Example sentences of "and [adv] she [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And instinctively she reached out her arms as if to circle his neck and draw him down into an imaginary embrace . |
| 2 | ‘ Cool off , Ruth , ’ he ordered sharply and was about to slam out of the room when her speech came back in a rush and furiously she hit out with her pièce de résistance . |
| 3 | Suddenly she was aware of her cardigan being draped around her shoulders and slowly she looked up to see Nathan standing beside her . |
| 4 | The thought lit a spark of rebellion , and slowly she sat up , pushing tousled hair back from her tear-streaked face . |
| 5 | He moved again , and gladly she leaned over and pressed the bell on the wall beside the cot and got up to get the breast tray . |
| 6 | And so she looked up , she said , that is right she said , alright , and er he prescribed some more water pills . |
| 7 | Rosa saw no one from her hideaway in the dark arch of their carriage door and so she stepped out into the gleaming street , which felt good and solid , under the warm soles of her feet ; her heart was thumping , but that too felt good . |
| 8 | So she began , and so she went on . |
| 9 | And so she went out to school every morning , not to the threepenny one run by the Council , nor to the Church of England , but to the penny school run by the Methodists . |
| 10 | And so she settled down quietly into our family life for over a year , until one of the aunts , Aunt Kate , came to see us , and after that there was talk between our parents — children always know these things , having good ears — about it perhaps being best now for Grandma to be going back to her little house in Hampshire . |
| 11 | His kiss deepened , and unconsciously she arched up towards him , aching for his touch . |
| 12 | She continued to play until his hands came on her shoulders , and somehow she kept on playing until his hand lifted her loose hair behind the ear and his mouth came down and touched it . |
| 13 | Several times in the night she had this bad dream and once she woke up on the floor . |
| 14 | Back in bed , breakfast tray on her knees , slowly and attentively she poured out a cup of tea , the cuffs of her nightdress drooping over her hands . |
| 15 | The maid had cleared away , and now she came out with a jug of wine and two glasses . |
| 16 | Since her last cry of ‘ Do n't ! ’ she had not uttered a word , and now she went out of the dining room on James 's arm without once looking back at Alexandra . |
| 17 | Miss Honey had heard the sound of Matilda 's feet racing over the gravel and now she straightened up and turned and stepped out of the rose-bed as the child came running up . |
| 18 | Maggie had been stewing meat , and now she rolled out pastry with a heavy glass roller like the one Mrs Martin had used in the Bradfords ' kitchen . |
| 19 | Robbie had woken with a start , and now she sat up , her heart pounding erratically . |
| 20 | Dressed in silk and ablaze with jewellery , apparently to prove that Donna 's inheritance was no myth , Mavis Bricknell stumbled off towards the toilet room at the dome car 's entrance saying she must repair the ravages to her face , and presently she came back , screaming loudly . |
| 21 | She had to blink back her tears before she opened the front door , and then she ran down the short tiled path , and , throwing back her shoulders and digging her hands into her pockets , strode down to the parade . |
| 22 | A quick dab of Youth Dew and then she sauntered over to join him . |
| 23 | And then she went over to the attack again . |
| 24 | And she teased her out and straightened her up a little , and then she went over to the makeup table and tore off a length of the soft toilet roll that she used instead of Kleenex , and then she sat on the floor beside Lucy and put her arm around her shoulders . |
| 25 | And then she went round again and we said well push so and so |
| 26 | Later , in the chapel adjoining the castle , Father Jerome said Benediction and prayed for Sara and the life that lay before her ; and then she went up the narrow staircase to her bed and , when Candida had helped her to undress , stood a while longer at her window , looking through the narrow slit at the lights in the harbour and the dark , massive mountains behind . |
| 27 | There was a moment 's silence and then she went on , ‘ I 've always blamed myself . |
| 28 | And then she went on , ‘ They live in the grounds . |
| 29 | There was an uncomfortable silence for a moment and then she went on , ‘ Is this an example of your research methods ? |
| 30 | And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear . |