Example sentences of "[vb past] she [vb past] [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 | 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 : |
| 6 | Maria did n't think Luke seriously believed she craved some material gain to show for their relationship . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Her long nails were pearly pink , beautifully manicured , and Luce noticed she wore several rings , one of which looked like a wedding band . |
| 10 | He noticed she needed two hands to lift the silver pot . |
| 11 | She wrinkled her freckled teenage nose . |
| 12 | Left to her own devices , Lucy wondered what she should do next , then realised she had little option but to wait until she ran into Silas . |
| 13 | But when the prince reminded her — oh , so gently — of the deception practised upon his royal parents on Twelfth Night , Anne realized she had little choice . |
| 14 | A PATIENT who claimed she suffered severe brain damage from an allergic reaction to anaesthetic drugs was awarded interim damages of £50,000 yesterday . |
| 15 | He claimed she had salted money away in Brazil , where she fled briefly before returning to be arrested , using Liberian companies and bank accounts in Monaco and Luxemburg . |
| 16 | Mr Goldring claimed she gave 15-year-old Jonathan Jobson his diabetic grandmother 's hypoglycaemic tablets . |
| 17 | When this happened she had one option ; there was only one other perch available : my fist . |
| 18 | A post mortem showed she had 55 injuries , including broken ribs and bruises to head , neck and body . |
| 19 | When she walked she moved each hip separately , like a gunslinger moving towards an opponent down Main Street . |
| 20 | Where their flesh touched she became one thing with him . |
| 21 | The inquest into her death today heard she suffered acute brain damage and a fractured skull . |
| 22 | Angela Cartwright jammed her befeathered tweedy hat on her head . |
| 23 | But now she decided she detested this man . |
| 24 | Mary decided she liked old Ben , although he was sometimes bad-tempered . |
| 25 | It began when she decided she needed new curtains for her front room . |
| 26 | so she 's still needed , I think she bought a three bedroomed house which meant she had two girls two girls and a boy , she had three children . |
| 27 | She unpinned her veil , and Anne saw she had different-coloured eyes , one blue , one hazel . |
| 28 | When the water boiled she made more tea in the silver pot , refilled the milk jug , found clean cups and a plateful of almond biscuits , and carried the tray back to the terrace . |
| 29 | At 22 , Lottie felt she had few qualifications for such a sensitive job , but after his time with the Kindertransporte Freddie was more confident . |
| 30 | She had an odd , idiosyncratic way of looking at things — he felt she had some standards which he was n't familiar with , against which she matched the things they said . |