Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |
| 2 | Eventually she plumped for Persian help , but at a time ( 412 ) when her potential critics inside the league were less effective ( cp. p. 97 on Corinth ) . |
| 3 | Quickly she put on lacy underwear and pulled her best dress from the wardrobe , a cocktail-length skirt of full , flame-coloured taffeta topped by a portrait-necked bodice of black velvet . |
| 4 | Later she worked in public relations on an island playground for Scotland 's hunting and fishing set . |
| 5 | Now she asked for white wine in her charged voice . |
| 6 | Well she went on sick leave for a long time |
| 7 | And here she stayed on public display until 1868 when it was decided not only to close the museum but also to lay Hannah Beswick to rest . |
| 8 | If nothing else , she enjoyed feeling needed ; but sometimes she dreamed with disturbing vividness about the managing director , who had believed in full-length mirrors , bottles of champagne and the importance of taking one 's time . |
| 9 | Sometimes she hinted at young men , she teased him , but more and more , Parr became convinced that she was faithful — as he was to her — because she loved him . |
| 10 | Then she stiffened in shocked disbelief , the Campari bottle poised precariously over her glass . |
| 11 | Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I ? ’ |
| 12 | Then she added with sudden firmness , ‘ But after that I shall go home . |
| 13 | For a moment she could n't believe she had actually struck , then she stared in horrified fascination at the dark red stain spreading diagonally across de Raimes ' belly and down to his thigh . |
| 14 | Then she laughed with sudden pleasure . |
| 15 | Then she thought with simple and hard resolve : It is time to get married . |
| 16 | Then she looked at Sabine . |
| 17 | In the title role , Anne Dawson remained passive until error and madness set in near the end ; then she sang with increased energy , and spun her lines with great beauty . |
| 18 | Then she undressed with due care for her dress , unbelievably crisp after its night of stress . |
| 19 | Then she retreated in bleak anguish to her bedroom , and sat hunched in the window-seat , looking out over the soft rolling lawns and distant Cotswold hills , dimly aware that her single most painful desire was that her mother were still alive , so she could pour out the secret desolation to the one person who 'd have understood … |
| 20 | The urge to throw herself on the tormentingly broad shoulder was too humiliating , and instead she stiffened with fresh anger and resentment towards him . |
| 21 | Postoperatively she complained of abdominal discomfort and blood chemistry showed cholestasis . |
| 22 | Yet she knew for certain that if she never saw him again she would never forget him . |