Example sentences of "she [vb past] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paused , feeling a shiver work its way down her spine as she met the black eyes that were regarding her so closely now . |
| 2 | She read the classic children 's novels wonderfully well , so well indeed that books like The Scarlet Pimpernel were often a disappointment when re-read by us in private afterwards . |
| 3 | Perhaps she read the wrong books . |
| 4 | She then swept the kitchen floor , knowing her aunt would wish this to be done , and as she swished the few crumbs into the dustpan she heard Silas moving furniture in the dining-room . |
| 5 | She made the pre-canoe instructions absolutely hilarious , not to mention informative . |
| 6 | On March 23 she made the first appointments to a new government . |
| 7 | She made the mischievous eyes look at her and one finger pointed at the ladybird , another drew her gaze downwards to the lake . |
| 8 | They were in cupboards , boxes , bags , under beds , in drawers , behind cushions , and even in the big soup pan where she made the marvellous soups . |
| 9 | She followed his eyes downwards and cringed inwardly when she realised the top buttons of her shirt had come undone . |
| 10 | She stuffed the remaining towels into her satchel . |
| 11 | Cramming her worn , out-moded bonnet on her head , she stuffed the few belongings she had unpacked back into the portmanteau . |
| 12 | She must 've left her statement , walked over to her car and she checked the car before she checked the four kids . |
| 13 | Er now , I do n't know whether you 'll put this in your in your er talk , but er in Stapleford , if you er when you married , the girl got married er she got the good wishes of the er boss she worked with , in most of the industries , I 'm not saying all . |
| 14 | Appeals to Bloomsbury House to support job training and applications throw up some curious details : ‘ Ruth needs 2 prs. knickers and 1 apron ’ — she got the first items but not the apron . |
| 15 | She straightened the long limbs and pressed the strands of black cotton she had used for hair more firmly into the scalp . |
| 16 | She wrote long letters home to Antonia in which she translated the other girls ' lives in terms that made sense to her . |
| 17 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 18 | When she fluttered the long lashes of her baby blue eyes she had the timeless charm of Olive Oyl or Betty Boop . |
| 19 | She asked the two men all about driving a steam train , and they showed her the automatic brake , and the little clock faces that told them how much steam the engine was making . |
| 20 | When she asked the 56 children in the study who they would go to if worried about something , they chose their mother ; not one said they would go to their father . |
| 21 | She rode on , ducking below trees , shivering as she passed the guarding statues at the crumbling gate . |
| 22 | She helped the little ones to get washed and dressed ; she helped them to play and draw and read . |
| 23 | But she made it immediately clear that she regarded the two policemen as being of a social order little higher than the servants . |
| 24 | There was a trickle of traffic , now , and she overtook the sleepy drivers with an almost reckless haste . |
| 25 | Rory led the way to the disco floor , all too aware of the speculative glances slid in her direction from the other dancers , yet aware too of a peculiar little thrill of pride as she caught the envious looks in the eyes of the other women . |
| 26 | As she caught the jagged edges of skin together with as delicate a stitch as she could — the patient was a young woman , and a scar was the last thing she would want — Shelley said , ‘ That roundabout is terribly dangerous . |
| 27 | It appears that she created the first men by patting yellow earth together . |
| 28 | She fastened the rough cords with practised hands which remembered that which their owner had all but forgotten — thus concealing the blue brocade gown — and pulled the hood over her head . |
| 29 | But she mentioned the stash-for-cash deals , and she kept a little record , and she named names . |
| 30 | She described the exquisite pains of love when one day she could not rise from her bed because of the anguish from a scintilla of pure love that had pierced her heart . |