Example sentences of "she [vb past] at this " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She 'd a hundred times rather change last night 's husband on a daily basis , be reviled as a witch in the parliament of women , she 'd like to have dead babies in succession — she winced at this , ‘ Please , no ’ — but pressed on rather than be that nothing , that unbeing , that sump of ribaldry and pity and contempt , the woman-who-had-never-had-a man , the zitella , the old maid . |
| 2 | Helen believed unshakeably in his genius and was determined to enable him to realize his potential as a writer — a poet , like Shelley , she believed at this rime — without sacrificing her own strong desire for freedom of independent action , untrammelled by the stuffy conventions of the elders she suspected of hypocrisy . |
| 3 | Understandably , she fretted at this circumscribed lifestyle , but another episode of somewhat more serious bleeding two weeks ago had convinced everyone that the programme of rest and professional care was not an overcautious one . |
| 4 | She marvelled at this phenomenon , but was humbly grateful that her mind worked in this way . |
| 5 | Her interest in cosmetics , like that of her friend Alix Bowen , was minimal , but , like Alix Bowen , she decided that it was after all a festive occasion , and she began at this late moment to apply a little mascara . |
| 6 | Sara did not care to be beholden to Matthew Preston for even one pupil , but she knew at this moment she could not afford to be choosey . |
| 7 | His tender , almost lazy exploration of her body swelled her love till she felt that if she died at this very moment she would have lived her life to the full . |
| 8 | She looked at this moment more terrifying than ever before . |
| 9 | Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like she felt at this moment . |
| 10 | Had never felt the exquisite excitement that she felt at this moment . |
| 11 | How foolishly happy she had been earlier that evening , and how ridiculous she felt at this moment , all her dreams crushed and shattered around her slowly dragging feet . |
| 12 | She gasped at this admission , then realised he was just looking for ways to beat himself up . |
| 13 | She smiled at this and said if I wanted a change I could knit up navy blue wool for the Royal Navy , which I did . |
| 14 | He felt uneasy when she smiled at this : he had expected her to defend him from his accusation of age . |
| 15 | She smiled at this last . |
| 16 | Never in her life had she felt less like eating than she did at this moment . |
| 17 | The last thing she wanted at this juncture was to be under an obligation to Wilcox . |
| 18 | She laboured at this a long time , taking great care in the shaping and moulding of the tiny , human forms , but then she grew tired . |
| 19 | In 1772 her address is recorded as 16 Fish Street ( later St Aldates ) ; she remained at this address until her death . |