Example sentences of "moment she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a moment she tapped again , then stepped back to fetch the tea . |
| 2 | But for the moment she kept her questions to herself . |
| 3 | It woke her and for a moment she struggled , her hands coming up as if to tear it away . |
| 4 | The moment she heard his soft Irish voice , Ruth remembered . |
| 5 | Trying to keep her voice calm , and almost choking on the tears of guilt that had come to her eyes the moment she heard her aunt speak , Constance said , ‘ Oh , Aunt Louise , I 've met a boy … no , not really a boy … a young man ’ — and she began to sob . |
| 6 | At that moment she heard rapid footsteps . |
| 7 | After a moment she heard Luke leave , and the door of his office closed behind him . |
| 8 | In a moment she heard the engine of the Mercedes , and she heard it zoom down the hill with a squeal of tyres . |
| 9 | A MOTHER 'S instinct told Ada Hutchinson her son had been involved in a road accident the moment she heard first radio reports about the smash one Sunday morning . |
| 10 | For a moment she gazed at her beautiful bedroom wallpaper then anger took her , shook her , slapped her into life again . |
| 11 | For a long moment she gazed back at him , feeling an inexplicable and totally uncharacteristic desire to do just that . |
| 12 | For a moment she feared he would simply step over , grab her wrist , pull out the money . |
| 13 | For one awful moment she feared he would strike her ; instead he looked down at her , his contempt far more painful than a blow . |
| 14 | She had a new child 's seat for her car , the moment she got home , after the flowers for her sister , her young grandson was going for a drive . |
| 15 | But any hope he might have had of sliding his arm round her and trying a tentative first kiss on the drive home was scotched when she fell asleep the moment she got into the car . |
| 16 | Because it had always been in the back of her mind , from the moment she got up in the morning until she went to bed at night . |
| 17 | The bride herself remaining calm throughout , her mother , who had prayed so ardently for this day , finding herself utterly overcome by it ; having slept not a wink , of course , the night before and melting into tears — of anxiety , of joy , of overwrought nerves — the moment she got out of bed ; unable , no matter how hard she tried , to do her own soft , fair hair to her satisfaction and suffering a sudden and quite dreadful conviction that the powder-blue taffeta she had ordered from Miss Ernestine Baker was somehow not right . |
| 18 | It was hardly fair , was it , to fire one question after another at him from the moment she got into his car at Mariánské Láznë until she got out again in Prague ? |
| 19 | An unfamiliar young woman entered the sauna and , the moment she walked through the door , began to order everyone about ; she made them all sit closer together , then picked up a pitcher and poured water on the stones . |
| 20 | As far as I am concerned , she was dead to me the moment she walked out the door . ’ |
| 21 | She was kept in handcuffs and leg-irons right to the moment she walked free from Milwaukee jail . |
| 22 | After a moment she walked across the room and placed her hands on the two arms of the chair , effectively pinning Marianne in place . |
| 23 | ‘ Why did you not tell me how you were placed ? ’ demanded Lady Merchiston the moment she walked through the door . |
| 24 | It was meant to be swift and brief , but the moment she touched him Miguel took control , and kissed her long and hard , so that she found herself breathing deeply , gasping for air . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , ’ said Betty , but after a moment she went out to the stream leaving Lydia to sit back on her heels and wonder why she found dressing-gowns and slippers so tawdry . |
| 26 | After a moment she went , closing the door behind her . |
| 27 | ’ After a moment she went on , ‘ I think he thought there might be some possibility of outreach , of bringing young people into the Church . |
| 28 | For a moment she went quite numb . |
| 29 | James was aware of Sarah Byrne from the moment she came into the dining room carrying the soup tureen . |
| 30 | It was obvious from the moment she came into the house that Dawn , as I 'd immediately christened her ( after all , I 'd had three weeks to dream up the name ) , was a real character . |