Example sentences of "she [vb past] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With clenched teeth , keeping her head low and her eyes half-closed , she hugged the cliff-face and inched her way along . |
| 2 | At the private view of that year 's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition she met the architect and put the proposition to him . |
| 3 | She spent much of her time in Swahili-land , where she met the poet and scholar Muhammad Kijumwa al-Bakry , who provided her with manuscripts and information about the language and literature of the Swahili-speaking people . |
| 4 | She lowered the glasses and glanced at her wrist . |
| 5 | She read the title and inscription . |
| 6 | But the clerk did not do anything to see that she read the letter and she did not read it . |
| 7 | He 'd allowed her closer than anyone else , and when his clothes were off and he was tired she read him the way she read the weather or the mountains or the dust , she ran her fingers over his pale , scarred body and she guessed close to the truth . |
| 8 | ’ She emptied the pot and gave Annie a hug . |
| 9 | He watched her face as she scanned the street and the square ahead for a few seconds and then moved on . |
| 10 | Far too often she lacked the precision and patience of Javer , who was quite content to enter into baseline rallies and await the errors . |
| 11 | Midwife Christine Hall told the hearing that she could not remember whether she notified the registrar when she noticed some deceleration in the heartbeat at 4.25pm but did so when she became worried at 7.30pm . |
| 12 | According to Henry , she shared the kitchen and the bathroom with her three lodgers , all single women much the same age as herself . |
| 13 | She managed throughout the following years to maintain a front of firmness and dignity , earning the respect of the Germans and at the same time extracting the best terms she could for Sark and its people , with whom she shared the hunger and other privations of occupation , the anxieties engendered by two unsuccessful British commando raids , and the pain of separation when many islanders , including her husband , were deported to German prison camps . |
| 14 | The Irish President , Mary Robinson , had earlier said she shared the sorrow and anguish of the people of her country . |
| 15 | Her prophetic framework was based largely on the writings of Thomas Brightman [ q.v. ] and John Archer ; she expected the conversion and restoration of the Jews in 1656 , and the full establishment of Christ 's kingdom by 1701 . |
| 16 | Through nostrils she smelled the fear and the death in this wretched band more powerfully . |
| 17 | Although she had become a native of the boats , and pitied the tideless and ratless life of the Chelsea inhabitants , she respected the water and knew that one could die within sight of the Embankment . |
| 18 | Shock assailed her as she made the discovery that his insults did not merely provoke anger ; they had the power to distress . |
| 19 | At the second attempt she made the connection and heard the telephone begin to ring at the other end . |
| 20 | She made the coffee and brought it back to bed — a compromise . |
| 21 | Gran did that , you know , as usual , and she made the cake and I 've iced it . |
| 22 | She made the point that players such as these ( Seles , Sanchez-Vicario ) should be supporting tennis by playing in WTA registered events . |
| 23 | Within a few months she expanded the business and took over a computer firm from Hertfordshire employing about 120 people . |
| 24 | She must 've left her statement , walked over to her car and she checked the car before she checked the four kids . |
| 25 | She unlocked the door and they stepped inside . |
| 26 | She unlocked the door and got back in the shower . |
| 27 | He fumbled for a kiss as she unlocked the car but she twisted her cheek away . |
| 28 | so all I knew was that she got the divorce and |
| 29 | She got the post because she proved such a thorn in the Government 's side on this very issue . |
| 30 | She got the house and contents , the car and all the money in the bank . |