Example sentences of "[Wh det] she [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She led a losing diamond from dummy , on which she discarded the winning heart from the closed hand , and West was forced to ruff and concede the last two tricks . |
| 2 | She wrote long letters home to Antonia in which she translated the other girls ' lives in terms that made sense to her . |
| 3 | As ever , Omi was in , sitting patiently at the table , writing one of the many letters with which she kept the tattered network of Brombergs and Ritters precariously bound together . |
| 4 | For Elizabeth — who had flown micro-light aircraft , climbed rock faces , dived in treacherous underwater currents and travelled the world alone — the visit to the remote camp near Sondwana was one adventure too far for which she paid the ultimate price . |
| 5 | There was no mistaking her sincerity , nor the obvious distaste with which she regarded the very idea of such a union . |
| 6 | She leased the theatre ( which she called the Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall ) for eighteen years at a rental of £1,000 p.a. , raised from her own charitable supporters , but faced an immediate financial crisis as local audiences , deprived of drink or blue jokes , withdrew their patronage . |
| 7 | It is ironic that the right hon. Member for Finchley was pitched out of office a year ago today as a direct consequence of that ’ no , no , no ’ with which she infuriated the right hon. and learned Member for Surrey , East ( Sir G. Howe ) . |
| 8 | That 's what she said the other day . |
| 9 | Her back was as straight as a ramrod , which made her feel a little more dignified while engaging in what she considered the unladylike art of cycling . |
| 10 | ‘ One thing she often came back to was what she called the great divide in all individual lives . |