Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , look ! ’ she whispered in an awed kind of voice , and flicked a glance from the squirrel to Ven , to find that he was looking — at her ! |
| 2 | ‘ The TV crew on The Darling Buds Of May know that I hate my backside , so they 're always making little comments , ’ she revealed in an exclusive interview . |
| 3 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 4 | And that , she realised with an increasing feeling of horror , was the whole awful crux of the matter . |
| 5 | She lived on an emotional see-saw , her jealousy matched by a sublime devotion to Charles . |
| 6 | Her face lit up with a delighted smile as she gazed at an abandoned plate of half-eaten sandwiches on a nearby table . |
| 7 | ‘ If you take anything else off before I 've got my suitcase out of this room , I 'll ring the police ! ’ she announced with an icy calm she was far from feeling . |
| 8 | Her eyes were shining , and she glowed with an inner warmth . |
| 9 | ‘ Yer not intendin' ter take the baby out in this weavver , are yer ? ’ she asked in an indignant tone of voice . |
| 10 | And if I never , ever see St Stephen 's Green again it will be far too soon ! ’ she exclaimed with an endearing little grin . |
| 11 | Araminta had wanted to escape what she regarded as an irksome duty . |
| 12 | ‘ Acquire a veneer of civilization , ’ she said unexpectedly , with a brutal honesty possible only with someone she regarded as an old friend . |
| 13 | She trained as an interior photographer and is the creator of the original furnishing catalogues for Laura Ashley . |
| 14 | The war , seemingly interminable , was by now unpopular , and in October 1761 , having failed to persuade his colleagues to declare war on Spain before she entered into an open alliance with France , Pitt the Elder resigned . |
| 15 | She drew from an enormous hold-all an array of archaeological cakes and buns , and displayed them with pride . |
| 16 | I did n't realise that you might not — er — be able to have any babies … ’ she added with an unhappy sigh , clearly wishing that she 'd kept her mouth shut . |
| 17 | ‘ The things I could do if only I had oodles of cash , ’ she added with an intense longing . |
| 18 | ‘ You did n't even give him one of those fancy cookies just now , ’ she added in an aggrieved tone . |
| 19 | At three she woke with an uneasy feeling . |
| 20 | Next morning she woke from an intense dream , and did not dare wonder about its meaning . |
| 21 | She played in an immature manner and was very under-stimulated . |
| 22 | Christina 's feet slipped on the highly polished wooden floor as she flopped into an antique mahogany rocking-chair positioned in front of a big open window , affording uninterrupted views of the ocean and a cooling breeze from off the sea . |
| 23 | The sight of its timbered cottages , built haphazard round an oblong green , delighted her even then ; and she noticed with an inward smile that there was a duckpond — with weed on it , too ! |
| 24 | But her parents moved to the United States , she transferred to an American university , and after a while stopped answering his letters . |
| 25 | Meryl tucked the papers under her arm and decided to walk around the boundary until she came to an alternative entrance . |
| 26 | Vitor supplied , when she came to an awkward halt . |
| 27 | She came to an abrupt halt , stooped and sniffed , wrinkling her nose at the odour of whisky . |
| 28 | She began to walk forward rapidly , but a couple of minutes later she came to an abrupt stop . |
| 29 | In the main cabin she came to an abrupt halt , feeling distinctly foolish . |
| 30 | Further along she came upon an upturned Welsh dresser with a hand protruding out from underneath it . |