Example sentences of "she managed [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually she managed to slide the lid of the pencil-box right home and the newt was hers . |
| 2 | Despite her efforts to be helpful and well-behaved , Mildred had an uncanny knack of appearing to be the cause of any trouble which was occurring , and it must be admitted that there were occasions ( particularly when her rather wild imagination ran away with her ) when she managed to turn some peaceful event into a scene of total chaos . |
| 3 | That , too , she managed to turn into a joke , while keeping back the unwelcome sighting of Robert . |
| 4 | ‘ Is thoo feeling all right , love ? ’ she managed to ask , amid the excitement and chatter of Lydia and Martha . |
| 5 | ‘ Why did you come , Freddie ? ’ she managed to ask at last . |
| 6 | ‘ H-have I done much damage ? ’ she managed to ask . |
| 7 | Amanda , who also has a five-year-old son , Daniel , said she managed to kick smoking when she learned of Cherie 's plight . |
| 8 | Isabel murmured , her mind still working only sluggishly , although she managed to grasp the saddle when she found herself sitting in it . |
| 9 | Clara was not at all sure what a gallery was , but from the conversation she managed to deduce that it dealt in paintings , and unlike the Tate and the National Gallery , dealt commercially . |
| 10 | She felt much pride when she managed to put up her first set of shelves and use her husband 's old electric drill . |
| 11 | But as a dutiful wife , she managed to put a good face on it , particularly after her husband promised they would return again in the spring . |
| 12 | It was such a short word , and yet she managed to put an amazing amount of meaning into it . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , ’ said her mother , and somehow she managed to put a whole world of meaning into that one short syllable . |
| 14 | Kicking and bucking to keep her balance , she managed to draw to a shuddering halt close to the rushing torrent about ten feet below where he was standing . |
| 15 | She managed to subdue the stab of jealousy that image brought . |
| 16 | They would n't work properly , but she managed to flip herself over and sit up . |
| 17 | She managed to force her eyes open again . |
| 18 | With an effort she managed to force her lips into a smile . |
| 19 | At Prime Minister 's Questions in the afternoon Margaret Thatcher was challenged by a Labour MP , Jeff Rooker , on the change and although she managed to deflect the question it was clear she had not been briefed . |
| 20 | Then with three minutes remaining Super-sub Sinead Donaghy scored the all-important winner when she managed to touch the ball home from close in . |
| 21 | In a magazine interview she managed to upset Catholics by referring to ‘ the evil demons of the papacy ’ , insult some would-be Tory leaders of the past , and raise doubts by making dubious claims about her command of several languages , including Yiddish and German . |
| 22 | A British walker survived for seven days without food , save for a few prunes she managed to scavenge out of a dustbin , while lost in New Zealand 's rugged Taparua mountain range . |
| 23 | I did n't get much opportunity to talk to for any length of time but she managed to arrange to meet with the others with young babies and we planned to get together again later that week . |
| 24 | Then , with a great effort , she managed to nod her head in vague agreement . |
| 25 | Miss Harker was n't just baffled , she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the whole class , but she managed to smother up her rage in tones of exasperated concern . |
| 26 | Swiftly she caught him under the armpits and heaved until she managed to persuade him from the ground . |
| 27 | She managed to persuade Ernest to take a proportion of this to augment his savings . |
| 28 | She managed to unwrap it with difficulty , Blazer trying to scoop it neatly out of her hand with his flexible upper lip . |
| 29 | Even when it was something bad , like the mice-damage in the apple room , or the wasps ' nest in the orchard , or even your husband jumping off a plane and dying , she managed to see the good part of it . |
| 30 | When Sophie Heath flew solo from the Cape to Cairo in 1928 , the first woman to make the trip , she managed to wriggle out of her flying suit just before touchdown , and don an outfit in which to make an entrance . |