Example sentences of "and [verb] she [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Robyn summoned up every ounce of strength and hate and found she still did n't have enough to cope with Luke 's overwhelming anger and her migraine all at the same time .
2 What was even more worrying was that she had never cried and even when he remonstrated with her and told her bluntly that their two children were dead and buried she just smiled and turned away .
3 The time had come and Ruth stood up , so nervous and overwrought she nearly dragged the damask tablecloth with her .
4 When Karen Stephens trained as a hairdresser she had to learn more than just the rudiments of cutting and blow-drying/ She also had to tackle the problems of learning how to lip-read in a mirror , as 20-year-old Karen has been deaf all her life .
5 Liz 's education was to take more than three years : she had already decided to specialize in psychiatry , and knew she still had a long journey ahead of her .
6 At one stage she somehow got on to the subject of coal and said she simply did not believe it came from wood .
7 Rosemary came up and said she really enjoyed last night , so , that 's something .
8 Mrs Ullman looked at her toes and said she really did n't know .
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