Example sentences of "and she give [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Her eyes darted round the club as though seeking an escape route and she gave a hollow groan . |
2 | Her tears were easing and she gave a long gurgling sniff , reaching , it seemed , deep into her empty body . |
3 | The sobs were uncontrollable and she gave a long piteous cry . |
4 | They went out quietly and she gave a long sigh of relief . |
5 | The door was opened beside her and she gave a nervous start . |
6 | At last her conscience won out and she gave a tiny sigh , wishing not for the first time that she could , just occasionally , be a touch more ruthless . |
7 | And Preston sat there beside her , patting her ineffectually on the shoulder , saying , ‘ It 's all right , it 's all right , really , it 's all right , ’ until finally the sobbing stopped , too , and her eyes closed and she gave a great , shuddering sigh and slept . |
8 | And she gave a grotesque wink . |
9 | And she gave a faint smile , reassured . |
10 | 4472 Flying Scotsman was the steam locomotive hauling the train and she gave a superb performance over the Settle and Carlisle line . |
11 | ‘ We showed her that videofit you issued , she said it was him , and she gave a good description of the lorry . |
12 | Then her innate honesty forced her to realise he was probably speaking no more than the truth , and she gave a single reluctant nod . |
13 | But midges — ’ and she gave a shudder-'this August in Scotland . |
14 | He came a step closer and she gave a shaky laugh . |
15 | She was too busy holding her aching face and she gave a soft murmur of pain as she drew her dressing-gown closely around her . |
16 | Her lips twisted and she gave a croaking laugh . |
17 | Laura 's normally warm , full lips tightened in pain , and she gave a heavy sigh as she recalled Liz 's pale , wan face , so terribly bruised and cut when she 'd visited her cousin in the hospital this morning . |
18 | He told Mrs Heatherton his mother 's maiden name , and she gave a little grimace which in anyone else might have been a smile . |
19 | Failing that , and she gave a little giggle , Rosalba 's face was such a picture of attention , at the Assumption . |
20 | The implications began to whirl around her head , and she gave a little groan . |
21 | But when she looked at it more closely , the blood rushed from her face and she gave a little gasp of incredulous horror . |
22 | His hair , longer than her own , was dripping down his face and neck , and she gave a little smile . |
23 | The touch of his lips on hers was gentle , slow , deliberate , and she gave a little sigh of satisfaction . |
24 | Their slogan was Plays Anytime Anywhere , and she gave a vivid description of playing in air-raid shelters , in the stables of grand houses , and to Welsh miners . |
25 | ‘ You miss them , do n't you ? ’ he asked gently , and she gave an unhappy little nod . |
26 | It was even hotter than she expected , and she gave an involuntary yelp . |
27 | She tried to short-circuit the impact on her senses , but there was a blow like a mule-kick to her stomach and she gave an involuntary gasp . |
28 | She tried to grin back at him , but suddenly , unaccountably , her teeth were chattering and she gave an enormous , involuntary shudder . |
29 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |
30 | And she gives a complex , psychoanalytically-influenced account of her male identification and its effects : ‘ I had … contributed towards making an object of myself and other women . |