Example sentences of "[vb past] she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because she had no man , Clare also suddenly found she had no public identity and was not likely to get asked to dinner parties , for society seemed to move only in couples . |
| 2 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 3 | Dr Nick Walters , exercise physiologist at the University of Westminster , tested Margaret on his Futrex 5000 computer , which analyses body muscle , fat and water , and found she had a fat proportion of 28 per cent — well above her recommended level of 22 per cent . |
| 4 | A medical report estimated she had a mental age of seven years and nine months . |
| 5 | As the bath filled she inspected the sparse supply of male toiletries , interested to find Penry Vaughan was not a man for sexy French fragrances . |
| 6 | For a moment she relaxed against him , then as his words penetrated she saw a mental picture of those same arms encircling Dawn . |
| 7 | Because transplanted quail cells will behave normally in chick embryos , she realized she had an invaluable natural marker . |
| 8 | Shortly after they separated she married an old schoolfriend of Gilbey 's , the Earl of Arundel . |
| 9 | The year the shop opened she hired a new dress designer , Jacqui Smale , fresh from the Royal College of Art , and told her how sensible she thought it was to wear uniform because this removed the agonies of planning what to wear each day as well as the decisions about accessories to go with the clothes . |
| 10 | He recalls : ‘ When she arrived she made a rude comment followed by a giggle . |
| 11 | When the bacon arrived she tucked the greaseproof package down the side and gave the bag to the child . |
| 12 | As he cut she gave an almighty push and ripped open to her behind . |
| 13 | As she talked to key people and travelled round Britain on her preliminary fact-finding tour she discovered she had a big area of ignorance . |
| 14 | Mrs Over said : ‘ In November last year she was working extremely hard and decided she needed a three-week holiday . |
| 15 | The nature of Alix 's profession demanded she kept a certain amount of medical equipment around . |
| 16 | That meant she had a good eight hours ' start before anyone need even think about her absence . |
| 17 | He darted a brief glance towards Therese and saw she had a surprised little smile on her face , the smile of a professional who discovers she will be singing with a partner well above average . |
| 18 | Similarly , any woman who felt she had a potential claim as a result of a silicone breast implant was urged to consult with a solicitor as soon as possible . |
| 19 | Maggie felt she had the upper hand to some extent and this had to be talked out . |
| 20 | The very reason she had applied to the shipping company for a job was that she felt she needed a complete break , a change of scene . |
| 21 | She felt she needed a little pampering . |
| 22 | He knew she had a failed marriage with a strange son , Steve . |
| 23 | Ahead of her she knew she had a tough day hosting a TV show about cancer , the disease which first struck Mae-Britt 22 years ago . |
| 24 | For herself , she wished she could have bought one of the paintings , she knew she had the ideal space for it on one of the walls of her long white sitting room in Kington Square . |
| 25 | She felt , in her new severity ( for want of a better word ) only half alive , she knew she wanted the old enthusiasms and passions and expectations to course through her and arouse her . |
| 26 | Her hair was untidy and her face still on fire and she knew she presented a distraught sight . |
| 27 | But as she did so , she thought she heard a thin , piercing sound , like the wail of a child who has just wakened up and found himself alone . |
| 28 | As it did so , she thought she heard a high-pitched , giggling sort of sound : ‘ Wheee … wheee … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I went off to get another one and when I got back to the phone she said ‘ have you got it ? ’ and I thought she meant the new biro , so I said yes and she said goodbye and hung up . ’ |
| 30 | However , after a couple of dances had elapsed , Clara thought she spotted the civilized young man who had assisted her on the Channel crossing ; once she had spotted him she turned rigidly away , so deep was her horror of imitating Janice 's conduct , but she lost nothing by it , for within a couple of minutes he presented himself , courteously , at her elbow . |