Example sentences of "she [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Approaching Dame Shirley Porter , she of the generously ample proboscis , Larry chipped in : ‘ I think it 's absolutely marvellous you bothered to turn up . |
| 2 | Cara had seen neither member of Frizingley 's force herself ; nor was she in the least surprised that two men armed only with truncheons should shirk from attempting to enforce their will upon St Jude 's . |
| 3 | Nor was she in the least bit jealous about whoever his engagement was with — but she 'd lay odds it was n't with his Prague-residing brother ! |
| 4 | The tall man who spoke to her through the barely opened driver 's window was casually dressed in a well-cut tweed sports jacket and green drill trousers . |
| 5 | He it was , that Monday , who plucked up courage to approach her , huffing and puffing around her with the slightly intimidating bonhomie of a young St Bernard . |
| 6 | Half convinced , she shrugged philosophically and turned to leave the apartment 's square entrance hall in which they were standing , aware of Luke following her into the luxuriously appointed lounge , a long elegant room which ended in sliding glass doors opening on to a balcony with a view she had spent part of the afternoon enjoying , pretty green parkland dotted with ornamental ponds linked by a winding , deeply cut stream that was spanned by the occasional arched stone bridge . |
| 7 | Then , leading her into the generously sized guest-room that held two single beds , he said , ‘ This will become the main bedroom . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't you know what time — ’ she began , but already , somehow , he had moved past her into the dimly lit office and was standing confidently at her drawing-board , casually eyeing the plan that she had been working on . |
| 9 | But Michele was urging her down the steps , and the gondolier had reached up to assist her into the gently rocking craft . |
| 10 | That would certainly explain why he had n't taken her into the back close , or asked her out . |
| 11 | Huge pools of eyes stared back at her from the dead white planes of the face . |
| 12 | Sometimes she would stand in front of Sarah and stare at her in the most curious way , saying nothing . |
| 13 | The Tasmanian Law Reform Commission expressed the matter even more forcefully : ‘ The present focus on consent virtually demands that a defence counsel who is doing his job properly must challenge the sexual conduct and personal integrity of the complainant and attempt to present her in the most unfavourable light . ’ |
| 14 | He was theatrical by nature , and he lavished it all on her , complimenting her in the most exuberant terms , telling her that her engagement had broken his heart irreparably . |
| 15 | Despite his casual dress of jeans and shirt , there was still an air of sophistication about him that was in sharp variance to those around him , and she cursed Donal again for his stupid sense of humour because it now put her in the most ridiculous position . |
| 16 | If I am right about the masculine character of the women pioneers of agriculture we can see that the fact that the followers of the Phrygian mother-goddess castrated themselves is a nice illustration of Freud 's idea of the ‘ shadow of the object falling on the ego ’ : the ultimate reproach against the new agricultural mother was that she was masculine , and therefore the self-punishment came to fit her crime while confirming the identification with her in the most exact way possible . |
| 17 | Tears rose haphazardly to her eyes as she watched the sequence of silent film Alexei showed her in the now darkened room . |
| 18 | A possible committal to prison on account of her long-standing beliefs did not frighten her in the least . |
| 19 | Jenny suddenly did n't care for her in the least . |
| 20 | It did n't matter to her in the least . |
| 21 | The debris from her artistic efforts does not interest her in the least . ’ |
| 22 | Discussing Arnie with Guido did n't appeal to her in the least . |
| 23 | When he let go of her , she fell back against the sideboard , clutching it for support , fighting for enough composure so that she could make some clever response that would make clear that the kiss had not disturbed her in the least . |
| 24 | ‘ We should make it in three or four days , if we 're lucky , if we leave tomorrow , ’ Travis finished , recalling her to the here and now with a start . |
| 25 | How you corrupted a young and lovely woman … and subjected her to the most shatteringly depraved treatment . |
| 26 | The rage incited her to the most positive and extreme action . |
| 27 | Smiling a little ruefully at her own foolishness , she walked down the lane , guessing rightly that it would take her to the back of the cottage . |
| 28 | But there again , he never sent her to the really big houses because , as he said , if there was anything going , the servants would have had the first pick . |
| 29 | But she did not like to admit the accidental , for if her birth was the effect of chance , so then was her escape ; the same arbitrary law that had produced her might well have blinded her at the most crucial moments of her life , and left her forever desiring , forever missing , never achieving , an eternal misfit . |
| 30 | And for her at the most , third sight . |