Example sentences of "she [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't she just like a lovely little mouse , so sweet you could eat her ? ’ |
| 2 | She maybe in a desperate hurry ! |
| 3 | He sketched her deftly in a few minutes . |
| 4 | He looked at her thoughtfully for a long moment before nodding . |
| 5 | And she stared too at her own friends , who appeared to her suddenly in a new light , laughing and fiddling with their luggage labels , and casting their eyes around them as though unbalanced by the sudden variety of choice . |
| 6 | I bet Stuart sees her basically as a good little shopper . |
| 7 | Dulé leaned to look at the dark husk that was the old woman 's body ; shadows bound the close air inside the room and he could see her only as a lighter shape . |
| 8 | In a fairy-tale scene he kisses her and she becomes beautiful , but after their betrothal she confesses her past sins and the weakness of her nature , imploring Leo to love her only in a spiritual sense . |
| 9 | He hunkered down beside her just as a flaming beam from the ceiling crashed to the ground only inches away . |
| 10 | He was in his fifties — the only child had been a late arrival — but he exuded physical wellbeing and self-confidence , reminding her somehow of a well-dressed bull . |
| 11 | It was n't an amused smile , but it was one that sent her away at a brisk and confident walk towards the house , and with a gratifying sense of being respected and appreciated . |
| 12 | Clear of the mooring , I felt the tide , not much yet , for the ebb had not long started , but enough to grip Joanna and carry her seawards in a strong , invisible hand . |
| 13 | He would find it easy to allow that attraction to grow and take what he wanted from her , then cast her aside without a second thought . |
| 14 | When the revolt collapsed and Judith was released , Charles rode out with his uncle Drogo bishop of Metz to escort her home to a ceremonial reception at Aachen in February 831 . |
| 15 | So Anabelle made her home under a lilac bush in Sergeant 's garden . |
| 16 | She had solved his problem with Ana , belonged to him , and he had looked at her deeply with a great deal of affection . |
| 17 | ‘ Cut it out , Maria , ’ he ordered her curtly after a few seconds in which he seemed to hold his breath . |
| 18 | When she discovered that he had called her repeatedly on a mobile phone she flew into a rage . |
| 19 | And he thrust her briskly into a small , book-lined room , and himself went on along a passage to the hall and the telephone , leaving the door open between them . |
| 20 | He was kissing her now with a delicate urgency , her cheeks and temples , her closed eyelids and long , slender throat . |
| 21 | SEXY singer Anita Dels had to be rescued by security guards after fans tried to drag her offstage during a packed gig . |
| 22 | I would sit with her often for a whole hour , she with her feet up on the sofa , resting . |
| 23 | Of course he would n't kiss her here in a crowded hotel foyer . |
| 24 | Lorimer eyed her intently for a few moments . |
| 25 | The Doctor stared at her silently for a few seconds . |
| 26 | ‘ I took her there for a last relaxing evening before we threw ourselves into the election campaign . |
| 27 | Could it be that her mother sent her there with a hot pie or pasty for her father ? |
| 28 | The children pulled her irresistibly into a large square room at the back of the house whose floor was covered with a threadbare brown carpet . |
| 29 | He looked at her then in a strange and thoughtful way , and she felt it was with approval . |
| 30 | He watched her closely for a long time but there was no further flicker of consciousness . |