Example sentences of "and she [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she discovered a telephone ear-piece extension which allows her to listen and repeat the words of a caller to him . |
| 2 | I smiled at her , and she jammed a copy of Pravda into my hand , her smile still ticking over . |
| 3 | And she saw a soldier 's face , permanently browned and weathered by sun and wind . |
| 4 | The sea answered her voice , and she saw a great heave of water rise and fling itself over the dunes . |
| 5 | She heard a footfall , she pressed herself back , keeping an eye on the street ; in a doorway , further on , a silhouette detached itself for a moment , and she saw a man throw his head back and shake it as if intoxicated , while holding his arms extended , and she fancied she heard him speak to his own fidanzata of that evening , she imagined him murmuring about her hair — as dark as a raven 's wing , perhaps ? |
| 6 | The door opened six inches and she saw a sliver of dark landing , stairs coiling away to the street . |
| 7 | A lot of people came in , and she saw a man and his wife . |
| 8 | Their bed had a wooden footboard and she saw a flicker of movement behind it in the half-light . |
| 9 | Just as she reached it , the light from a lantern spilled on to the square , and she saw a man enter the place behind it . |
| 10 | She began to say , ‘ Thank God … ’ then halted , as the door swung open and she saw a figure momentarily silhouetted against the pale evening light . |
| 11 | Then he handed it to Therese and she saw a small , round-faced young woman with bright eyes , and fair hair and the beginning of a double chin . |
| 12 | He frowned and she saw a muscle twitch in his jaw . |
| 13 | As her silence lengthened a muscle flexed in his jaw and she saw a flicker of murderous rage in his eye for one instant . |
| 14 | He waited , and she saw a hint of amusement in his face . |
| 15 | Her parents would as lief have me as Humphrey , and she 'd a good deal rather . ’ |
| 16 | But the eight-time Wimbledon champion lost the first set as the Czechoslovak brought her down with her huge serve and she looked a bag of nerves . |
| 17 | It had been shapeless and unflattering , and she looked a lot better without it . |
| 18 | She was a very little dolly bird you know and she looked a real Miss Trendsetter you know , in the mini dress you know . |
| 19 | Meredith 's breath had fogged the window and she rubbed a clear circle . |
| 20 | If Angela Brickell had seduced him — or the other way round — and she threatened a messy paternity suit … |
| 21 | Shortly afterwards , Sinitta and David split up and she signed a major recording deal which culminated in her single So Macho reaching number two in the charts , only missing the top spot because of Chris De Burgh 's Lady in Red . |
| 22 | And she cut a dozen and a half splendid blooms and laid them reverently in Sally-Anne 's trug . |
| 23 | He lay beside her and she knew a primal terror , old as hills — older far than the Scarabae . |
| 24 | For a long moment he lay where he was , and she knew a second 's real apprehension . |
| 25 | Her imagination conjured up an erotically vivid picture and she knew a hectic flush had risen to her cheeks . |
| 26 | The small aircraft bucked and tossed , throwing her forward , then something caught her a glancing blow and she knew a moment 's pain before the blessed darkness closed in . |
| 27 | and she told a lot of other people and so I think we got a pretty comprehensive list actually . |
| 28 | He was an old , stooping , emaciated bachelor , aghast at the facts of life ; he never smiled , but glowered defensively at the world from under his eyebrows , and she felt a certain sympathy for him . |
| 29 | The idea was a novelty , it illumined a new area of thought in Isabel Lavender 's mind , and she felt a little daring , a little afraid , at bringing up for scrutiny something she had so long taken for granted . |
| 30 | Skinner was looking at her , and she felt a caress of terror . |