Example sentences of "she [vb past] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I hope not , ’ Sophie said involuntarily , then flushed as she met the others ' surprised looks .
2 Araminta swung round on him , and Theda looked past her , distress and reproach in her face as she met the lawyer 's eyes .
3 She met the youth 's eyes .
4 She read the star 's altitude off the sextant 's micrometer , and I dutifully jotted down the numbers and the time of day for her .
5 She attacked the Assembly 's president , Alfredo César , for publishing the text of the bill in Chamorro 's own newspaper La Prensa , giving the impression that it was already law .
6 Mrs Stowe was the wife of an ill-paid professor in an Ohio teacher training college and she shared the family 's abolitionist feelings .
7 But the teacher of this lesson wisely does not want it left as ‘ slack ’ as that : she qualified the listener 's contribution by suggesting she should be in role as a friend , colleague or relation .
8 ‘ Well , I 'm a sales girl , now , ’ Melanie thought the day she sold the Noah 's Ark .
9 At the end of the summer she was so hungry she had n't the energy to move further than Paddy 's dilapidated chair and she stitched a baby 's gown from her only decent petticoat .
10 She checked the pilot 's array .
11 Gently she unlocked the child 's fingers from my sleeve .
12 She unlocked the driver 's door , hugged him and quickly climbed inside .
13 She got the lady 's number ? ’
14 She was a bit shaky but she got the children 's breakfast and cleared up Bob 's .
15 She straightened the child 's anorak , and frowned a small frown .
16 She asked the shopkeeper 's name so that she would know to whom to send her servant .
17 A NINE-YEAR-OLD Stockton girl had the time-of-her life when she became the Mayor 's escort for the day .
18 As she passed the Haynes ' cottage , it seemed something was amiss there , too .
19 She passed the cobbler 's shop where Paccy Moore and his sister Bee waved out to her .
20 During a visit to Darlington Memorial Hospital , where she visited the children 's ward , Ms Harman said the Government was starving the NHS of resources while building up the private sector .
21 She caught the barman 's eye and beamed contentedly at his hot red face as he sipped iced water , taking a brief rest .
22 She stroked the child 's hair and Tory , suddenly babyish , held up her arms to be carried .
23 And Norma used to say , I do n't put them to bed with Charlie because they do n't go to sleep , in and out of bed she tried the bed 's .
24 She promised the community 's support and help if indeed the parents and their witnesses had to leave the island .
25 My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good !
26 She found the man 's weakness incomprehensible .
27 She found the wrecker 's yard down an alley just behind the station , about an hour and a half after she had first arrived there on the train .
28 One Guy Fawkes ' night , she found the children 's bedroom window shattered and a half-brick on the floor , so Peter tacked chicken wire across the frame inside .
29 She pronounced the dog 's name with special contempt .
30 She approached the porter 's desk .
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