Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But one major turning point came when she started going to carpentry evening classes and found she had real talent for do-it-yourself .
2 But in Tom 's room , when Peter had poured the wine into two mugs and an inch into a glass for her and she had tasted it , she found she liked this wine that had a taste of how elderflowers smell , reversed her decision and asked him to do as he had offered and fill her glass .
3 Odette found she lost three stone keeping busy , then to her dismay found she was pregnant again .
4 It 's only cos she mentioned she wanted some bread .
5 She wore nothing beneath other than cami-knickers , but before they followed her dress he nuzzled her graceful neck , and stroked her striking red hair .
6 He was looking for female voices , he remembered Jakki , invited her to submit some tapes and — presto ! — she was offered a job in The Smoke .
7 In my study , a white mother , previously married to a full-time skilled manual worker and now living on benefits , described her changed economic circumstances like this :
8 Eminent Victorians and gardeners who visited her by now famous Munstead Wood home found her wearing two pairs of spectacles .
9 He gave her specialist child custody advice and helped her win legal aid for her court battle .
10 I reached the flat just after so helped her carry clean sheets and towels upstairs as well as my luggage and B. The two bedrooms in the flat are small — ‘ compact ’ in estate agency jargon I expect ! — and the bathroom is very nice with a washing machine in it .
11 Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good .
12 In an added postscript , Mr Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good .
13 Her face went blank , but this time Guy saw the effort it cost her to regain that air of remote calm , and her eyes still held a mute appeal that stabbed him to the heart .
14 Maria did n't think Luke seriously believed she craved some material gain to show for their relationship .
15 And in the pitch black , it seemed she had some sort of body after all ; distantly she could sense hands feeling their way , feet stumbling .
16 As she ate she cast worried glances up towards the cupboard by the stove , where lay a small sack of potato crisps , some Liquorice Allsorts and two packets of biscuits .
17 Her long nails were pearly pink , beautifully manicured , and Luce noticed she wore several rings , one of which looked like a wedding band .
18 He noticed she needed two hands to lift the silver pot .
19 The side letter advised her to take independent advice .
20 He advised her to spend more time with the Prince of Wales .
21 Unhurriedly he studied her sparking green eyes .
22 Then something , a movement to her right , caused her to turn that way .
23 However , she realised the wisdom of his words , but hunger and the sound of the lunch bell caused her to discard all thoughts of a long soak , and instead of running a bath she stood beneath the soothing waters of a hot shower .
24 She wrinkled her freckled teenage nose .
25 I told her to cancel those flowers . ’
26 Just told her to take light clothes . ’
27 ‘ I told her to check that seal . ’
28 I told her to buy this island .
29 I told her to forget bloody implants , what would her babies think ?
30 I told her to forget this doctor nonsense and talk more reasonably about the oilman and his petrodollars and what he had her do In the dying moments she made a noise I 'd never heard her make before , a rhythmical whimpering of abandonment or entreaty , a lost sound .
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