Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Into the shadows of the room came the beam of a powerful flashlight , and she flung up a hand to shield her eyes from its glare . |
| 2 | He took a hasty pace towards her , and she flung out a hand . |
| 3 | But even as she flung out a hand to save herself she was whisked off her feet and pulled into the secure haven of fitzAlan 's arms . |
| 4 | In their place she pinned up a poster of a starving black child and a chart which eventually recorded a handsome donation to the Biafran famine relief fund , amassed by the girls from a summer fair , Christmas carol-singing and a sponsored fast during which Suzie Chamfer histrionically fainted in the lavatories . |
| 5 | She laid out a selection of records from Harry Roy through theatrical speechifying to the Beatles and Scott Joplin . |
| 6 | Her face pinched in disapproval , she laid out a dish of sliced cold beef , a platter of bread and butter , the remains of a pigeon pie and some cheeses . |
| 7 | She made up a poem for the diamond diamond jubilee . |
| 8 | In the morning , she made up a cot for Oreste , placing on the pillow a small felt rabbit Pilade had once loved . |
| 9 | She made out a Nativity , but it was wrong . |
| 10 | She fought down a sob . |
| 11 | At our own Festival she sold out a month before the performance . |
| 12 | The warmth in his voice reached out to her , thawing the numb , frozen parts deep inside , and she choked back a sob . |
| 13 | The attacker grabbed the child after she she got off a bus alone and told her : ‘ I 'm going to kill you . ’ |
| 14 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 15 | In the first incident McConville , of Lurgan Road , Aghagallon , rubbed his hands up and down her sides as she bent over a dishwasher in the kitchen . |
| 16 | But then her common sense took over , and she dredged up a smile . |
| 17 | She sucked in a double-lungful of air and screamed , but not in pain . |
| 18 | She sucked in a breath . |
| 19 | She beat down a gush of self-pity , knuckling away tears as she slid gingerly from the bed to make for the bathroom again . |
| 20 | When I tell you she weighed over a ton , you can see why we were a bit nervous . |
| 21 | As she wrung out a cloth which she was using to mop the floor Diana joked : ‘ Beryl , I doubt it . |
| 22 | She moved back a step , after discovering that she 'd unknowingly moved closer to him than was socially acceptable . |
| 23 | She snatched up a square of tissue paper , deftly swung and twisted it round a fat brioche . |
| 24 | In the rear of their hut his wife was bending over a bowl of water , naked to the waist , washing herself , and she snatched up a towel to cover her bare breasts when she heard Loc hiss a sudden warning . |
| 25 | She snatched up a towel and went to the entryphone . |
| 26 | She found out a week back ! " |
| 27 | Then , as though it were the most natural thing in the world , she heated up a kettle of pool water to do the washing up . |
| 28 | She let off a salvo of three guns , spaced so that the first ball fell well in front of the Genoese ship . |
| 29 | She let out a sigh of disappointment . |
| 30 | She let out a sigh of impatience . |