Example sentences of "she [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they pushed her , from one man to another , making her stumble as each man greedily explored her body before shoving her on to the next man . |
| 2 | If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river . |
| 3 | How could they , she thought in sudden sentiment , and the anger carried her on to the next street . |
| 4 | The Cambridge local examinations had only just been opened to girls and her performance in mathematics placed her alone in the first class . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
| 6 | They manhandled her out of the vehicle and through the front doors , down the corridor and into the small , windowless and empty room that had become her home for the last nine hours . |
| 7 | She is already at work on her next disc , but what of that Rodrigo concerto which set her off in the first place ? |
| 8 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 9 | She was being a bit of a weed and in any case I went to cheer her up in the first place . ’ |
| 10 | Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger . |
| 11 | Could that even have been why Branson had invited her back in the first place ? |
| 12 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 13 | He had n't been exactly jumping for joy to have her here in the first place , as she knew very well . |
| 14 | He had wanted her almost from the first moment , and he had loved her for nearly as long . |
| 15 | In 1979 he voted for Margaret Thatcher , backing her again at the last election after a switch to the SDP in 1983 . |
| 16 | I turned again to Ellen , pretty freckled Ellen with her high cheekbones and clever green eyes and flaming hair and mocking smile , and I suddenly wondered whether McIllvanney had spoken to her again in the last week . |