Example sentences of "she [verb] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She disapproved of the haphazard selection of foster parents ( she would have much preferred the children to go to hostels run on the lines of Bunce Court ) and , when the Movement pressed ahead anyway , she concentrated on plucking out from the crowd the children she identified as especially gifted and on salvaging those who had been packed off to unsuitable foster homes . |
| 2 | That , she knew full well , she could do nothing about , although she disapproved of the whole set-up . |
| 3 | She told of the one time when the weeping stopped . |
| 4 | ‘ Now is n't this cosy , ’ she observed of the dank and barely furnished room , shadowed in the candlelight . |
| 5 | And what mother of young children , whether she owns a family pet or not , has not felt even more frightened of neighbourhood Rottweilers and Dobermans when she reads of the horrific savaging and killing of children by uncontrollable animals ? |
| 6 | Was it true ? she demanded of the silly girl : that she 'd run away from the boys when they were only trying to be friendly ? |
| 7 | He 's the sort of grandfather I would have liked to have , ’ Paige said shortly , then softened her tone as she thought of the kindly gentleman who had taken her under his wing . |
| 8 | She thought of the long , black car gliding up to the great white building where they were going to hold the conference that would put an end to war for ever . |
| 9 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 10 | She thought of the dark corner in the kitchen garden where discarded violets grew , pallid , but obstinately scented as strongly as their pampered descendants , grown in glassed-over frames and raised on beds of leaf-mould . |
| 11 | Lucy giggled as she thought of the small room next to her own . |
| 12 | She thought of the helpful policeman who had told her the wrong day for the train . |
| 13 | She thought of Rory 's hand on her bare stomach , she thought of the two art students with their camera , she saw two brimming glasses of Beamish in the dockside bar , and the light came on . |
| 14 | And as she thought of the good golfing years she had allowed to go to waste , so praying and practice loomed large in the recovery programme she set herself . |
| 15 | As she stepped out into the dark night she thought of the gloomy squalor of Bacon Buildings and the smile left her face . |
| 16 | Talking to strangers might be unwise , but she thought of the ghastly welcome awaiting the tired , unsuspecting traveller , and felt sorry for him . |
| 17 | She saw by his face that he had not , and grimaced as she thought of the gruesome tasks she was obliged to perform , degrading both for herself and for her far from easy patient . |
| 18 | She thought of the drowning kittens and wanted to laugh . |
| 19 | " I see , " said Clara , descending : and she thought of the square flat patch that extended beyond her mother 's house at home , and of the grudgingly mown grass , and the dutifully weeded herbaceous borders , and the complaints about neighbouring cats and dogs that would come and dig in the unrewarding earth . |
| 20 | She sighed as she thought of the constant drudgery . |
| 21 | ‘ I think it 's lovely , ’ said Camille , wiping away a tear as she thought of the joyful , urgent creatures , little more than puppies , having to be put to death . |
| 22 | Constance smiled in the dark as she thought of the chaste kisses she had allowed Nicky . |
| 23 | She already had her travelling companion , Swimmer of Lakes , and if she thought of the wild horses in the valley at all it was simply to wonder about the legend of the tamers : to subdue the spirit of the wild animal ; to be permitted to ride upon its back ; yes , magic would have been necessary in early thought , and cult legends certainly would have grown around the hunters who snared the fast , proud creatures . |
| 24 | Tears filled her eyes again as she thought of the little gravestone in the churchyard : In loving memory of William Richard France-Lynch , 1978–81 . |
| 25 | She thought of the bleak , futuristic décor and the grey river beneath , and nodded abruptly before other thoughts could crowd unbidden into her head and start that agonised melting all over again . |
| 26 | She thought of the purple crimplene trousers with the saggy bum and elasticated waist that her mother put on to keep warm in the factory and the thick support tights she wore all year round , even under her trousers , because she said her legs ached . |
| 27 | She thought of the local cemetery : if they all woke up , they 'd come round demanding their houses back ; they 'd have to be sheltered and fed and appeased with promises . |
| 28 | She thought of the inevitable disdain with which her friend would react to the news that Constance had been seduced into a reckless marriage with a virtual stranger . |
| 29 | She thought of the red roses , and it made her feel quite empty inside . |
| 30 | She thought of the tragic woman who 'd been deserted by her father and had settled for second best . |