Example sentences of "she [vb past] [vb pp] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would never have had the kind of success she 's had , with Broadway and so on , if she 'd stayed at home in England waiting to be asked . |
| 2 | He should have sent the child to me from the moment she could feed herself , Roirbak thought , sure Ari had been contaminated and spoiled by the life she 'd led at Taler 's Bump . |
| 3 | Mal worked in Boots ; friends she 'd entertained at home suggested she 'd do better dispensing authentic grub to a wider circle . |
| 4 | ‘ Fine , ’ she replied lightly , and feeling in the need of some excuse , ‘ I had a big lunch , ’ she added , though was having amnesia about what she 'd had at lunchtime . |
| 5 | It was five long years since any man — this man — had intimately touched her like this ; five years in which she 'd held at bay these deep torrents of emotion , which would not now be denied . |
| 6 | She was surprised she had n't noticed the coincidence when she 'd looked at Donna 's file . |
| 7 | It was a dress she 'd bought at Kelly 's urging , even though she 'd been positive she 'd never find occasion to wear it . |
| 8 | Finally she smiled at her image reflected in her mirror , a small bubble of excitement beginning to build inside as she decided whether or not to wear a gilt necklace with a resin pendant by Pellini which she 'd found at Liberty . |
| 9 | She strove to relax : that was the secret she 'd learned at Holmsly Manor . |
| 10 | It was the first lesson she 'd learned at Holmsly Manor . |
| 11 | Had he heard the accusations she 'd thrown at Doreen ? |
| 12 | Three days after the news had been brought to Margaret in Edinburgh she died , and her body was taken to the church she had endowed at Dunfermline . |
| 13 | They were like the boy she had seen at Oak Lodge … |
| 14 | She remained serious about reading all her life , taking pains with her five children 's education and recommending that they read good books , " not some of the trash she had seen at Morrison & Gibb " . |
| 15 | She told him what she had seen at Sandown . |
| 16 | Unmarried , she had lived at Elm Cottage all her life , looking after her parents until they died well into old age . |
| 17 | It was only after she had fainted at tennis that her father took her to a specialist who found that she had an extra vertebra . |
| 18 | Then she was a Cambridge graduate mother of two , married to a successful young American publisher she had met at Cambridge , the future co-founder of Ink , Ed Victor . |
| 19 | She congratulated me , then enquired after Masha , whose absence she had noticed at dinner . |
| 20 | Behind her was the backdrop of green garden foliage , and just out of her reach , on a small coffee-table that she had positioned at Faye 's instruction , stood an enormous vase filled with flowers — all red ones , ranging from deepest crimson to a vibrant vermilion orange . |
| 21 | She had risen at dawn each day , when the sky was still apricot-coloured and swum naked and alone as the sun rose . |
| 22 | All the friends she had made at school were now married . |
| 23 | Only it was so hard to do that , especially when she began looking at the sketches she had made at Kenilworth . |
| 24 | She had the sudden awful desire to yell at Anne , to deny everything she was trying to say ; but how could she , when in truth she had felt at times every one of those things ? |
| 25 | But it was years since she had felt at ease in any store which went back a long way from the street and therefore had no windows through which she could see daylight . |
| 26 | She had stayed at work up to the proper time to get the full benefits and she had felt important enough , leaving to have a baby , for the loneliness to be kept at bay for the time leading up to her last day . |
| 27 | She had stayed at Thomas a while and now this officer was to put her on a stage for home . |
| 28 | She had smarted at Jenny 's accusation the night of the dinner party that she had encouraged Matthew . |
| 29 | Throughout 1802 she had entertained at Merton Place , where she and Sir William and Horatio had a strange ménage à trois , in a lavish style which cost around £65 per week . |
| 30 | ‘ Flick 's made a hit , ’ Gay observed that night , strolling into Breeze 's bedroom clad in the patched pyjamas she had worn at school . |