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

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1 She would go from eating little and missing meals to eating heavily at times when she experienced her sweet cravings .
2 In 1945 she was tried in a Chinese military court as a traitor , but was acquitted when she admitted her Japanese nationality and described how politically naive she was .
3 When she met him one day in the forest , Narcissus said to her : ‘ I suppose you are yet another of these women who find me so very attractive . ’
4 When she met him that evening and explained her predicament , he was happy to fall in with her plans .
5 Robyn could tell the minute she met their curious glances .
6 A pair of keen black eyes burned fiercely in their sunken sockets , and as she met their sardonic gaze she drew back and would have fled , had not the servant been close behind her .
7 She renewed her make-up , pausing as she met her blue eyes in the mirror .
8 When she met her current boyfriend and fell pregnant , she had not been able to confide in them .
9 At Cambridge she met her first husband , Sebastian Manning , who introduced her to a world in which socialism , far from being ridiculous , was natural , chic , colourful , confident , artistic : Sebastian 's parents were artists of some repute , one a painter , the other a potter , and they did not think much of the austerities of Dr Leavis .
10 In October this seemingly unbeatable filly went to France for the Prix du Conseil Municipal , and here she met her first defeat , beaten two and a half lengths by the 66–1 outsider Presto .
11 When she met her false lover in the dew .
12 She met his blazing eyes and flinched , wishing he 'd yell .
13 Colour flared in her cheeks as she met his blazing eyes head on .
14 He stared at her and as she met his shocked gaze she felt tears squeeze out over her lashes with hot , blinding intensity .
15 Just for a second she met his curious gaze then looked away , feeling her heart pounding in a way that made her feel sick .
16 She met his mocking gaze , noting that in spite of the typical little dig there was less malice than usual in his manner .
17 Chin high , she met his narrowed gaze with undisguised hostility .
18 Gina 's voice rose in amazement as , uncertain whether to be horrified or impressed , she met his smug expression .
19 Puzzled , she met his intense gaze through love-dazed eyes .
20 She met his determined gaze and knew that avoiding him was n't going to be easy .
21 Her voice was as steady as a rock and she met his silvery-green eyes without flinching .
22 Following her win in Birmingham , she revealed her two-year plan to add the World , European and Commonwealth crowns to her Olympic one-lap hurdles title .
23 She stopped before she revealed her future plans .
24 She lowered her long-lashed eyes demurely .
25 As she read her right hand strayed up to her left breast .
26 Telling them to close their bibles , she read them two stories ; one about the beginnings of life , the other a warning on the dangers of immorality .
27 With no Mrs Geary to guide her , she plunged her ambitious way through the exotics of the European Cook Book .
28 She shared her private life exclusively with women , notably with Mabel Veronica Batten , under whose influence she converted to Catholicism , and later with the sculptor Una Vincenzo , Lady Troubridge .
29 I think most fundamentally she transmitted her inner core of pride and I acquired from him both doggedness of purpose and the confidence to decide what was just and unjust in the world as I met it .
30 She swished her thick tail .
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