Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She goes up the fire escape and looks into the upstairs rooms .
2 She , she goes down no problem when there 's just erm us at home , you know ?
3 She goes down the Railway
4 Margaret 's there every day , she goes out every morning .
5 There 's no harm if she spoils Olly a bit .
6 Into the shadows of the room came the beam of a powerful flashlight , and she flung up a hand to shield her eyes from its glare .
7 Giving up the battle to make her restless mind switch off , she flung back the duvet and got out of bed .
8 Muttering under her breath , she flung back the covers and swung her long legs out of bed , the flimsy material of her nightdress caressing her thighs as she padded barefoot to the kitchen to fetch a couple of aspirin .
9 She flung back the bedclothes and released a breath of pent-up fury , shaking her head in disbelief at that man 's ill-temper , at his supreme superiority .
10 When she could stand it no longer , she flung back the bedclothes and crossed to the washbasin in the corner of the room , splashing her face with cold water .
11 He took a hasty pace towards her , and she flung out a hand .
12 But even as she flung out a hand to save herself she was whisked off her feet and pulled into the secure haven of fitzAlan 's arms .
13 Thomas , whom she met once every week or two , for dinner , or a trip to the theatre , or , if it was the weekend , a forage round the Upper East Side galleries or a visit to the Whitney or the newly opened Guggenheim Museum .
14 When she read how the Lord looked down and saw his people were ‘ all together become filthy ’ she trembled .
15 She threaded up the machine with the right cotton for her curtains , arranged the material in the right position under the needle , and began to turn the handle of the machine .
16 When the horn was robed she threaded back the leather of the necklace and gave it to Dreamer , who put it round his neck and tucked this frail memory of the broken boy into his furs .
17 She , one day she tell me dat she saw a ghost — or somefing like a ghost , a person who come in the house — she tell me she pick up a brick and break i bones — de ting run like she no know what .
18 And erm did your mother work or was she bringing up the family ?
19 In their place she pinned up a poster of a starving black child and a chart which eventually recorded a handsome donation to the Biafran famine relief fund , amassed by the girls from a summer fair , Christmas carol-singing and a sponsored fast during which Suzie Chamfer histrionically fainted in the lavatories .
20 With the speed and precision of an avenging angel , she swooped up the net and tipped out the three squirming occupants , watching with grim satisfaction as they darted away .
21 Passing me , she swooped up the hen in her arms and proceeded to cradle it as she apologized to me again .
22 McLeish decided that since she was unaware of her audience it did not become him to be selfconscious , and asked what she expected even a Senator to achieve in these circumstances ?
23 She laid down the printing frame that she held .
24 She laid down the phone with a small sigh of relief .
25 She laid down the phone and leaned back against the pillows .
26 As she laid down the phone , she decided she 'd do that .
27 But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face .
28 She laid down the brush and faced Shae directly .
29 She laid down the telephone and stared at the view outside her office window .
30 She laid down the seed packets for emphasis .
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