Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She instinctively shielded Ari with her arm , drawing her close to her body . |
| 2 | Although she had lived at the farm since she was ten and was accepted as one of the family , she rarely took part in family discussions . |
| 3 | Laura 's insistence on punctuality for meal times became something of a fetish , not because she was herself preparing meals which risked being spoiled ; she rarely had time for cooking any more . |
| 4 | She vigorously criticized William Smellie [ q.v. ] , who taught midwifery to surgeons using a leather mannequin , but she also considered it unethical to oblige poor women in charitable institutions to give birth in the presence of male students . |
| 5 | She rather thought Luke had cried and Charlotte certainly did , on the telephone from Edinburgh . |
| 6 | She furiously grasped hold of a clump of soggy weed and after more slipping and sliding finally managed to heave herself out . |
| 7 | Taking a deep , shaky breath , she slowly followed Leo . |
| 8 | As she slowly regained strength , Julia began to be able to think of things beyond her own physical state , and whenever David came to see her she urged him to tell her what had been happening at the trial . |
| 9 | She secretly nudged Stephen , who said , ‘ Well , I 'm dead beat . |
| 10 | In desperation , she secretly telephoned Louise , something she had never done before . |
| 11 | Leah bore him children , but Rachel was barren for a long period during which Jacob had children by her maidservant before she eventually gave birth to Joseph and then Benjamin . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , dear — you poor old hag ! ’ her friend murmured sardonically , grinning as she deftly caught hold of the cushion Laura had sent flying across the room towards her . |
| 13 | She personally raised £250 , thanks to the generosity of her colleagues in Aberdeen and London . |
| 14 | Leaning forward , she gently kissed Nicky 's forehead . |
| 15 | She gently turned Omi 's pillow to stop her mild snoring and then drifted off into her own dreamless sleep . |
| 16 | She so wanted grandparents , that she appealed for a couple in the local paper to act as adopted granny and grandad . |
| 17 | Turning to face front , she suddenly saw Ellie and gave a little screech of alarm . |
| 18 | She was still crying when she suddenly noticed Gabriel Oak , who had come up the path on his way to the church , and was watching her sympathetically . |
| 19 | Leith smiled pleasantly , but on turning her head she suddenly met Naylor 's gaze full on . |
| 20 | The morning she saw him she suddenly felt butterflies in her stomach . |
| 21 | ‘ She was doing quite nicely when she suddenly developed gas gangrene . |
| 22 | At the end she suddenly asked Tess a question . |
| 23 | She suddenly remembered Tony saying , ‘ Women fall at his feet , power falls into his lap , and money grows on the palm trees in his back garden … ’ |
| 24 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 25 | Looking back at the crowd at the foot of the great stone double staircase , she suddenly caught sight of the familiar blonde head of her daughter and called the nursemaid , who was holding her up to get a better view of all the excitement , to bring her over . |
| 26 | Ronni looked back at him and was aware of a flicker inside her as she suddenly caught sight of those wonderful eyelashes . |
| 27 | The blonde Beverly Hills 90210 beauty was racing on a powerful jet-ski at Malibu Beach when she suddenly lost control of the machine . |
| 28 | Which is why , when my mother needed help with regard to me , she naturally contacted Naylor . ’ |
| 29 | A pretty little wisp of a girl who was certainly not pregnant , she obviously adored Philip . |
| 30 | In England during the war , she literally committed suicide by refusing her food rations , thus expressing her solidarity with the starving of Europe . |