anniversary dinner . |
| 3 | Back in her bedroom she settled the little dog beside the still-warm hot-water bottle in her own bed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | With a sigh of satisfation she drained the last of her soup from the Thermos cup and chewed the remaining scrap of bread and cheese . |
| 6 | Outside in her car she kept a tight grip on herself , refusing to let her humiliation reduce her to tears . |
| 7 | Over a cup of tea she regaled the old lady with the story of her son and grandchild saving the wounded squirrel , and , leaving her to pass it on to her companions , she drove back to the surgery . |
| 8 | Into each piece she inserted a small two-pronged cylinder the size and shape of a small capacitor , and twisted each of them . |
| 9 | As she leaned in the doorway she surveyed the gloomy décor . |
| 10 | Around her neck she wore the famous ‘ Regent ’ , the diamond beyond compare in its beauty which is part of the Crown jewels , while on her head sparkled a magnificent tiara . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In this light she had a washed-out look : colourless hair and face , even lips and eyes . |
| 13 | A second hospital has been accused of mixing up a baby 's name tag , making the mother fear she had the wrong child . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | With her heart in her mouth she entered the imposing portals of Mon Ré , and rang the bell . |
| 16 | But now as she closed her eyes and remembered the scene she felt an old tugging sensation in the pit of her stomach . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The various relations did n't have time to help the bride because they had to get themselves ready , and when Ellie knocked on Terry 's door to offer her own help she found the bride-to-be face down on the bed in floods of tears . |
| 20 | To her delight she discovered the perfect wedding present , a set of sheets and matching pillowcases , all edged with lace and stitched with rosebuds . |
| 21 | For a second she knew an intense longing to flee — to get a million miles away from this place and everyone in it . |
| 22 | In the upstairs passage she opened the long case clock , knowing very well it was broken , that the weights had not descended for years and the hands remained at twenty to one . |
| 23 | In the hall she chose the prettiest coat she had . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | As they drove away from the cemetery she spotted the clapped-out van belonging to Anna 's boyfriend parked some distance from the gates , a large CND symbol painted on its side . |
| 26 | From the depths of the hold-all she lifted a heavenly blue bed-jacket , all loops and fronds and frivolity . |
| 27 | The babe was fretful with teething , but as she came along the corridor she heard a gentle humming above the baby 's wails . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | In return she supervised the classical side of his training school . |
| 30 | 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 . |