Example sentences of "then she [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she stiffened in shocked disbelief , the Campari bottle poised precariously over her glass . |
| 2 | Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I ? ’ |
| 3 | Then she added with sudden firmness , ‘ But after that I shall go home . |
| 4 | For a moment she could n't believe she had actually struck , then she stared in horrified fascination at the dark red stain spreading diagonally across de Raimes ' belly and down to his thigh . |
| 5 | Then she laughed with sudden pleasure . |
| 6 | Then she thought with simple and hard resolve : It is time to get married . |
| 7 | Then she looked at Sabine . |
| 8 | In the title role , Anne Dawson remained passive until error and madness set in near the end ; then she sang with increased energy , and spun her lines with great beauty . |
| 9 | Then she undressed with due care for her dress , unbelievably crisp after its night of stress . |
| 10 | Then she retreated in bleak anguish to her bedroom , and sat hunched in the window-seat , looking out over the soft rolling lawns and distant Cotswold hills , dimly aware that her single most painful desire was that her mother were still alive , so she could pour out the secret desolation to the one person who 'd have understood … |