Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] she " in BNC.
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| 31 | For a few yards now she had been aware of a car cruising behind her . |
| 32 | Until a few days ago she had n't even seen a submarine . |
| 33 | She went to a small hospital near the house , and a few days later she died . |
| 34 | He had thought that that would be the last he would hear of her , but a few days later she had sent him her first piece , and he had been so impressed by it that he had printed it and asked her to write more for him . |
| 35 | A few days later she discovered that although the can was CFC-free , it contained other greenhouse gases . |
| 36 | The grateful customer sent Tina a box of chocolates but only a few days earlier she had vowed not to eat any chocolates because of Lent . |
| 37 | A few nights later she went with Maureen to Benediction , and as she glanced at her sister , deep in prayer , Anne was conscious of how much Maureen 's faith meant to her , and how her own well-meant interference might have severed that lifeline for her beloved sister . |
| 38 | A few years ago she was admitted to a mental hospital and drugs kept her in a repressed state . |
| 39 | A few years ago she re-read all of Willa Cather . |
| 40 | The sporting world is full of fairy tales … but if the name of Samantha Raeisi ever reaches the headlines its going to be quite a story … she 's from Swindon … she 's a mum … she 's a model … and a few years ago she was given just a few weeks to live … |
| 41 | A few years ago she might have found this impossible , the old London County Council preferring to keep its heads of schools at a distance without a telephone . |
| 42 | A few years earlier she 'd undergone fertility treatment at the Victoria Hospital in Swindon , and in the light of new research suggesting a possible link between such treatment and premature dementia , her family 's demanding an inquiry . |
| 43 | A few weeks later she fell ill with the ovarian cyst , but the picture was now Lycopodium . |
| 44 | ‘ A few weeks later she came to the church with her mother . |
| 45 | ‘ A few weeks later she came to the church with her mother . |
| 46 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 47 | And then a few weeks ago she told me she 'd been invited to go and see him at his house or ‘ castle ’ as Blufton prefers to call it . ’ |
| 48 | A few weeks ago she would have been looking forward to the show , but it had all fallen flat and she had to scold herself severely before she could whip up any enthusiasm at all . |
| 49 | Just a few weeks ago she fell on a toy brick and sprained her foot badly ! |
| 50 | She did not reflect that only a few weeks ago she would have thought it impossible that she could have lived the life of a servant , let alone bear eating and drinking in the den in which Rose and her ma lived , but she did know one thing — she would never take her comfortable life for granted again . |
| 51 | A few weeks ago she had decided that — in future — her career would provide sufficient fulfilment . |
| 52 | As short a time as a few weeks previously she had been , when not bored , repelled by his music . |
| 53 | I honestly do n't know , when I spoke to her this morning she said she has n't erm for a , for a few weeks now she has n't placed anybody |
| 54 | He smiled directly at her and she smiled back to hide her slight embarrassment at the sexuality in the comment , knowing that a few weeks earlier she would have blushed at it . |
| 55 | A few weeks earlier she had taken maternity leave from the Champion Spark Plugs factory in Upton . |
| 56 | She must have been looking for me because a few seconds later she spotted me and came over . |
| 57 | She fumbled with her purse and a few seconds later she held a lighter shakily to the end of a cigarette and puffed greedily . |
| 58 | In a moment it was sliding over the drawbridge and a few seconds later she saw its red tail-lights disappearing at speed down the mountainside towards the outside world . |
| 59 | A few months previously she would have gone on to implore Camille not to let her friends eat everything in the fridge . |
| 60 | ‘ A few months ago she was in her full health and it was you we were worried about , ’ Michael cried . |