Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | as if to make up for the early deaths of her sisters , she lived to a ripe old age , dying in the Almshouses at Dorking on 4 November 1855 , aged eighty-seven . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | She was probably not born into the wild , but she lived as a feral dog . |
| 34 | She lived in a one-bedroom flat in St George 's Place as you may know those council flats . |
| 35 | She lived in a one-bedroomed flat , four floors up in a tower block . |
| 36 | She lived in a thirties block |
| 37 | She lived in a small house near ours and seemed very old to me ; but that was many years ago . |
| 38 | She lived in a top flat ‘ up a hell of a lot of stairs , and she used to have a parrot on top of the stairs . ’ |
| 39 | She lived in a big old tenement block . |
| 40 | She lived in a big house in what they called the stockbroker belt , she had healthy and good-looking children , they took two holidays every year . |
| 41 | Cos her sons had got married and she lived in a little bu flat , bungalow rather . |
| 42 | Mr Barker said he had n't insisted that the customer should produce a banker 's card because she lived within a few doors of the shop . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | ‘ Just had a load of muck delivered , ’ she announced with a complacent nod in the direction of a sinister-looking mound at the bottom of her vegetable patch . |
| 45 | ‘ We 're closed , ’ she announced in a frosty tone . |
| 46 | When she finally reached the top she agreed with a young couple from Leeds that it was worth it for the view , which was stupendous in spite of a slight heat haze that hung in the air . |
| 47 | ‘ No , not Suzie , ’ she agreed with a small humourless smile . |
| 48 | ‘ No , ’ she agreed with a puzzled frown . |
| 49 | ‘ No , it 's not a crime , ’ she agreed with a bitter little laugh . |
| 50 | ‘ Yes ! ’ she agreed in a high voice . |
| 51 | ‘ Do n't be so … patronising , ’ she countered in a low , angry voice . |
| 52 | ‘ You talk with all the … the typical arrogance of the male ! ’ she countered in a choked voice . |
| 53 | It was n't until she got within a few yards of him that he realized it was Maisie . |
| 54 | She rode on a great crest of spittle , from one tongue , one watery taste , to another . |
| 55 | She registered of a sudden that she was bitterly cold . |
| 56 | She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan . |
| 57 | She asked for a second helping of spinach . |
| 58 | Last year she asked for a big French dictionary for her birthday . ’ |
| 59 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 60 | ‘ Did you ever interview the American President ? ’ she asked with a slight smile . |