Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She failed to win a coveted Emmy award for her show Roseanne , America 's most-watched sitcom over the past three years . |
| 2 | She participated in the founding of the League of Nations and was on the Council , though she failed to get a racial equality clause inserted in the League 's charter . |
| 3 | He smiled back at his mother in gratitude , but when she made to put a consoling arm around his shoulders he moved aside . |
| 4 | She needed distance between them as she fought to smother a treacherous joy that he should think her beautiful . |
| 5 | With a certain reluctance she agreed to have a further examination , and tests were taken from the cervix and urethra . |
| 6 | She got to see a grizzly bear , skunks and chipmunks . |
| 7 | In Ethiopia she helped to found a Social Service Society and edited a monthly periodical , the Ethiopia Observer . |
| 8 | She wants to take a luxury winter cruise … next January … |
| 9 | She tried to eat a small biscuit , grimaced a little at the consequent pain . |
| 10 | But when she tried to make a second foray she was hurled out bodily . |
| 11 | She says she hoped things would improve but they did n't so she tried to start a new life . |
| 12 | She tried to smile a real smile at her father , who had run down the town to be here for the big moment . |
| 13 | Squatting , she pretended to tie a non-existent shoe-lace and waited until the two men had crossed Clayton Square and turned the corner in the direction of Bold Street . |
| 14 | She has achieved a great deal , and made a valuable contribution to our company 's efficiency over these last seven years . |
| 15 | Therefore after six months the dieter is behaving according to all twenty-six goals and she has achieved a considerable reduction in sugar intake . |
| 16 | Without it , she has become a virtual prisoner in her own home ; she is ruled by the clock and the hours worked by her local authority helpers . |
| 17 | College Report has recorded over the years most of Marjorie Boulton 's considerable output of writing , both in English and in Esperanto , a field in which she has become a leading international figure and through which she has enjoyed much travel and many friendships . |
| 18 | She has become a mature , sensible woman . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ She has played a vital part in some of the most important movements and problems of the last 25 years , the ecumenical movement , the problem of refugees , the problems of world poverty and hunger , the problem of race relations . |
| 20 | ‘ She has suffered a great deal . |
| 21 | How does she manage to go out on a training run the same day as she has run a major marathon when most other competitors are sitting with their feet up savouring the rest ? |
| 22 | The initmate scenes she interrogates purport to represent the normal and the everyday but in the selection process she has constructed a cogent version of her ‘ family ’ , aimed at a particular art audience . |
| 23 | Fortunately , she has saved a large deposit to put down on a flat so she only has to borrow £45,000 . |
| 24 | She has demonstrated a wellknown fact about physical punishment — it can lead to avoidance . |
| 25 | A preliminary clipping usually takes place during the course of the knotting , when the weaver cuts the pile yarn to an approximate length after he or she has completed a few rows , but the final clipping is a highly skilled job , which , if badly done , can ruin months of work . |
| 26 | Instead she has developed a strict routine for short haul trips to get her across her pain barrier . |
| 27 | ‘ She has waited a long time for rest . |
| 28 | She has maintained a happy mixture of information , entertainment and stimulation in a neat package . |
| 29 | She works fast , adding one strip to the rim of the hardening strip below until she has built a small bottle , complete with an elegant out-turned lip to its mouth . |
| 30 | She has made a crucial contribution to the race and representation debate in the U.S. Through works of self-investigation and transformation Piper explores her own racial identity and forces viewers to question their own values and beliefs . |