Example sentences of "[vb past] she [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Eminent Victorians and gardeners who visited her by now famous Munstead Wood home found her wearing two pairs of spectacles . |
| 3 | Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 4 | In an added postscript , Mr Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 5 | Unhurriedly he studied her sparking green eyes . |
| 6 | The fatal disease was unromantic ( measles ) , but it almost carried off Louis-Napoleon also , and only the courage and devotion of Hortense prevented her losing both sons . |
| 7 | Though it was when I heard her using bad language to my housekeeper and being unwarrantedly rude to Ivo that I decided I 'd had enough of the woman . ’ |
| 8 | Frank Grimwood sat down , watched her making big business of cleaning her spectacles . |
| 9 | Once I met her carrying several parcels and she called to me . |
| 10 | He had also developed such affection for his owner , and had become so possessive of her , that if he saw her stroking another horse , he would roar with rage and throw himself sideways against the nearest fence , cutting and scraping his skin so that it bled . |
| 11 | Tongues of flame from a fire-eater near by lit Meredith 's porcelain face with a golden glow and set her tumbling red waves ablaze on her shoulders . |