Example sentences of "she was [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Michelle Dixon had claimed she was sacked from the massive Trees Park Village home in Middleton St George near Darlington after expressing concern over allegations of mice and cockroaches on the premises .
2 When I got outside I found Mum in the yard , waving her arms about and giving directions to the neighbours whom she was organising for the party .
3 She was transferred to the department last October by Mr Newing after making her formal complaint and is now a detective .
4 That night Miss T. 's condition deteriorated and she was transferred to the intensive care unit .
5 Within a few hours she was transferred to the neurosurgical unit at Addenbrookes hospital , Cambridge .
6 But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard .
7 As trade increased she was joined by the GLENALBYN and the MARTELLO , the latter being the first iron paddle steamer owned by the company .
8 However I know that one Christian friend has given up the therapy because of the amount of occult literature and New Age material she was receiving through the post .
9 She was reaching for the glasses already .
10 And if he 's out — ’ she was reaching for the handkerchief in her apron pocket — ‘ I want to know where he is .
11 Purchased for preservation by Roger Crombleholme in 1964 , she was moved to the then embryonic Worth Valley Railway and was steamed in February 1968 .
12 USAF officials originally placed her at Edwards AFB but she was moved to the nearby March facility for restoration and display .
13 Eventually she was moved onto the General ward .
14 One of the men had a key and she was moved from the car into an empty , damp and very cold house . ’
15 He and his wife have been looking after Mother and daughter while she was treated at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford .
16 He and his wife have been looking after Mother and daughter while she was treated at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford .
17 Her circulating paracetamol concentration was 943 µmol/l on admission , implying a high risk of fulminant hepatitis even if she was treated with the antioxidant acetylcysteine .
18 She was butchered at the wheel of the vehicle by her attacker who hung through the passenger window , repeatedly slicing her with the panga .
19 Thirty minutes later she was drowning in the river Severn at Stonebench in Gloucestershire Bristol Crown court was told .
20 The details of Julian 's life are not known , but it is highly unlikely that she was professed at the time of her visionary experience — if at all .
21 She was swung round forcefully , so that her breath gasped from her body , then with equal force she was flung against the door .
22 Ms Foster put forward the idea of a similar investigation for plant and animal biotechnology because she was troubled by the unnecessary secrecy and seeming insensitivity of government departments to issues other than the narrow technical one of safety .
23 She was troubled by the contrast between Edwin Frere , ice-dancer , and this submissive comforter .
24 She took on a black lad and because she did that she was ostracised from the rest of the community .
25 They had returned to the Operations Room , where Bernice was surprised to hear Ace 's voice — as far as anyone knew she was recovering with the rest of her party on Moloch — and even more surprised to hear it raised in anger and directed at — of all people — the Doctor .
26 It took a couple of seconds to sink in , then she was struggling into the boiler suit , using language , under her breath , which would have made treble word scores in Rude Scrabble .
27 She was uncertain whether , at work , she should be denying the rumour that she was engaged to the head of the Massingham empire , but thought that if Naylor had any strong views on the subject she 'd soon be hearing about them anyway .
28 She found no sexual pleasure in going to bed with strangers , but , in contrast with the rest of her week , she was comforted by the feeling of being thought desirable , of having someone 's arms around her , of warm cuddling beneath the quilt .
29 After she finished with the silver in the women 's lightweight judo final , team boss Roy Inman claimed she was robbed of the title .
30 All aboard and she was nodding in the sardine swelter on seats so narrow you could lose your virtue and never miss it .
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