Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Muttering under her breath , she flung back the covers and swung her long legs out of bed , the flimsy material of her nightdress caressing her thighs as she padded barefoot to the kitchen to fetch a couple of aspirin . |
| 2 | She flung back the bedclothes and released a breath of pent-up fury , shaking her head in disbelief at that man 's ill-temper , at his supreme superiority . |
| 3 | When she could stand it no longer , she flung back the bedclothes and crossed to the washbasin in the corner of the room , splashing her face with cold water . |
| 4 | Desperately she fought back the tears , not knowing why they had formed so swiftly . |
| 5 | Every day she fought back the waves of nausea in order to fulfil her public engagements . |
| 6 | Quickly , she wiped away the tears . |
| 7 | I waited at the carousel , Gillie fetched a trolley , and by the time she got back the bags had already come up . |
| 8 | Nobody comforted her , for weeping was not necessary , but it was on the other hand permissible , and when she got home the aunts and uncles were kind to her and offered her cups of tea . |
| 9 | She lined up the sights on her rifle on its empty front foot and fired twice . |
| 10 | She phoned up the doctors and said she 'd make an appointment for me . |
| 11 | She beat up the eggs , splashed a drop or two on the lapel of her overcoat , and wiped it off carefully with her finger . |
| 12 | The words rang flat when she fastened back the shutters . |
| 13 | A workmanlike silence fell , broken only by the snip of scissors on stems , and the steady scratching of Folly 's pencil as she scribbled out the orders for next day . |
| 14 | She suffered meekly the humiliations of the bedpan . |
| 15 | Fascinating to watch : how she smoothed down the shard of the totem to make it a circle , to flatten it out ; how she trimmed and chipped to make the natural lines flow ; how she scored out the eyes , the mouth ; how she touched colour with her fingers to emphasize the woman in the land , in the mask ; how the dead wood began to live and breathe . |
| 16 | The poser 's cafe had free newspapers and she filled in the crosswords shamelessly , was even miffed if someone else had got there first , especially with a blue Biro : Alex used a black Biro for crosswords . |
| 17 | As she filled in the forms for him , the girl in Despatch , big and black and at last a friendly face , told him she was from Mississippi , and sure as hell she hated Greeks , Athens , moussaka and retsina . |
| 18 | She filled in the columns next to Veronica 's name , and stared thoughtfully at the piece of paper . |
| 19 | She played back the messages on her answerphone and jotted down the numbers and names of the men who had called : Tony , Ali , Geoff , and Junior . |
| 20 | She thumbed back the catches on her web . |
| 21 | She gulped back the tears and then blurted unsteadily , ‘ Luke drove him to his death , made Mark 's life a misery . |
| 22 | She lifted out the books ; they were quarto , half-bound in leather , and heavy . |
| 23 | She told how the police and social workers came into her house , and said they 'd come to remove the children . |
| 24 | She threw back the covers , and climbed in . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll give you fifteen minutes ; then I 'm coming back in , ’ he said , putting his head round the door just as she threw back the covers . |
| 26 | She threw back the covers , slipped a light shawl around her shoulders above her coarse calico nightgown , thrust her bare feet into her felt slippers , and crossed the room , avoiding the small oak bureau by the door , which she opened cautiously . |
| 27 | She threw down the beads , and a few rolled on to the floor . |
| 28 | She poured out the details of her fantasy . |
| 29 | She scrubbed out the houses of Dutch burghers when she had the strength , or she took in washing . |
| 30 | She shook out the clothes over the scrub with more alacrity than she had shown at the washing , she was released from her error , she had escaped , just . |