Example sentences of "she [vb past] [noun] in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She sought refuge in small talk , but during the meal , in spite of herself , her blood began its crazy dance again as Luke 's golden gaze weakened her .
2 Round in childhood , she became stout in middle age and the auburn of her hair was maintained by henna .
3 After the Law Society Finals she served articles in private practice in Cambridge and then worked for a year as a litigation assistant in a branch office of a Suffolk firm in Mildenhall .
4 When she placed eggs in closed plastic bags in the stream , the minnow eggs still hatched , but the perch eggs did not , proving the main benefit to a minnow is protection , rather than fanning .
5 She sobbed as she took part in three-in-a-bed romps with Robin Wright — as her twisted husband Mick lay alongside watching .
6 She kept things in good repair .
7 His description of Sien bears a remarkable resemblance to the image he had now formed of himself , She inspired disgust in other people .
8 She had friends in high places everywhere , contacts in embassies .
9 In 1918 she published Studies in Greek Tragedy , focusing on the role of tragic accident .
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