Example sentences of "she [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Is she perhaps a sacrificial victim ?
2 But , like , you know , he says the way it struck her one minute , you know , she just a mild cold and next minute , he said the next she 's so bad !
3 And was she now an absolute stranger again ?
4 To her right the blind yellowstone wall of another tall building rose majestically — a perfect backdrop for the dozen or so pink-clothed tables , laid for morning coffee , their pristine china no whiter than the latticed chairs which surrounded them .
5 On her right the green meadow was full of cows .
6 Maggie now beckoned him towards her , and some what reluctantly he followed her along a short passage and into a long sun-lit kitchen , where a woman was standing at a wooden table mixing some ingredients in a bowl .
7 She had no problem in finding the turning which led her along an unadopted road for half a mile before she drove through open gates up a steeply ascending drive past lawns on several different levels until she finally reached a gravelled circle in front of Penry 's house .
8 Her mother had checked on her only a few minutes earlier , and found her sleeping soundly .
9 Juliet felt quite pleased about this ; the girl was her own age , twenty , and , although she 'd seen her only a few times , she felt drawn to her cheerful , intelligent personality .
10 The village boys had caught the cassowary that morning , coming on her suddenly in the bush and chasing her down a long slope .
11 They followed her down a narrow passage and into the sunshine beyond .
12 Silas appeared to be deep in thought , while Lucy sat wrapped in a gloom which sent her down a dark tunnel to the depths of depression .
13 His hand beneath her elbow , Michele directed her down a short flight of steps to a central sunken garden where Neptune , brandishing a trident , guarded a splashing fountain .
14 and you go with her down the unlit hall
15 The Palmers have been promised a back door ramp to get Mrs Palmer into the garden in case of fire , but no ramp to get her down the 5 garden steps into the street .
16 I shadowed her down the tapering passage , all its planes carpet-covered , like four floors .
17 Finn helped her over a fallen-tree stump blooming with yellow fungus .
18 ‘ Maureen told me to give her just a small dose , and I did , ’ she said .
19 Maybe Ferryman 's question , screamingly obvious as it was , would appear to her just a stupid blunder from a big soft lad with less brains than an ant .
20 A huge , icing-covered cake with a welcome-home message from airport staff greeted the plucky youngster on her arrival and she quickly tucked into the tasty treat — something that would have been impossible for her just a few months ago .
21 As he began to carry her away a half-formed thought , a prickle of awareness , came from her subconscious .
22 To give Perdita a break , Luke took her away the following Saturday to see a high goal match at the famous Hurlingham Club which left her speechless with wonder , then on to Buenos Aires to an English production of The Merchant of Venice throughout most of which she slept .
23 Mrs Shelley was found with serious head injuries , from which she later died , in her home the following day .
24 When her mother died Constance had turned slightly vegetarian and announced that she would never have any children since her mum had had ten and put her off the whole idea , and she gave away the chickens .
25 But you must see that she says her prayers at night , Antoinette exclaimed : how else can you bring her up a good Catholic ?
26 Halfway along the path , I lift her up a second time .
27 Do you know she said she was n't coming to our wedding right up to the last moment , and when she did consent to come she behaved as if all the guests on my side were mud beneath her feet , though our family 's always been very well thought of around here , as I 'm sure you know , and my father could have bought her up a hundred times and not noticed the difference , and what was her father in New Zealand I wonder , some sheep dipper or other I would n't mind betting — you know the type that went to the colonies then — or perhaps he was a convict ! ’
28 ‘ I 'd always been good with a sewing machine , ’ she says , ‘ so a kindly neighbour asked me to run her up a few silk separates for the summer holidays .
29 Moments later he had led her up a short stairway , through the heavily bolted door at the top , and out of the building , and Isabel had recognised the alley leading to the wash-houses and pressing-rooms , which lay between the towering keep and the curtain wall .
30 He wrapped her in a scarlet blanket , and carried her up the outside area steps .
  Next page