Example sentences of "she [vb past] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Travelling on a mission trip sponsored by the Cottage Hill Baptist Church , she helped distribute 35,000 Bibles in Moscow and attended church services .
2 By the time she dared take another look — this time squinting through almost closed eyes — the star 's appearance had completely changed .
3 ’ That neither did she , but she did expect common civility . ’
4 But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him .
5 But she did make one request .
6 She did commit these assaults .
7 She did do some sewing at school did n't she ?
8 Yes , she did say last time one of her friends would like the job .
9 Well she did work full time in London , but she said that was to much for her so she 's , she did n't work at all , now she 's gone back to work three days a week in Orpington I think .
10 No formal or academic qualifications were required for this , and she did get some training .
11 Perhaps she did buy that picture because it is concerned with loneliness , with " the contemplation of time passing without meaning " , " 1 and moved then , momentarily , hesitantly , towards all the other lost travellers .
12 She did rub one melanoma causing it to weep but we did n't panic just kept it very clean and it healed perfectly .
13 Katherine liked to believe that she was n't vindictive , but she did have certain rules , certain standards , both for her house and her business , and one of the reasons she had been so successful both in Dublin and now in London , was because she applied those rules rigorously .
14 She was n't going to give her smiles away — not till she 'd fixed her position , and certainly not to an ugly pock-marked thing like Miss Phoebe with her beaky nose and whiskery chin … though she did have nice eyes .
15 According to Aubrey , Madeleine was still unattached , even if she did have that army officer dancing attendance on her .
16 She did have that allergy in her eyes .
17 One rainy morning , she did see some cowboys , though no horses .
18 She did not reflect that only a few weeks ago she would have thought it impossible that she could have lived the life of a servant , let alone bear eating and drinking in the den in which Rose and her ma lived , but she did know one thing — she would never take her comfortable life for granted again .
19 But she did know one thing .
20 She 'd rather be seen as hopelessly naïve , and she voiced her feelings , suddenly not caring if she did seem that way .
21 She did dope all afternoon , spaced out to Nina Simone and Marvin Gaye — why was there no one better to wank to than Marvin Gaye ? — and decided : OK , LADY , IF WE 'RE WORKING , LET'S WORK !
22 However , she did need professional help .
23 Although an unhappy liaison with Rodin consumed much of her attention during the next several years , she did produce many drawings , among them most of her famous cat studies , and at least a dozen paintings .
24 She did , she did come this morning , but er then had a message that she 'd gone home .
25 right , she did take that book with her , did n't she ?
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