Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She admitted she suffered some gentle ribbing when she first joined the all-male contingent but was now accepted as a member of the team . |
| 2 | For a moment her heart caught in her throat , but then she realised he had brief , dark swimming-trunks on . |
| 3 | She realised she sounded elated . |
| 4 | What distressed her most was that she began to find herself liking the woman , with whom she realized she had much in common . |
| 5 | It 's only cos she mentioned she wanted some bread . |
| 6 | Looking up in surprise , she found he had one eyebrow raised as though waiting for her to make some sarcastic comment , which successfully ensured that she did n't do any such thing . |
| 7 | But in Tom 's room , when Peter had poured the wine into two mugs and an inch into a glass for her and she had tasted it , she found she liked this wine that had a taste of how elderflowers smell , reversed her decision and asked him to do as he had offered and fill her glass . |
| 8 | As she ate she cast worried glances up towards the cupboard by the stove , where lay a small sack of potato crisps , some Liquorice Allsorts and two packets of biscuits . |
| 9 | ‘ And when she noticed I had two other children with me she laughed and said she knew what a handful they could be . ’ |
| 10 | She wrinkled her freckled teenage nose . |
| 11 | When she walked she moved each hip separately , like a gunslinger moving towards an opponent down Main Street . |
| 12 | When she found a lot more shoots in different places , she decided they needed more air and light , so she began to pull out the thick grass around them . |
| 13 | But now she decided she detested this man . |
| 14 | Lotta had always hated it , but now she decided she wanted that too . ’ |
| 15 | It began when she decided she needed new curtains for her front room . |
| 16 | One said last week : ‘ She 's such a sweet person that one day when she thought we looked tired and hungry she ordered in pizzas . ’ |
| 17 | As she uttered these words she thought they sounded snide and insinuating , sarcastic even , though she had not meant them like that . |
| 18 | " When I sent photographs to my sister in Canada , she thought it looked beautiful . " |
| 19 | She thought she looked better , but somehow naked . |
| 20 | It was obvious that they , too , had realised what a professional job it was , something reflected in their searching questions as to whether she thought she had any enemies . |
| 21 | It took a little under an hour , and when , at his instruction , she pulled up outside a small , dark cottage she thought she felt sick . |
| 22 | She thought he seemed sadder and older and somehow lonely . |
| 23 | She thought he welcomed some time alone . |
| 24 | She thought he put all to the test |
| 25 | She thought he appeared nervous as he wound down the window . |
| 26 | She made a lot of conventional noises , of course ; she had to because you ca n't have Rose and Grace getting any sillier than they are already and they might have taken it into their heads to copy you , but I could see she thought you had real spirit . |
| 27 | She knew they had different fathers and she knew that in each case there was only a certain number of possibilities , but beyond that all was obscure . |
| 28 | Even as the words left her lips she knew they sounded ridiculous . |
| 29 | Attired in the peach gown , she knew she looked well , but she felt thoroughly disadvantaged by the long years without usage of social graces . |
| 30 | She knew she looked better in her skirt and jersey , but she had not the courage to wear them . |