Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] she [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shock made her cry out , and he closed the door and moved towards her in quick strides , putting his hand across her mouth to stop-her scream . |
| 2 | Even though hooded by shadow , Blanche sensed Urquhart 's eyes narrow and bore into her like hungry grubs . |
| 3 | It was a foolish thing to do , she knew that a fraction of a second too late ; he cannoned into her with such force that she fell heavily to the ground . |
| 4 | But then she looked into his eyes , which dwelt upon her in huge solemnity , and knew that he was burningly sincere . |
| 5 | Chris described to her in painstaking detail the story of the cartoon they 'd been watching . |
| 6 | Because , it occurred to her with heart-stopping suddenness , the last thing in the world she wanted was to be around when Rohan Saint Yves married Antoinette — or anyone else . |
| 7 | On waking , it occurred to her with renewed conviction that the experience of two days before might have been no more than a temporary aberration of an exhausted mind . |
| 8 | He peered at her with little beady eyes , as though trying to guess from her expression how much she and her companion had heard . |
| 9 | As always , the scent of Californian Poppy wafted about her in perfumed clouds . |
| 10 | He came towards her with outstretched hand . |
| 11 | The word came from her with sudden and frightening force and it seemed to Creggan as if it was a burden he would carry always in this place . |
| 12 | He appealed to her in several languages , including German . |
| 13 | Hywel seemed to her like some hapless creature in a story , spellbound by despair , made powerless by circumstance , trapped by a ruthless magic without even the faery consolation of glamour , the illusion of delight . |
| 14 | How on earth could he tell ? she wondered , hunched against the banshee howling that came at her from all directions , hurling rain against her skin with such force it stung like grit . |
| 15 | Doreen turned upon her with imperious authority . |
| 16 | The Doctor turned to her at last . |
| 17 | Of all the nurses she had known only Minnie Robinson had remained loved and revered and even now , when she was old and pensioned off , Miss Arabel visited her faithfully and turned to her in complete trust for advice and comfort . |
| 18 | I lived with her for four years . |
| 19 | Never never heard from her at all since then . |
| 20 | So she could not let her go alone but must stand in the crowds being shoved , the smell of greasy food and litter breathed over her in this hot air , and the constant blare of noise grinding at her . |
| 21 | She walked back into the house , and Piers glanced at her with one raised eyebrow . |
| 22 | She worked for her for eighteen years . |
| 23 | An officer who worked alongside her for many years interpreted the fact that he had seen her kneeling at the mercy seat more than any other officer as a sign of her close relationship with God and the constant need for the kind of realignment which requires a certain humbling of oneself . |
| 24 | your wife is over there , do n't you talked to her like that |
| 25 | Nobody talked to her in particular , but she was sitting opposite Miles and , from time to time , a smile flew roughly in her direction , for which she was grateful . |
| 26 | And my hands , my heavy hands , they glided over her with careful diffidence , not so much touching or feeling but defining her anatomy . |
| 27 | Hope broke over her in tumultuous waves . |
| 28 | He called to her from one crowded floor to the other , ‘ Any luck ? ’ |
| 29 | Wexford took in the looks that passed to her from each of her visitors , her mother 's merely solicitous , Pertwee 's indicative of deep affection , Bardsley 's shifty , while the thwarted bride leaned forward , stuck out her chin and nodded her utter committed partisanship . |
| 30 | A deep lump seemed to fill Laura'a throat as the little blonde girls clung to her for some minutes . |