Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After months of surgery and chemotherapy , she recovered enough to make two films . |
| 2 | But Seles was forced to leave her comfortable perch on the baseline and attack the net as she fought back to win 3–6 , 6–4 , 6–1 . |
| 3 | Trembling with relief , she bent quickly to add another log to the fire , using the small task to break the heavy silence . |
| 4 | She tried not to sound triumphant . |
| 5 | She tried not to sound excited . |
| 6 | She tried not to look amazed . |
| 7 | So she tried not to feel envious when Jill Herbert was sent to help him with a lumbar puncture . |
| 8 | She tried not to feel impatient . |
| 9 | When she promised not to attend any more meetings without his permission , they were reconciled , but he died the same night , probably of a heart attack , with only Agnes in the house . |
| 10 | ‘ She wandered off to find some pine cones , ’ Billy replied , and stretched his tall skinny frame . |
| 11 | After this concerted effort by all adults , it was really only a few weeks before she learnt not to smack other children . |
| 12 | Rose-Marie glided up in her clinging black lunch frock , raised her finger and said , as she 'd already said several times that day , ‘ Catreeona , this is your last warning . ’ |
| 13 | It was a risk , and she 'd already made one monumental error of character judgement . |
| 14 | Perhaps it was because she 'd already seen countless admiring female eyes slide in his direction ; even though they apparently had n't recognised him in his goggles and ski-hat , still they were drawn by the sheer animal magnetism of the man . |
| 15 | Ronni was suddenly grateful that just a moment ago she 'd already had this conversation . |
| 16 | Rushing around the apartment like a madwoman , she 'd hastily thrown some clothes into a case — and she could only pray that she had n't forgotten anything vital . |
| 17 | She 'd soon had enough of this and yelled out , ‘ I am She-Ra and I will break your balls ! ’ |
| 18 | Was it possible she 'd somehow inherited mad Lina 's dementia through the beautiful eyes of her child ? |
| 19 | She 'd not given any address but the stamp had a WC1 postmark . |
| 20 | Well she 'd not had much of a life had she ? |
| 21 | No news for 6 months then she came along with an anal fissure , she 'd not had any stomach problems and in fact had only taken the Arg Nit LM3 for 2 or 3 days till the headache went . |
| 22 | And she produced a sheaf of exhibition papers with a flourish ; she 'd even written some of the wording to go under the photos . |
| 23 | But she 'd also seen other facets of his character , knew it to be deep and complex . |
| 24 | It was just that somehow she 'd also felt disappointed … |
| 25 | She 'd also written two or three books of poetry , although I did n't see them . |
| 26 | Cos I w he was , he was in the Post Office one day and he saw this old woman and she 'd just cashed all her giros and this bloke just nicked it in the Post Office . |
| 27 | She 'd just ridden Spooked like her old self and the horse had run above himself , finishing third in a field of twenty . |
| 28 | The heroine 's image faced fearful odds in the cube but she 'd make it and the girl would think she 'd just fallen asleep . |
| 29 | And she 'd just turned eighteen . |
| 30 | She 'd just got some leverage , loosened enough to see the front of a plywood box , when a soft footstep in the doorway made her leap , guiltily , to her feet . |