Example sentences of "she [vb past] it [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To teach herself to handle thought , she made it a practise never to permit herself to touch a brush until she could answer these questions , in writing , in the fewest possible words : ‘ What attracted me to this subject ? ’ 'Why do I want to paint it ? ’ 'What is the thing I am trying to express ? ’ |
| 2 | She made it a point to tell people as little about herself as possible . |
| 3 | As she passed it a car swung through the big yellow gates ; a cream-coloured car driven by a girl of about Breeze 's own age , or perhaps older . |
| 4 | The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being . |
| 5 | Yet , perversely , she found it a relief that he kept his distance . |
| 6 | When her attention returned to Wycliffe it was almost as though she found it an effort to recall what they were talking about . |
| 7 | When she found it the scene was stark . |
| 8 | She reached for her pen and dipped it into the well so fiercely that when she lifted it a blot fell across the page . |
| 9 | When the door quietly swung to , she paid it no mind . |
| 10 | She collected it a week later ? |
| 11 | The dress ( the dress , because as I said she wore it every night ) was full length . |
| 12 | She wore it a couple of times , then her husband changed allegiance and went to another make of vintage car ! |
| 13 | She thought it a mite expensive , but it looked a respectable place , and Mrs Taylor had been sympathetic about Grandfather . |
| 14 | Erika 's assent was less than whole-hearted , for , although she was proud of the care the State was lavishing on the old buildings , and although , in fact , she preferred this part of the city , she felt it a duty to defend the crude and blatant concrete of the post-war Berlin . |
| 15 | She had not long returned to her room however , when her telephone rang , and when she answered it the sun came out . |
| 16 | She bought it a year ago and recalls that it cost a great deal of money . |
| 17 | It was the long way round , but she did it every day . |
| 18 | She gave it the strings of her voice which it swallowed |
| 19 | She gave it the liquorice of her mouth it began to thrive |
| 20 | She gave it the steadiness of her hand |
| 21 | She said it the way judges passed sentence at Nuremberg . |
| 22 | Although even as she said it the thought rushed through her mind that that was exactly what she was doing now . |
| 23 | A small boy gave her his wooden sword and she brandished it the way he had shown her . |
| 24 | She considered it an impertinence to come between a reader and her literary taste . |
| 25 | BELVILLE : [ aside ] The bewitching girl every day rose in her charms upon me and I could not help entertaining a jealousy that she was writing to somebody who stood well in her opinion , and my feelings for her made it a sweetheart , of course . |