Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She instinctively shielded Ari with her arm , drawing her close to her body . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She rather thought Luke had cried and Charlotte certainly did , on the telephone from Edinburgh . |
| 4 | Taking a deep , shaky breath , she slowly followed Leo . |
| 5 | She secretly nudged Stephen , who said , ‘ Well , I 'm dead beat . |
| 6 | In desperation , she secretly telephoned Louise , something she had never done before . |
| 7 | Leaning forward , she gently kissed Nicky 's forehead . |
| 8 | She gently turned Omi 's pillow to stop her mild snoring and then drifted off into her own dreamless sleep . |
| 9 | Turning to face front , she suddenly saw Ellie and gave a little screech of alarm . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Leith smiled pleasantly , but on turning her head she suddenly met Naylor 's gaze full on . |
| 12 | At the end she suddenly asked Tess a question . |
| 13 | 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 … ’ |
| 14 | Which is why , when my mother needed help with regard to me , she naturally contacted Naylor . ’ |
| 15 | A pretty little wisp of a girl who was certainly not pregnant , she obviously adored Philip . |
| 16 | It was n't as awful as she 'd anticipated , partly because she greatly admired Raimondo 's talent , partly because the audience was so small , just the sheikh , his wives , a handful of retainers , and a couple of the sheikh 's Italian business associates brought along to translate — although one of the businessmen kept giving her glances that made her uncomfortable . |
| 17 | There she greatly admired Monsieur Jerricault 's canvas , which though static contained for her much motion and lighting and , in its own way , music — indeed , in some fashion it contained more of these things than did the vulgar Panorama . |
| 18 | She only wished Antonia were there with her to help her think over all the things Thomas said . |
| 19 | She only saw Pamela and her parents together very briefly at this stage . |
| 20 | She only saw Lucenzo 's serious face and his dark , velvet black eyes . |
| 21 | She only hoped Sally was able to get hold of Mark . |
| 22 | She only mentioned Margaret twice — once tenderly : ‘ the beautiful curtains Margaret and I chose together ’ — once tartly : ‘ Margaret would never prepare her lectures … just gather a few notes together and wonder why she was nervous at the last moment . |
| 23 | ‘ She finally accepted Peter 's proposal . ’ |
| 24 | Call it developing female insight , but SHe somehow knew Malamute was a man with a secret , a man in disguise , and also a man who knew the way SHe could turn this whole mess into an advantage . |
| 25 | ELANA MEYER won the battle between South Africa 's two top middle distance runners when she comfortably beat Zola Pieterse over 3,000 metres at a meeting in Stellenbosch yesterday . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , yes , very , ’ she answered , eager to inform on a harmless , non-specific matter , to say the Danuese were really good people , and to look down on them jointly , since she already knew Herr Speich was an atheist . |
| 27 | Rose supplied McAllister with the damp towelling squares , and she alternately wiped Effie 's forehead , and gave her the towelling to bite on when the pains came strong and fast . |
| 28 | She just ignored Alain 's voice and ran up the stairs to her room , ignoring the way it made her dizzy . |
| 29 | " she just whistled Waltzing Matilda and off we went , " said a grateful survivor . |
| 30 | She did n't care about anything ; she just wanted Meredith to see her on the back of the Prince 's white charger . |