Example sentences of "she [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She skidded on a little way , then side-slipped back towards him . |
| 2 | Yes , well she goes on the second of July , she has a day at school . |
| 3 | Throughout her life she operated on the fruitful margin that arbitrarily separates the statutory from the voluntary body . |
| 4 | Marie was sure that this was because he did n't want to make his family out as ‘ better ’ than hers : he knew she lived on a scruffy council estate with a bad reputation . |
| 5 | She lived on an emotional see-saw , her jealousy matched by a sublime devotion to Charles . |
| 6 | She lived on the other side of Chelmsford and Alice took Catherine there in the carrying cot on the bus . |
| 7 | She lived on the fifth floor of a pre-war block , and when they went up in the lift she casually passed him her handbag and said , Hold this , and started to take her clothes off . |
| 8 | Her mother had ideas about her going to university , but Sandy knew her limitations ; she planned on a two-year course at a catering college , and had diplomatically said nothing about it yet . |
| 9 | She sits on the only chair in the room , by the night table . |
| 10 | She rode on a great crest of spittle , from one tongue , one watery taste , to another . |
| 11 | So too was Maud , the daughter of Holroyd Smith , who later recalled that auspicious day she rode on the top deck of car 5 after the opening ceremony and played with the chain of ‘ a very jolly Mayor ’ who sat next to her . |
| 12 | ‘ What happened to your other horse ? ’ she asked on a sudden impulse . |
| 13 | ‘ Promises ! ’ she exclaimed on a loving laugh , and thereafter put herself out to be the epitome of all she thought he would most dislike in a woman , shyly calling him darling whenever she had the chance . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , Leo , ’ she exclaimed on a husky little laugh , ‘ I ca n't believe this is happening ! |
| 15 | President Marjorie Clarke expressed pleasure at seeing Kay Hampton back after her recent illness and she reported on the good progress being made by Sue Rankin and Miss Elliott who had also been ill . |
| 16 | She sucked on the joint and put her head back . |
| 17 | The figure is Sien , painfully stripped naked , her bony shanks drawn up as she squats on a sawn-off dead tree stump . |
| 18 | In Biba she tried on a black , floppy hat and a midi-dress , and they browsed among tasselled lampshades and satin sheets ; but neither of them bought anything . |
| 19 | Reaching Blairgowrie , the small town nearest the slopes of Glenshee , Shannon stopped to collect the ski equipment she 'd hired in advance , feeling patently ridiculous as she tried on the heavy boots for size . |
| 20 | She concentrated on the culinary . |
| 21 | She concentrated on the interior doorhandles of the cab and changed their design several times , just for practice , then smoothed them out entirely . |
| 22 | She went steadily on , from foothold to foothold , only stopping to peel off her glove now and then and push a finger into the wet fringed mouth of a sea-anemone , but mostly she concentrated on the next step , the next handhold , with the sea on one side of her , the swell of grassy land the other . |
| 23 | She knelt on the greasy bed , feeling like something out of the Arabian Nights , and laughed when he pushed her backwards into the pool of oil . |
| 24 | She knelt on the cold stone floor and carefully placed some coals on the dying embers in the grate . |
| 25 | She did n't know how long she knelt on the cold floor with her mother still and silent in her arms . |
| 26 | She knelt on the tufted rebellious grass and closed her eyes . |
| 27 | ‘ Really and truly , ’ Laura told them both firmly , heedless of her smart dress and shoes as she knelt on the damp sand , her arms placed warmly about their two anxious figures . |
| 28 | ‘ Please , Naylor ! ’ she erupted on a panicky breath , and , when he hesitated and stared into her alarmed green eyes , ‘ Please d-do n't , ’ she stammered . |
| 29 | she stopped on the bottom stair and pressed taut fingers to her throbbing temples . |
| 30 | She stopped on the third step , and looked back at Pete . |