Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly she felt nervous , though she fought not to show it . |
| 2 | She fought hard to get him a part-time playgroup place in the group his older brother attended . |
| 3 | Yeah and when she got up to leave he just like patted her on the bum kind of thing and Jess saw it and Jess thought oh he 's trying to make me jealous |
| 4 | Feeling decidedly wary and unsure of herself , she got up to answer it . |
| 5 | She bent over to show me how they tried to eat this dust . |
| 6 | She bent forward to push him away . |
| 7 | As she bent forwards to oblige him , she slipped her knickers down her long shapely legs . |
| 8 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 9 | She tried again to push him away . |
| 10 | She tried again to conjure them up but it was no good : the traffic was too loud and she was too cold . |
| 11 | Aware that Fred was waiting , hoping to change her mind , she tried again to make him see it her way . |
| 12 | She tried not to wish he could go away even though the room was cramping them . |
| 13 | Called to order he was silent for a moment , then resumed his loud comments which disconcerted Therese , however hard she tried not to let them . |
| 14 | She tried not to let it unnerve her . |
| 15 | Virginia did n't really believe all the tales she heard about the witch of Wardle Wood — or , at least , she tried not to believe them . |
| 16 | If Maggie was envious she tried not to show it , but it was hard not to make comparisons . |
| 17 | She tried not to show it , but she was not quick enough for Huy . |
| 18 | She tried surreptitiously to refasten them , to conceal the bare expanse of flesh with the ruff that lay open , and looked away when the movement made him glance round at her . |
| 19 | She tried ineffectually to push him away , desperately trying to remember whether or not she had spoken those fateful words aloud . |
| 20 | She tried hard to hold them back , swallowing on her aching throat . |
| 21 | ‘ She pretended not to see me though , not that I care of course . ’ |
| 22 | Shit , said Liz , she knelt down to unwind it . |
| 23 | And then the church bells began to ring , and she woke up to find it was Christmas morning . |
| 24 | Hers was on the floor by the bedside table — she 'd probably knocked it off when she had a glass of water , or when she took the veronal . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've still got the knife , ’ she said , but she knew she 'd already said it too many times . |
| 26 | For a moment she could n't think what he meant , then she remembered with dismay that she 'd already asked him to join her and Elaine and a few of the island friends they 'd made on the new power-boat Stephen had treated them to as the hotel neared completion . |
| 27 | Knowing full well that a half would be the husband 's , which would be taxable , the other half would also be the wife 's , and would therefore be taxable if she 'd already absorbed her three four four five . |
| 28 | But , as she trailed after him into their own bedroom , leaning against the door while he quickly packed his case , she realised that she 'd already lost him . |
| 29 | ‘ She 'd already invited us before you came down , ’ said Betty . |
| 30 | Oh I 'll pay for mine first and sh she 'd already rung mine through till like , little dickhead . |