Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , Leonard can only recall a volume of the Russian writer Gogol on her shelf , by which she presumably kept in touch with her own more distant — if painful — affiliations , though influencing Leonard , perhaps , unconsciously , with Gogol 's sense of fantasy and comic genius — as well as his need to travel . ) |
| 2 | The patient described by Boustany et al had a cytochrome c oxidase deficiency and a long illness before she eventually died of peritonitis . |
| 3 | Restored in 1960 for the Temora Aero Club she eventually fell into disuse and was sold to Ray Windred of Dungong , New South Wales , as a basket case . |
| 4 | She eventually fell in love with a lawyer , but her father objected to this match . |
| 5 | But when she eventually went to bed after a leisurely supper sleep proved elusive . |
| 6 | She eventually emerged to applause , chatted awhile , waved and was gone . |
| 7 | She long acted as examiner in geography for various institutions , and her influence on the training of the next generation of students of geography was substantial . |
| 8 | Forever on the move , meeting new faces , constantly in demand socially whenever she was off duty , Liza Tremayne found that there were longer and longer periods between the days when she still suffered black despair over the thought that she would never again see the man she so resembled in character and who had given her , had she known it , more love than he had ever bestowed upon any other woman . |
| 9 | Ever since she had come to Norfolk the skies had been grey , and she suddenly longed for warmth . |
| 10 | ‘ They have a leprechaun hunt ! ’ she suddenly exclaimed in delight . |
| 11 | Leonie Gadd was 20 when she died … she literally starved to death . |
| 12 | At six o'clock the next morning she finally fell in front of the door of the workhouse , and the people there took her in . |
| 13 | A long time later she finally drifted into sleep . |
| 14 | But the tumour continued to grow and she finally opted for surgery and chemotherapy . |
| 15 | After overhearing comments surrounding Toni 's gender and nationality — by fellow Americans , I was relieved when she finally appeared on stage at 9.15pm . |
| 16 | She soon fell in love with someone else , also about nine years older than herself , who seemed very keen and wanted to marry her . |
| 17 | He heard the Direktor calling them back to work again , and he crossed to Ingrid who was nervously studying her score , her lips moving as yet again she went over the part she already knew in minute detail . |
| 18 | ‘ Ca n't or wo n't ? ’ he queried grimly , but she just shrugged in defeat . |
| 19 | For a long time , she just stood in front of the box , petrified . |
| 20 | I really had thought she would go berserk , but she just trembled from head to toe , and was only calmed slightly by the sound of my voice . |
| 21 | There she quickly settled into school life and although she claims to have been ‘ very shy ’ made lots of friends and impressed the staff with her helpfulness and charm . |
| 22 | It was a genuine emergency — the nurse from the village had put the patient on a couch in the examining-room , and she quickly explained in Spanish what had happened . |
| 23 | She always felt at home here . |
| 24 | Sybille , who witnessed Laura 's behaviour with journalists , believed she always felt under attack by the English press . |
| 25 | She had thin , brittle , permed hair , and , under the blue and white checked overall she always wore for work , her legs were stringy and knotted with varicose veins . |
| 26 | Harriet pushed back the cuff of her ski jacket and glanced at her watch — the clear faced leather-strapped Patek Philippe man 's watch that she always wore in preference to the elegant Cartier her father had given her , unless of course circumstances forced her into an evening gown . |
| 27 | She was attracted by the privation of the life , which she always linked with virtue , and she liked its sexual freedom . |
| 28 | ‘ Passion 's prisoners , ’ she offered with acid amusement but none of the simple pleasure she usually took in alliteration . |
| 29 | Her massy hair , which she usually plaited at night or at least tied back , was all over the pillow and herself and him , covering his shoulders as well as her own . |
| 30 | Her head broke the surface and she gratefully gulped in air . |