Example sentences of "she [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice suddenly found she badly needed a drink , but her hip flask was empty . |
| 2 | A week had passed without the offer of one single outside ride ; she badly needed a winner . |
| 3 | Yet she badly needed an ally , a friend who would listen and advise . |
| 4 | There was no particular reason why he should not know what she was up to , but she instinctively felt an urge to keep it quiet for the moment . |
| 5 | Without conscious thought she instinctively placed a hand on his arm . |
| 6 | SHE RARELY ANSWERS A SERVICE CALL . |
| 7 | On the other side of the room , an ancient dame was regarding Theda with a fixed stare while she slowly plied a fan before her face . |
| 8 | The queen mother 's religious views and those of the French advisers she gathered around her did little to allay the reformers ' fears ; nor would they have been happy to know that on Mary 's marriage in 1558 to the Dauphin , who the following year became King Francis II , she secretly signed an agreement that if she should die childless her kingdom of Scotland and her claim to the throne of England should become her husband 's . |
| 9 | She successfully sought a venue for the meeting at the university and then called a phone-in Irish radio chat show to recruit support . |
| 10 | Inelligible for the Enterprise Allowance Scheme , and at 28 too old for the Prince 's Trust , she eventually got a grant from the Westminster Enterprise Agency . |
| 11 | She eventually located an Immigration officer who led her through several corridors until they reached a locked red-painted door at the back of the airport building . |
| 12 | She eventually articulated a philosophy which depended in large and explicit measure on repudiating what Conservatism had said about the role of the State for the past 30 years . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's like doing a jigsaw and making your own pieces up ’ , said Mrs Joel as she deftly removed a petal that was too large and replaced it with a smaller one . |
| 14 | ‘ After her parents died about a year apart she suddenly got a survival instinct which knew no boundaries at all because she had no longer had a family , ’ said Amanda . |
| 15 | With many oy-oys and oy-gevalts ( cries of woe ) she suddenly raised a forefinger , and said : |
| 16 | But she also needed to come to terms with the topsy-turviness of her situation that , while she wanted to spend every moment she could with Ven , she suddenly felt a need to be alone ! |
| 17 | She obviously had a flair for putting people in what suited them , not always true of designers . |
| 18 | All halyard tails were neatly turned up ; the yacht had an air of being well used , yet she obviously had an owner who kept right on top of the maintenance and defects list . |
| 19 | So well she obviously needs a fag and a cup of tea before she |
| 20 | For once she obviously required an answer . |
| 21 | In that role she annually presented a miniature . |
| 22 | To others she merely looked a bit different , and it lent her glamour , but to him , she was as different as anyone who was n't black . |
| 23 | When he rolled away from her , she idly pulled a frond of fern and stroked it down his cheek . |
| 24 | Every time , well she only got a pass . |
| 25 | She only got a pass . |
| 26 | Yeah , so she said it 's a bit , cos she only got an E for French , and she 's not very good at it . |
| 27 | She only saves a matter of fifteen P and gets it all back on the petrol |
| 28 | She only knew a fraction of how it had been . |
| 29 | Well I think she only had a girl . |
| 30 | She was wearing a dressing-gown , but it was hanging open , and underneath she only had a négligé on , one of those flimsy things , I could see everything . |