Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She failed to win a coveted Emmy award for her show Roseanne , America 's most-watched sitcom over the past three years . |
| 2 | She participated in the founding of the League of Nations and was on the Council , though she failed to get a racial equality clause inserted in the League 's charter . |
| 3 | He smiled back at his mother in gratitude , but when she made to put a consoling arm around his shoulders he moved aside . |
| 4 | She needed distance between them as she fought to smother a treacherous joy that he should think her beautiful . |
| 5 | With a certain reluctance she agreed to have a further examination , and tests were taken from the cervix and urethra . |
| 6 | She got to see a grizzly bear , skunks and chipmunks . |
| 7 | In Ethiopia she helped to found a Social Service Society and edited a monthly periodical , the Ethiopia Observer . |
| 8 | She tried to eat a small biscuit , grimaced a little at the consequent pain . |
| 9 | But when she tried to make a second foray she was hurled out bodily . |
| 10 | She says she hoped things would improve but they did n't so she tried to start a new life . |
| 11 | She tried to smile a real smile at her father , who had run down the town to be here for the big moment . |
| 12 | Squatting , she pretended to tie a non-existent shoe-lace and waited until the two men had crossed Clayton Square and turned the corner in the direction of Bold Street . |
| 13 | For Laura , work had now become an end in itself ; although some of her colleagues began to describe her as a workaholic it was more that she found working a pleasurable state . |
| 14 | On yet another impulse , she stopped to have a quick look , because it just might have mentioned where Slane was , might n't it ? |
| 15 | The oldest woman in the refuge had worked as a railway clerk , in a sausage factory , a pop factory and in a factory making bingo boards until she stopped working a few years earlier and was put on invalidity benefit . |
| 16 | Early this morning she woke to find a masked gang standing in her bedroom . |
| 17 | None had guessed the desolation she 'd experienced or how she 'd built a protective screen around her emotions , determined that neither tears nor anger would betray her inner pain . |
| 18 | She felt as if she 'd uncovered a dark pit of long-buried feelings , and she was terrified of peering too far inside in case she could n't cope with the contents … |
| 19 | She 'd reached a floodlit clearing where a group of costumed dancers were performing , brilliant in pink skirts , white petticoats , black bodices and bright head-scarves . |
| 20 | Even though she knew in her heart of hearts that this could never last , she felt as though she 'd reached a safe harbour after sailing in a vast , unfriendly sea . |
| 21 | Ever since she 'd seen a real arachnid close up she shuddered just at the word . |
| 22 | ‘ What about going to a movie ? ’ he added , asking if she 'd seen a French film which had opened in London a couple of weeks ago . |
| 23 | She 'd given a false name so he could n't trace her . |
| 24 | It was a movement she 'd made a million times before , yet as soon as her fingers came into contact with his thick , silky hair she felt a jolt as though an electric current had shot right through her , making her start back in surprise . |
| 25 | She was feeling as if she 'd made a long , exhausting hike instead of just the kilometre or so that she 'd actually walked , but it was n't a bad feeling . |
| 26 | She 'd made a helpless gesture with one beautifully manicured hand . |
| 27 | She 'd made a funny face . |
| 28 | Did he imagine she 'd made a special attempt to impress him ? |
| 29 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 30 | But by the end of our first year in Cornwall she 'd made a few friends and I was n't being bullied so much , so life became a little easier . |