Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until the death of her sister , the Duchess of Alba , in 1860 , Eugénie would herself occasionally waltz with her husband at these ‘ Mondays ’ , but from 1860 onwards she rarely danced in public except as a duty . |
| 2 | In more or less timeless modern dress , the duel between the Christian knight Tancred and his former Saracen girlfriend Clorinda , she metaphorically encased in cap-a-pie armour is described by the narrator but enacted unseen behind a sofa . |
| 3 | She always worked in good places , in the West End ; the hands she did were in Vogue once . |
| 4 | She still dealt in stolen goods when she got the chance , but the police were less interested in stolen goods than they had been in the more law-abiding times of some years before . |
| 5 | It is true that by this choice she sacrificed a community life , which has for many women proved nourishing , but she also gained in personal freedom . |
| 6 | Throughout her adventurous journeys she kept careful notes of her experiences , from which it is clear that , although she often stayed in grand hotels and the mansions of her friends , she was also prepared to sleep in monasteries , roadside inns , and , if necessary , peasants ' cottages or even in her own carriage . |
| 7 | ‘ But my lady , ’ she almost wailed in obvious puzzlement . |
| 8 | Feeling the warm stroke of his fingers , she belatedly tensed in breathless protest . |
| 9 | She recently appeared in Italian Vogue , photographed by Ellen Von Unwerth . |