Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Butterfield 8 ’ she read out in a clear , schoolmarm voice . |
| 2 | She made off along a long marble-floored corridor . |
| 3 | She stalked off like a scarecrow in a rage . |
| 4 | She lived in as a bride . |
| 5 | She checked about for a likely place of shelter . |
| 6 | She got up with a sigh . |
| 7 | She got off to a bad start on the streets as the child of Bruno Bonney , convicted pimp , pusher , armed robber and bilko artist . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she got out after a painful silence . |
| 9 | She straightened up with a smile . |
| 10 | Erm mm I ca n't remember , Alan and Josie 's daughter down the road , erm she passed out as a nurse from Queens a while ago and you know what students are in general , nurses in particular , there was , you would expect , one hell of a party when the exam results were public what came out of the the party was when she got a job as a nurse . |
| 11 | Sobbing and screaming , she thrashed about like a woman possessed . |
| 12 | The vaguely fluttering nerves suddenly crystallised themselves into a hard painful little knot in her stomach and she bent over with a groan . |
| 13 | ‘ About time she helped out like a dutiful daughter . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The worm ! ’ she shouted out in a hoarse voice that was still barely her own . |
| 15 | Satisfied with this flimsy explanation for the time being , she moved on to a more intimate subject : herself . |
| 16 | The custom of cleaning the close had been explained to Madge on the day she moved in by a small woman carrying a metal pail and a large card . |
| 17 | She moved out for a while , but carried on cleaning for her ; and then when she married , she moved back in again , and had her first child there . |
| 18 | That happened to Catherine Lane when she moved out of a London flat . |
| 19 | At first she managed from their home up in Yorkshire ; later , as the pace grew more hectic , she moved down to a suite at the Adelaide in London . |
| 20 | In Sargent [ 1990 ] The Guardian , 3 July , Boreham J at Leeds Crown Court is reported as saying : " You were so negligent as to be reckless as to this woman 's welfare " , by pumping so much oxygen into her during an operation that she swelled up like a Michelin man . |
| 21 | Marion 's legs collapsed under her ; she sank down on a rock , and wept . |
| 22 | She sank down into a chair and watched as Craig knelt before the fire , building it back into a glowing warmth . |
| 23 | When the carriage was out of sight , she sank down into a chair and put her hands over her face . |
| 24 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 25 | She turned in , then felt her nerves flutter as she drew up before a timber-built single-storeyed house which was backed by several small chalet-type huts , while behind them were numerous sheds . |
| 26 | You 're not overtaking again ? ’ he protested , as she drew out beyond a cattle lorry . |
| 27 | She woke up with a little start , wiping the corner of her mouth with her hand . |
| 28 | Luckily she had walked , or tottered , in the right direction , and after days which she could no longer recall , sleeping in barns and eating raw eggs when she could find them , she woke up in a Red Cross Hospital . |
| 29 | She tiptoed out with a blanket and tucked it around him . |
| 30 | As she flopped down in a corner seat , Constance looked at the man pushing her case on to the rack opposite . |