Example sentences of "[subord] she [vb past] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She lost less weight on Saturday than she had at York and we have got to think of a crack at the Arc . |
| 2 | But at least she was alive , which was something to be glad about , so she winked at Vi-in-the-mirror then turned to the window and the almost unbelievable beauty outside . |
| 3 | They were out of sight of the guv'nor , so she yelled at Billy Liar and cracked him one behind the saddle . |
| 4 | But he had to release his hold on her mouth as he dragged her up the stairs , so she screamed at Agnes and her mother , who were already on the stairhead , ‘ He 's killed him ! |
| 5 | If she laid at dawn , like most birds , she would have to have prepared the day before . |
| 6 | In all developing countries for which data are available , the number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years was , on average , 70 children if she married at age 17 or earlier , 6.1 if the marriage occurred at age 20–21 , and only 4.2 if she was older than 24 years when first married . |
| 7 | The travelling , the exigencies of the business , the constant promotional activity , prolonged absences , his own mercurial nature , made life difficult for Susy if she stayed at home and not much better if she accompanied James on the circuit , something she never much liked to do . |
| 8 | Everybody else was in France , and she was afraid that if she stayed at home she might fall in love with some disabled veteran and marry him . |
| 9 | Her dress sense , as well as her character , seemed to have changed while she lived at Vetch Street . |
| 10 | There she was , ably supported by active and intelligent people while she sat at home feeling cold and tired and guilty . |
| 11 | There was also the story , this time true , that she had splashed out $250,000 on a luxury home in the suburbs of her native Melbourne , only to rent it out while she stayed at home with her beloved parents . |
| 12 | The court had been told that Pask stabbed Doctor Howe to death just hours after she arrived at York University to teach a summer school . |
| 13 | The next likely period for the initiation of planned villages would be the eleventh to mid twelfth centuries , as demonstrated by June Sheppard when she looked at village plans in relation to early fiscal arrangements . |
| 14 | She first met him when she studied at Trinity College , Dublin , as he neared the end of his degree course . |
| 15 | He must have followed her upstairs , for when she knocked at Meredith 's door the man pushed past her and hammered with his fist on the door , crying , ‘ It 's the pot-man from Dore 's Lodge , Mr Meredith . |
| 16 | The sunshine when she landed at Heathrow was a cruel reminder to Alyssia of the lazy days in France she had thought would never end . |
| 17 | He adored the baby and would help when she woke at night . |
| 18 | Never very healthy , she nevertheless managed to live on well into retirement , and was 74 years old when she died at Alf and Bessie 's house in 1951 . |
| 19 | When she arrived at Lynx some hours later she found that the door to the office was propped open , and as soon as she entered she understood the reason . |
| 20 | The whole place was buzzing when she arrived at work that morning . |
| 21 | When she arrived at Holmsly Manor , she found that word of her Portuguese exploits had gone ahead of her . |
| 22 | When she arrived at Heathrow airport , Immigration Officers interrogated her . |
| 23 | When she arrived at Walsall , she informed Edward that Mrs Noble , after sending her earlier a ‘ vulgar and jeering ’ letter in which ‘ She does her best to make me doubt you ’ , had forbidden them to meet or correspond until Helen reached years of discretion — her twenty-first birthday on 11 July 1898 . |
| 24 | But when she arrived at Grittleton to find an illegitimate daughter living there just as though she was one of the family , Lady Caroline stormed out . |
| 25 | It was a great relief when she arrived at Lomond View to discover that the only person there was Inge , looking rosy-cheeked and happy after her few days ' holiday . |
| 26 | She had n't missed the way Ace 's hands shook , and the slight guilty lowering of her head as she glanced at Petion . |
| 27 | When he asked if he should fly out her answer had been a firm and uncompromising ‘ No ! ’ but now , as she glanced at Alain , she was not too sure if she had been wise . |
| 28 | Her tone altered as she glanced at Derek . |
| 29 | Tall , pretty , vivacious , with an eager and obvious appetite for every kind of experience , she fell in and out of love , as she had at school and college . |
| 30 | Connon put his arm over his daughter 's shoulder as she shivered at Dalziel 's imagery . |