Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when she got there the ferryman was not around . |
| 2 | Despite her anxiety she registered both the relief that Phoebe should have acted so promptly and a tiny flicker of jealousy , which she quickly quashed . |
| 3 | ‘ Well ? ’ she asked once the door had closed on them . |
| 4 | She provided exactly the kind of professional expertise we required , particularly as I had no training in linguistics . |
| 5 | When she tried again the door gave suddenly as if it had decided of itself to let her in . |
| 6 | Judy Bathurst studied art as a student at Leeds University , but it was not until ten years ago , when she went to live in Tuscany , that she found both the time and the inspiration to develop her talent . |
| 7 | Desperate , she found again the faculty of speech , heard her own voice , familiar , natural , even powerful : ‘ Ah yes , Henrietta . |
| 8 | She drew aside the curtain of a small window and stood back for me to see the picture thus revealed . |
| 9 | The gate handle clicked sharply and she drew aside the lace curtain . |
| 10 | He smiled and lifted his champagne glass to his lips and Ruth expected some sort of challenge thrown out but none came and a strange feeling percolated inside her , almost disappointment , but she shooed away the notion . |
| 11 | There , sitting on comforting mahogany , she ate both the sugar lumps . |
| 12 | In her imagination , when she came home the sun would be shining . |
| 13 | She threw away the explanation , as if she knew he did n't really need it . |
| 14 | In repose , she showed still the strain she had been under , but it was otherwise a new Daisy . |
| 15 | She cut short the compliment . |
| 16 | But she did not hear the sound of the sea , she heard instead the sound of the earth . |
| 17 | She heard only the slap of water against the harbour wall , the occasional cry of a gull . |
| 18 | She heard only the wind conversing with the ice , the dawn thaw , the shush of tiny rocks dragged free by the first-light gale , each one a whisper but so many it was the shout of a breaker on the shore . |
| 19 | But she cherished even the pain that Mark caused her . |
| 20 | With this she knocked away the snow from the lettering — but then found she could n't make out the words in the dark . |
| 21 | She brushed away the dullness that settled itself on her whenever she thought too hard about his death , about the way he had chosen to live parts of his life , the worries that had been there within her , deep below the surface , and forced herself to concentrate on finding the right numbered exit to this magnificent part of Gloucestershire . |
| 22 | She brushed away the tear that she 'd been totally unaware was slowly trickling down her face . |
| 23 | She saw him then , running swiftly towards her , and she pulled aside the fence , squeezing through the gap . |
| 24 | After Johnny disappeared from view around the corner of the house , Cassie wandered disconsolately indoors , realizing that she needed both the bathroom and something to drink.Although she had n't eaten since lunch time , she had no appetite and the thought of food nauseated her . |
| 25 | She took away the tray . |
| 26 | She thought maybe the response was due to people needing to cheer themselves up . |
| 27 | She thought perhaps the baby was very clever : her friends remarked upon how sharp she 'd got since she became pregnant . |
| 28 | Those sausages were a credit to Mother because she knew just the seasoning they required , and we would hang them up in the kitchen for people to eat as they pleased . |
| 29 | She knew exactly the kind of frustration he was referring to … and exactly the closet it had come from ! |
| 30 | Yet , while she was finding him most difficult to forget , the realisation only then struck her that she knew neither the name of the garage that housed her car , nor the place where it was situated ! |