Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She skidded to a halt , threw her leg over the saddle as though dismounting from a charger , and began to harangue Hugh in words he did n't understand . |
| 2 | ‘ That was n't fair ! ’ she laughed as she skidded to a halt in the yard . |
| 3 | ‘ You met her here , did n't you ? ’ she whispered with a stab of insight . |
| 4 | ‘ I do not like … ’ she whispered in a voice so quiet that it brought both of them lower in their cages to get nearer to her , the argument between them forgotten , ‘ … |
| 5 | ‘ I — I do n't know what you 're talking about , ’ she whispered after a moment . |
| 6 | ‘ No , ’ she admitted in a whisper . |
| 7 | Banned from seeing her six-month-old baby after being charged with assaulting the child in her cot at a London hospital , yesterday she failed in a bid to win supervised access . |
| 8 | Going into the hall , she flung on a coat , pocketed the keys lying on the silver salver , and let herself out into the night . |
| 9 | Most of the daughters ( except Rose , who lost an eye ) soon married , but Minnie 's marriage to Abe Greenbaum came to an abrupt end when she did a ‘ bunk with Claud ’ — a doctor she met on a visit to London . |
| 10 | She read for a while , trying to close her mind to the sounds from the galley , the picture of Fen enjoying his supper and — simply — any pictures of Fen at all . |
| 11 | A woman who caused a row when she applied for a teaching job under a false identity has now joined the debate over children 's reading . |
| 12 | Annis Garfield , caused a major row 2 years ago when she applied for a teaching post under a false name and was offered an interview , despite her application being littered with spelling mistakes . |
| 13 | She applied for a grant , and in , er in career , it says like , |
| 14 | Because of illness , Allitt 's period of training was extended but she qualified as a State Enrolled Nurse in late 1990 . |
| 15 | Whatever it was , it was n't what she expected from a man . |
| 16 | The debate as to whether this institutional framework exercised a determining ( ideological ) influence on film output has been an ongoing one , but the importance of Claire Johnston 's contribution to it in the mid seventies is that she argued for a reading of Hollywood entertainment films which made a space for ‘ collective fantasies of women 's desire ’ . |
| 17 | Her looks were sufficiently unusual to attract a second glance in spite of an aloof and rather intimidating expression which she cultivated as a form of defence against being the recipient of too much male attention . |
| 18 | A JURY in Los Angeles yesterday ordered the actress Kim Basinger to pay Main Line Pictures $8.9 million , ( around £6 million ) finding that she reneged on a contract to play the leading role in the film Boxing Helena . |
| 19 | She laid on a team of maids and cleaners . |
| 20 | In a shelter under London , while bombs exploded overhead , she coupled in a frenzy with a dead-faced young woman . |
| 21 | Alison Berry describes how she cared for a patient with a difficult leg wound in the community |
| 22 | She fought for a separation … and her wish was granted . |
| 23 | Tiny though she was compared with her assailant , she fought like a wildcat . |
| 24 | She expanded like a plant turned to the sun ; she flourished and was gay . |
| 25 | Because her only defence was to turn him against her , she realised with a pang of sorrow . |
| 26 | She had n't actually intended to go in , but the window display caught her eye and , without thinking , she wandered in , to look , certainly not to buy , until she realised with a pang of guilt , as she gazed at the racks of colourful fashions , that everything in her wardrobe must be hopelessly out of date . |
| 27 | There was even , she realised with a sense of unreality , a fountain playing in the pool at the centre of the design . |
| 28 | Telling Dane about her past had removed a massive weight from her shoulders , she realised with a sense of wonder and gratitude . |
| 29 | He could n't have been more than five years old , she realised with a sense of shock . |
| 30 | She realised with a shock what a mystery her children were to her , and what a mystery she must seem to them . |