Example sentences of "and she [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their anomalous behaviour electric arcs seemed to defy Ohm 's Law and she discovered the cause of this . |
| 2 | When she first developed her symptoms the doctors had told her it was ‘ neuritis ’ , and she discovered the diagnosis herself by picking up a magazine article in a cafe . |
| 3 | She looked between his legs , but all was shadow there until he turned towards her and she saw the snake 's head loom . |
| 4 | The blood crust cracked , and she saw the night sky . |
| 5 | Briefly his gaze rested on Rachel and she saw the flicker of uncertainty in his eyes but there was no time for questions . |
| 6 | She saw her aloneness , now loneliness , and she saw the vista of age , which she had never contemplated before . |
| 7 | When he came to the part about the clip he glanced up , and she saw the flare of excitement in his silvery-green eyes before they dropped once again to the page . |
| 8 | It certainly brought the door banging open ; and she was still screaming when his body was lifted from her and she saw the poker coming down towards his head . |
| 9 | He turned from the window , and she saw the mask was back in place . |
| 10 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 11 | Then she remembered someone taking off her nightgown , and a brisk woman in a white starched uniform saying something about going into the theatre — and she saw the doctor again , talking earnestly to a man in a long white gown who was pulling on a pair of rubber gloves … . |
| 12 | He smiled , and she saw the gleam of perfect white teeth . |
| 13 | She contrasted her experience of school physics with university physics , and she saw the distinction as a quantitative/qualitative one . |
| 14 | A mask seemed to fall away from his face , and she saw the torment in his eyes . |
| 15 | He fixed her in a maddened stare and she saw the blood running from his gashed hand . |
| 16 | He turned , and she saw the approval in his face . |
| 17 | A lady traveller on the Exeter express told John Ruskin that she was in the carriage from which Turner put his head out in a rainstorm to record the scene mentally , and she saw the picture at the Royal Academy the next year , in 1844 . |
| 18 | The line drawing faded , and she saw the colours as well as the warmths . |
| 19 | His lips parted a little , and she rubbed the pad of her index finger over the edge of his bottom teeth . |
| 20 | He dropped his hand from her arm and she rubbed the spot resentfully . |
| 21 | Terry Sangwin , the nurse manager for the medical unit , thought staff in the hospital still needed much more information about what would happen , and she feared the planners did n't realise the impact community care might have on acute hospitals . |
| 22 | Standing right on top of her by now , he was preventing her from walking out unless she actually brought herself to push past him , and she feared the follow-up to their slightest physical contact . |
| 23 | My amateur bouillabaisse pleased her and she recalled the docks at Marseilles . |
| 24 | This afternoon , however , she was too much perturbed in her mind to trouble about such things , and she rounded the corner at a run which would have spelt disaster had anyone been coming in the opposite direction . |
| 25 | In exile she expected their first child , having left her husband in Russia ; he was later killed , and she suffered the blow of another death — her own child . |
| 26 | The car slid neatly into its slot , and she cut the engine and opened her door . |
| 27 | His meaning was clear , and she knew the choice before her was a momentous one , one that might change the whole course of her life . |
| 28 | Nicolo 's jaw tightened , and she knew the barb had found its mark . |
| 29 | The desire was pulsing in her veins , but beyond it lay emotion , such dark , intense emotion , and she knew the fight was over . |
| 30 | Ruth wanted to turn and plunge away , to strike out blindly through the water ; but Adam kept hold of her , and she knew the coast here was treacherous — even at full tide there were currents that could sweep you out to sea . |