Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dropping her off , she turns to close the door of my car , |
| 2 | She admitted causing the dog unnecessary suffering and was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £508.72 costs . |
| 3 | Only once has he come close to losing his rag , when publicly embarrassed by his press secretary , Julie Hall , as she admitted giving the first name of the little girl at the centre of the health election broadcast row to the press . |
| 4 | Waitress Calderwood , from Gosforth , was ordered to carry out 120 hours community service by Newcastle magistrates after she admitted making the hoax call . |
| 5 | She was so busy with the Maxim , however , that she failed to notice the door opening fully behind her , and Richmann stepping through like some black-cloaked angel of death , his shortened Winchester being raised into position . |
| 6 | Apparently at this particular time there was a considerable amount of traffic on the road in question and traffic from one direction had halted in order to allow that the young girl and her friend to cross the road they began to cross on the zebra crossing but , as she reached the centre of the road Mrs was driving her vehicle in the opposite direction and she failed to stop the young girl , in her teens , was unable to take , avoiding acci action and she was knocked down as she crossed the road . |
| 7 | When she failed to respond the French cutter opened fire with her bow chaser , hitting the superstructure of Sea Rover which by then was obviously making for the English coast . |
| 8 | She was so caught up in her own feelings that she failed to detect the danger in the question . |
| 9 | Just happened to forget to mention how she failed to do the job she was hired for , and got her comeuppance , good and proper , from the great wonder-rabbi Shmuel ben Issachar ! ’ |
| 10 | So intent was she on making a good impression , she failed to see a crane coming towards her . |
| 11 | She did not look at the old man , so she failed to see the shrewd yet kindly glance he gave her . |
| 12 | She failed to smother a yawn and he apologized , saying : ‘ Go on up , I should n't be detaining you . |
| 13 | However , when he invited Beatrice Hastings to come and model for him nude early on in their affair , Modigliani objected and she failed to keep the appointment . |
| 14 | She failed to find a donor in time to save Anthony , who died , aged just seven , but since then the register has helped to save hundreds of lives and continues to provide a vital service . |
| 15 | A young ‘ chic ’ girl placed herself in his empty place , fixing her eye liner in the fake sun light of the train , sighed as she looked around the carriage and then smiled to herself , there was obviously no competition so she failed to add an extra layer of lip-stick . |
| 16 | She failed to complete the course , and it was not until 1982 that Geraldine Rees , riding Cheers , became the first woman to finish the race . |
| 17 | It is regrettable also that she failed to recognise the rise of anti-Islamic racism , in which the demonising of Islam as ‘ The Other ’ of the west is taking shape . |
| 18 | But she failed to recognise the businessman who has become one of Norfolk 's most famous sons , the county where she has her Sandringham estate . |
| 19 | She failed to win a coveted Emmy award for her show Roseanne , America 's most-watched sitcom over the past three years . |
| 20 | She participated in the founding of the League of Nations and was on the Council , though she failed to get a racial equality clause inserted in the League 's charter . |
| 21 | Would she prefer to face the room or the window ? |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't mind her , ’ Tim joked , ‘ She hates leaving the office . |
| 23 | Pietr only found out by accident , when she applied to have the child aborted . |
| 24 | She agrees to go the city council and lodge a complaint . |
| 25 | When Psyche lighted the lamp , she expected to see a beast , but she saw a god . |
| 26 | She was dismayed to see these strangers accosting her when she expected to see an old man in a cowboy hat with a black and white photograph face . |
| 27 | When the lonely howl of a wolf carried to them through the forest , Isabel jumped , glancing at the door as if she expected to see the beast standing there . |
| 28 | She expected to hear no more . |
| 29 | She made to close the door on them when Mrs Phipps added , ‘ We 're gooin' from dower to dower ter get a collection up for a few flowers . |
| 30 | Flinging it wide , she made to thrust the other woman from the house , only to be brought up short by the sight of two gentlemen standing at the other end of the long covered porch . |