Example sentences of "and [adj] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Close to , she discovered , Pete smelled of carbolic soap , a dreadful turn-off , and when he kissed her in the dark it was so wet and sloppy she longed only to search for her handkerchief and wipe her mouth dry . |
| 2 | She looked at Susan , and saw with a pang how tired and frail she seemed . |
| 3 | And because she , too , was feeling hot and sticky she decided to join the girls in the nursery suite 's jacuzzi — one of three such glamorous items in the large house . |
| 4 | She was hungry and sorry she 'd turned off the radio . |
| 5 | She said and he picked them up and put them both together and it was seven hundred and odd she had to pay out , for her car ! |
| 6 | Between 1795 and 1799 she learned Spanish , German , Arabic , Persian , Greek , Latin , Hebrew , some Syriac , and Erse as well as music , mathematics , and astronomy . |
| 7 | Some of the languages she knew , she thought ( it was hard to tell in the uncertain light , and she was too stiff to be bothered bending down ) , and some she did not recognise . |
| 8 | Her favourite line was Bernhardt 's , and this she copied into the front of each of the eighteen notebooks , at least the five of them that I still have ; Oh well , I 'll just buy the theatre . |
| 9 | But his mother had nothing to do except care for him , and this she had blatantly failed to do . |
| 10 | That 's what she said and she said minding me own business and this she said and this man come up to her and he said have you got |
| 11 | Next she took off one of her two petticoats which had tucks and embroidery round the hem , and this she cut to cover it and make a frill round the edge . |
| 12 | They were reminiscing over the times they had worked together , and this she found irritating . |
| 13 | When told what the leaves were — for Poison Oak is well known across the Atlantic as a cause of severe contact dermatitis — she decided that she must wash vigorously ; and this she did about 1½ hours after touching the leaves . |
| 14 | And this she did , holding on for support to the iron rail that rimmed the wooden edge of the cart and which helped to keep the rags in place . |
| 15 | I remember one subject that required that she lay flat on the ground , and this she did for hours on end while I drew her . |
| 16 | The best she can do is to try to secure it by non-military , legal means , and this she has done with a fair measure of success . |
| 17 | She was able to talk about herself in a more positive way , and this she attributed to having felt useful and capable when helping her sister-in-law around the house . |
| 18 | What with one thing and another she had n't had much time for sleep last night . |
| 19 | She was able to chat to Ana for most of the meal and what with one thing and another she felt some progress had been made , though what she was doing in this situation she did not know . |
| 20 | Business trip it might have been , but one way and another she seemed to have run the gamut of a vast spectrum of emotions , and now the barriers were up again , firmly in place . |
| 21 | Between 1616 and 1629 she bore eight children , and with her husband was active in a Shrewsbury conventicle . |
| 22 | Miss Haines too favoured Clara , but being young and honourable she made every effort to conceal it . |
| 23 | Under her bare toes the floor felt real and solid , and although she was lonely and sad she knew she was going to choose to return to the real and solid world . |
| 24 | Most of those who were freaks seemed to declare it by their handwriting , and these she ignored . |
| 25 | Dotty concocted alarming potions from the herbs and these she pressed upon her unwilling neighbours and friends if they were unwary enough to admit to any slight ailment in her presence . |
| 26 | During the 1930s and 1940s she helped German refugees from Nazism . |
| 27 | And she said , that 's right you did say , she said I 'm all at sixes and sevens she said , and everything 's upside down ! |
| 28 | Linda felt better after an hour away and glad she 'd made the effort to go across to Mrs Smythe . |
| 29 | we walked out of there at twenty five past twelve and all she kept saying is , what about your lollipop ? |
| 30 | But her emotions had burnt themselves out , and all she felt as she picked up the cards and carried them through to the kitchen was a dull emptiness , as if the pain she was n't feeling had left a gap . |