Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb past] she [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 What kind of a lecher did she think he was ?
2 Not for a second did she doubt the truth of what he was saying , but to gain time she licked her dry lips and croaked :
3 But but how many hours a day did she work there ?
4 The only reality of the event had been her mother 's reaction , which was silent , grim , and grudging to the last ; not a tear did she shed , and after the funeral , as she turned away from the graveside and started to walk slowly through the cemetery mud she set her mouth in that prophetic way , and straightened her thick body , and then , as she passed a gravestone announcing that death is but a separation , she opened her mouth and said , " Well , he 's gone , and I ca n't say I 'm sorry . "
5 All day she walked , and never a soul did she see , let alone the way to the sea-king 's palace .
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