Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His expression had n't changed , but suddenly she saw an underlying loss and sadness , so much a part of him that it was easy to miss — but once seen , not easy to overlook again . |
| 2 | Suddenly she noticed an unusual calm . |
| 3 | Oh no perhaps she had an extra , oh no it 's already . |
| 4 | So she struck an amazing deal . |
| 5 | Finally she found an unoccupied hollow . |
| 6 | She was always eager for her turn on the catwalk to be over but tonight she breathed an audible sigh of relief as the show ended . |
| 7 | ‘ And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep in blanched linen , smooth , and lavender 'd . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep ’ , ’ he quoted . |
| 9 | A moment later she felt an agonising blow in her right shoulder , and was flung to the ground . |
| 10 | Her eyes were open , and guardedly she smiled an instant recognition . |
| 11 | Even in that company Beatrice would look original ; sometimes she carried an open wicker basket with a live duck inside . |
| 12 | So she gazed and her finger traced the outlines of nymphs — thinner , higher cheek-boned than she could ever hope to be , garlanded with flowers , stepping barefoot through the forest ; and sometimes she saw an exhausted Venus , a hand below her belly , lying in a countryside where oxen were driven and ships set sail on uncharted seas . |
| 13 | Then she heard an outer door close , and guessed that refreshment had been delivered . |
| 14 | Then she heard an enormous crash , a bomb exploding somewhere very near , a great roar of shattering glass and , after a moment 's stillness , screaming , ear-splitting , horrible screaming , from just over her head . |
| 15 | There was a moment 's silence , and then she heard an unfamiliar voice . |
| 16 | Then she saw an elderly Sister and made another enquiry . |
| 17 | Then she shouted an obscene suggestion at 65-year-old Jack and sped off . |
| 18 | Then she did an unheard-of thing , she threw the ladle itself onto the white cloth and stalked from the room , leaving Agnes looking towards the door that had banged closed and thinking , Goodness me ! |