Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] [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 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 .
6 Giving up the battle to make her restless mind switch off , she flung back the duvet and got out of bed .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 He took a hasty pace towards her , and she flung out a hand .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 And erm did your mother work or was she bringing up the family ?
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Passing me , she swooped up the hen in her arms and proceeded to cradle it as she apologized to me again .
19 She laid down the printing frame that she held .
20 She laid down the phone with a small sigh of relief .
21 She laid down the phone and leaned back against the pillows .
22 As she laid down the phone , she decided she 'd do that .
23 But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face .
24 She laid down the brush and faced Shae directly .
25 She laid down the telephone and stared at the view outside her office window .
26 She laid down the seed packets for emphasis .
27 Aunt Tossie had a faint dribble of desire at the corners of her mouth when , at length , she laid down the slate pencil and rose from her chair to face Mrs Geary , her companion in what was to be an immortal triumph : its finale that most acceptable of puddings before diets and regimens were conceived : a really beautiful Trifle .
28 She laid out a selection of records from Harry Roy through theatrical speechifying to the Beatles and Scott Joplin .
29 Her face pinched in disapproval , she laid out a dish of sliced cold beef , a platter of bread and butter , the remains of a pigeon pie and some cheeses .
30 She made up a poem for the diamond diamond jubilee .
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