Example sentences of "she [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This measures the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the prevailing age pattern of childbearing throughout her reproductive lifetime . |
| 2 | After protesting that she simply could n't share her bed with anyone else , she admitted the real reason : she was ashamed to let him see that she had to get up to pee once or twice a night . |
| 3 | Some weeks later , discussing the arts , she admitted the English sense of humour was difficult to understand initially , and only now could she laugh at my greeting of , ‘ Help , I am being bitten by a sanitary towel ! ’ |
| 4 | She flung the inside door to one side , was about to slam it but changed her mind and closed it behind her in a quiet and controlled manner . |
| 5 | She flung the whole tangle of thought away from her and ran fast up the stairs as though in the room some delight or pleasure awaited her , not the hard task of painting . |
| 6 | When she was just about within striking distance , she flung the soaking bundle with all her might in his direction , shouted , ‘ Take that ! ’ and then ran , not waiting to see if she had hit the target or not . |
| 7 | She never met any men until she met the young man whom I can not think of as my father . |
| 8 | She flushed as she met the quizzical expression in Helen 's eyes . |
| 9 | WHAT a moving picture ( right ) of Kerry Needham when she met the blond boy who was not her son . |
| 10 | There it was again : that feeling of being mesmerised as obediently she met the ice-blue gaze which devoured her . |
| 11 | Drawn to socialism by her sister , Eva , she met the Irish labour leaders , James Connolly and James Larkin [ qq.v. ] , and helped the 1913 lockout strike of Dublin workers by running a soup kitchen in Liberty Hall . |
| 12 | On Sunday she heard Nahum preach for the first time , and she met the assistant curate , a young , delicate-looking man by the name of Daniel Marsh . |
| 13 | She paused , feeling a shiver work its way down her spine as she met the black eyes that were regarding her so closely now . |
| 14 | And as she met the dark gaze of Guido Falcone , her breath caught as though a fist had connected with her solar plexus . |
| 15 | She met the burning passion of his eyes , and time ceased . |
| 16 | She met the searching gaze , as she swallowed two headache tablets . |
| 17 | Her eyes narrowed into hostile slits as she met the cold gaze of her mother-in-law . |
| 18 | As she met the clinical look in Penry Vaughan 's eyes she stiffened , the reason for his change of mood suddenly , mortifyingly , obvious . |
| 19 | The deep voice behind her made her jump and , turning quickly , she met the smiling face of the man who had attracted her attention a short while back . |
| 20 | As Lucy moved back out into the passageway , she met the returning tide from the last ensemble number onstage ; they arrived in a rush , panting like horses and shedding their quasi-military costumes as they moved . |
| 21 | In 1892 she went with her mother on a visit to South Africa , where she met the feminist Olive Schreiner [ q.v. ] and fell traumatically in love with an unmarriageable man . |
| 22 | In 1900 she met the American collector Samuel Bancroft , who became her foremost patron . |
| 23 | Fran stared at him in confusion , feeling a pulse starting to beat high in her throat as she met the mesmerising stare . |
| 24 | Gingerly she lowered the sweet-tempered child into the cot , not taking her eyes from her exquisite face , Ruth stood gripping the sides of the cot with fingers whitened in an attempt at stopping them shaking . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Perhaps she read the wrong books . |
| 27 | She emptied the whole toybox out . |
| 28 | She scanned the small platform for those two familiar figures , but they were not there . |
| 29 | She scanned the drab office with its scarred furniture , scuffed paintwork and nicotine-yellowed ceiling . |
| 30 | Louise frowned impatiently as Constance said , ‘ I suppose she lacked the maternal instinct . |