Example sentences of "of [noun sg] she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course she had the pan on |
| 2 | Of course she knew the eyes had already assessed , swiftly categorising her purely on this evening 's evidence : a silly , empty-headed girl who did n't know any better . |
| 3 | Of course she recognized the author to whom I referred as Ivy Compton-Burnett , who was not then ( 1948 ) so extensively known as she soon was to be . |
| 4 | In that moment of fear she remembered the Brownie Guide Law , which points out that ‘ a Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself and does a good turn every day . ’ |
| 5 | Over a cup of tea she regaled the old lady with the story of her son and grandchild saving the wounded squirrel , and , leaving her to pass it on to her companions , she drove back to the surgery . |
| 6 | She did what she could with her tousled mass of auburn curls , but when she twisted it into its usual topknot the starkness of the style served only to emphasise the weariness in her wide-set eyes , and with a little mutter of disgust she let the curls fall again , tumbling about her shoulders in riotous abandon . |
| 7 | With a sigh of satisfation she drained the last of her soup from the Thermos cup and chewed the remaining scrap of bread and cheese . |
| 8 | ‘ Get a sample for analysis , please , ’ Kathleen instructed crossly , and with economy of movement she drained the tube , refilled it and flushed several times until the water was clear , and then withdrew the tube . |
| 9 | In her book Texts of Terror she considers the stories of four women of the Hebrew scriptures who are subjected to terror ; rape , murder and dismemberment at the hands of men . |
| 10 | Under the black splodge of ink she drew the neck and shoulders , then the severe , aloof posture of the woman she despised . |
| 11 | When he was out of sight she crossed the great court to the gatehouse , passed by the open door apparently without a glance , and stood for some minutes in the gateway , looking along the Foregate , before turning back towards the guesthouse . |
| 12 | When the car was out of sight she shut the door and went back into the warmth of the lounge . |
| 13 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
| 14 | And Norma used to say , I do n't put them to bed with Charlie because they do n't go to sleep , in and out of bed she tried the bed 's . |
| 15 | And with a sigh of relief she noticed the red car continue straight on along the road behind her . |
| 16 | With an ashamed feeling of relief she heard the clop-clop of a horse . |
| 17 | On the borders of sleep she heard the sluff of the box being pushed to her bedside . |
| 18 | She grasped the table , trying to stand up , slipped and grabbed wildly at the cloth , sending plates , glasses , wine bottle , crashing to the ground , and then with an inner groan of dismay she watched the stone terrace rush abruptly towards her face before everything went dark . |