Example sentences of "[coord] she [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each one of them knew what he or she meant by true religion , and all of them were sure that the church and the government in England were wrong . |
| 2 | Held : An occupier of premises owed the same duty of care to a fireman attending the premises to extinguish the fire as he or she owed to other visitors under s. 2 of the OLA 1957 . |
| 3 | The factors selected were mean OBS score at time of first assessment , whether the sufferer was singly or doubly incontinent at least once daily , whether he or she engaged in persistent wandering away from home , whether he or she lived alone , and whether he or she had no closely involved informal carer . |
| 4 | A muscle twitched in his cheek , and she waited in slight apprehension for an acid rejoinder , but he merely nodded towards the radio on the kitchen dresser . |
| 5 | Babushka grew tired and hungry and she looked in vain for the Christ Child . |
| 6 | Suddenly she was ravenous , and she knew for sure that the cupboard held only labour-intensive proper food . |
| 7 | The expedition was not to start until the beginning of May , five days away , and she knew with absolute certainty that the word of it was to come to them from her . |
| 8 | He tapped the cheeks of her backside with the tip of the cane , and she shivered in fearful trepidation . |
| 9 | And she burst into tinkling and self-approving laughter . |
| 10 | Poor Sybil believed every word of Mildred 's story about the frog and she burst into renewed and even noisier sobs , so deafening that Maud and Mildred thought it best to scurry away , leaving Clarice to offer comfort . |
| 11 | Blue , blue eyes caught and held hers , and she burst into delighted laughter . |
| 12 | Coun Shore 's maiden name was Mothersdill and she went to primary school at Corporation Road . |
| 13 | Soon after her husband died and she went to Long Island with six of her children . |
| 14 | A searching , frantic hand savagely grasped Maggie 's hip , and she yelped as sharp nails pierced her skin . |
| 15 | Anne had already trimmed down to a reasonable weight with the help of Weight Watchers , and she pleaded for new ideas to strengthen her resolve . |
| 16 | ‘ Go to hell ! ’ she burst out hoarsely and started to fight in deadly earnest , slapping and scratching at him , little cries of panic coming from the back of her throat as her mind flashed back into full operation and she realised with sick fear just how close she had come to the edge . |
| 17 | As they walked together , Ben looked at Alice , and she stared with great concentration at the cracks in the pavement . |
| 18 | She suspected that the good doctor might be laying it on a little thick , but she would not be put off , and said in her stiffest voice , ‘ Yes , I understand all that , and I am prepared to work hard , ’ and she added for good measure , ‘ You need not worry about followers . |
| 19 | He introduced himself and she responded with engaging candour : ‘ Cathy Carne — I work in the shop . |
| 20 | And then miraculously the weight of his body was lifted and she heard with overwhelming relief the deep , harsh tones of Luke 's voice . |
| 21 | He was still asleep , and she lay in pleased contemplation of his face for several minutes . |
| 22 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 23 | Her marriage broke up in 1985 , leaving her to bring up seven children alone and she worked with local women 's theatre group , Charabanc , on a freelance basis . |
| 24 | As he 'd predicted , the slopes were indeed busy , and she watched in envious amazement as the experienced skiers zig-zagged their way down fearsome-looking runs , as brightly clad as butterflies and apparently just as agile . |
| 25 | They made love a third time before falling into an exhaustion that was beyond pleasure , their naked bodies sprawled together , arms and legs tangled , and when they woke up late the next day Damian made love to her again until her eyes closed and she shuddered in hot delirium against him . |
| 26 | By the time the medicine was ready the ferryman had materialised and she slumped with great relief on to the cross seat , wishing the crossing was a little longer . |
| 27 | Today the president , Mrs Macpherson , in between gracefully shaking hands with each new arrival and presenting her to Mrs MacDonald , decided that she was nothing but a vulgar upstart , and she trembled with suppressed irritation at having to stand in the same receiving line with her . |
| 28 | Her voice was beginning to rise and she tried in vain to control it . |
| 29 | ‘ Void and null , ’ Ruth muttered under her breath and she tried in vain to move her ankle without pain . |
| 30 | Jo loathed her blobby nose , her receding chin , her long body , her short legs , her droopy ass , her fat thighs , her white skin that absolutely refused to tan and her brown hair which frizzed and which her mother would n't even let her frost ; she accepted that she would never look like Faye Dunaway , never be a Prom Queen and that most of her body was a total disaster area , but she knew with absolute certainty that she had great tits . |