Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She insists upon strict discipline throughout the school , and if you take my advice you will do your very best to behave yourselves in her presence . |
| 2 | She whispered with alliterative relish : |
| 3 | I was offered this amazing job in London , but I felt no , I 've got plenty of time , I 'd rather be with her until she goes to secondary school . |
| 4 | Not that his tautly muscled frame showed any sign of laxity , she admitted in silent acknowledgement . |
| 5 | It roused her violently by its unexpectedness , and she made no protest when his arms went round her and he kissed her with a force and a recklessness that she met with equal need . |
| 6 | They are an invaluable source for women 's health problems in this period , especially the ‘ dangerous perils ’ of childbirth , and movingly discuss the traumas of the early deaths of children , which she met with resigned submission to the will of God . |
| 7 | She read with great attention , few dues escaped her , and it was with a suppressed little scream of excitement and fear that this large , lonely girl would guess the murderer three or four chapters before the end . |
| 8 | She read with bright-eyed relish . |
| 9 | For that evening — Yah ! three lousy hours ! — she laid in white wine and gin . |
| 10 | I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes . |
| 11 | Dr Penry Vaughan , she realised with deep misgiving , was pro tem the only other person in her entire world , and , like it or not , he was doomed to play Adam to her Eve until her memory deigned to function again . |
| 12 | She was caught between a rock and a hard place here , she realised with grim humour . |
| 13 | ‘ Go to hell ! ’ she burst out hoarsely and started to fight in deadly earnest , slapping and scratching at him , little cries of panic coming from the back of her throat as her mind flashed back into full operation and she realised with sick fear just how close she had come to the edge . |
| 14 | She lived in miserable anticipation of the day when Camille fell in love with some nightmare youth . |
| 15 | Puzzled at first on noticing the familiar shape of Windmill Hill broken by another small , moving outline , she gazed with heightened interest as semaphore signals began to be spelled out from the ridge against the background of the sky . |
| 16 | Lesley turned smartly left as the lights changed , and wound her way by back-streets to the parking-ground on the edge of the shopping centre , a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete , at which she gazed with resigned distaste as she crept slowly up to the barrier and drove in to the second tier . |
| 17 | She gazed in dumb fascination as his erect manhood sprang into view . |
| 18 | She sits amid colourful evidence of her immense creativity and that of her late husband , Willie Armour . |
| 19 | ‘ And this is the owner of Crystal Springs — my father , ’ she announced with childish pomp . |
| 20 | ‘ Interesting , ’ she countered in soft annoyance , ‘ but arrogant . ’ |
| 21 | And the new job as Guides chief executive will pay her more than the £45,000 a year she got from British Gas . |
| 22 | They were n't moving , she realized in sudden alarm , it was her : she was sinking . |
| 23 | In the end she resorted to feminine persuasion . |
| 24 | She registered with vague surprise that she was somehow becoming acclimatised to the unsettling feel of his hands on her body … |
| 25 | Now she asked for white wine in her charged voice . |
| 26 | She asked for red wine and when he brought it she raised the glass and tried to think of something original and witty by way of a toast but he forestalled her by saying , ‘ Cheers , ’ and she could think of no other response . |
| 27 | ‘ You have a way of stopping me ? ’ she asked with cool cynicism , fighting down a wild desire to laugh hysterically . |
| 28 | ‘ Trends of this nature do n't simply happen , do they ? ’ she asked with feigned innocence . |
| 29 | ‘ You mean your aunt 's jewellery ? ’ she asked with stunned disbelief . |
| 30 | ‘ What 's the matter ? ’ she asked with swift acidity , as Melissa 's mouth sagged for a fraction of a second because of the unexpected ferocity of her reply . |