Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] [subord] she " in BNC.

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1 He had kissed and fondled her and she had responded as well as she could but they had both been too aware of each others inexperience and uncertainty to achieve fulfilment .
2 The Baronne 's gathering frown dispersed almost magically as she espied a flat be-ribboned box on the tray .
3 But there was no point in talking to Victoria , who had forgotten anywhere else because she lived from day to day .
4 She is expected to be seen only briefly as she steps from her wedding car — a four wheel drive Range Rover — into the church .
5 She had never been pushed academically , although there is no doubt she had the intelligence to have done far better than she ever did .
6 She sipped the pink gin , and for a few delirious seconds Peter wondered if it had turned out well because she had met him instead .
7 He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed .
8 ‘ It does n't matter , Julia , ’ said Anthony with a return of the impatience he had shown so often before she got ill .
9 Louisa was held by those urgent eyes , drawn more deeply than she would have wished into the darkness behind .
10 Gedanken called out cheerily as she arrived in the spacecraft .
11 And Julius 's breathing had altered radically almost before she had finished speaking .
12 And the niece , leaning on his shoulder , wept again for Auntie , whom she had known so well since she had been a very little girl .
13 ‘ Felicity , ’ said Julia , suddenly remembering the morning they had spent together just before she fell ill .
14 She is introduced ironically enough when she saves her unfaithful brother 's marriage .
15 She had driven as far as she could and now stopped the car .
16 That brief reference to his stepfather was haunting her , and she wished she 'd found out more while she had the chance .
17 The silence between them seemed to lengthen interminably , and her nerves were stretched almost unbearably as she waited for his answer .
18 When Miss Poraway had mentioned a Tupperware party Mrs Stead-Carter had gone much further than she 'd ever gone before .
19 She had gone much further than she had imagined .
20 So far things had gone much better than she had expected .
21 Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car .
22 A woman the same age as their combined ages stepped into the car at Woodford and quickly stepped out again when she saw Lee swinging from the passenger hand-holds , Damon and Kevin sparring on the floor and Chris doing something to a continental ferry advertisement with a red felt-tipped pen .
23 Send your name and address on a postcard to : SHE/Selsun Soft Conditioner Offer , Abbott Laboratories Ltd , Abbott House , Moorbridge Road , Maidenhead , Berkshire , SL6 8LG. 200 bottles have been put aside especially for SHE subscribers , so if this applies to you please mark your postcard clearly .
24 Send your name and address on a postcard to reach us by October 31 1989 to : SHE/Revlon Offer , PO Box 98 , Carshalton , Surrey , SM5 2DB. 500 have been put aside specially for SHE subscribers , so if this applies please mark your postcard ‘ subscriber ’ .
25 He might have the advantage of size and strength , but thanks to the martial arts classes she 'd taken as regularly as she could over the past few years , she had a few tricks of her own up her sleeve .
26 She had not tried hard enough because she did not care enough .
27 He was so handsome , and dressed as casually as she was , in trim-fitting chino trousers and tweed jacket worn open over a cotton-knit shirt .
28 Luce struggled to pin down the elusive thought , but it hovered , wraith-like , just out of reach , and in a minute or so was blotted out completely when she found herself being carried into a strange , and clearly masculine , bedroom .
29 She 'd lived there partly because she could n't be bothered to move , partly because it was cheap , but mainly because her mother would n't let her go .
30 ‘ And stay in England ? ’ asked her mama , not wishing to lose a Sally-Anne who , for whatever reason , seemed to have changed so greatly since she had last seen her , as a spoiled , petulant and wilful child , thinking only of herself .
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