Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] and " in BNC.

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1 Then , with the fluidity usually only displayed by cartoon characters , she swooped down and around her daughter ; her arms cradled each shoulder and her face slid down next to Maisie 's .
2 She swooped down and trailed her fingertips along the surface .
3 But when she was over here , she sold up and her sister sold up at the same time .
4 After that she stalked off and refused to come near me .
5 Miss Harker had a kind heart , but was she really in touch with this world she lived in and was so anxious to change ?
6 Using what little facts as she could chronologically find Dei then placed a perspective on this through ’ reading about the time she lived in and finding out about women 's lives in the 17th century Rome .
7 Using sleeve fabric and velvet she made cuffs , which she stitched on and fastened with buttons .
8 When all was silent , except for the distant buzz of conversation from the tea , she crept out and almost ran down the back passage , as fast as her high-heeled shoes would permit .
9 But the dark night was filled with the metallic throbbing of insects , waves on the sand , and she got up and stood naked on the balcony .
10 Soon she declared that the sauna was suffocating ; after repeating once more how she hated modesty , she got up and left .
11 When daylight came she got up and dressed .
12 Then she got up and went to the mirror above the desk .
13 Then she got up and went to the front door and , as she did every night , and had always done , since Jack never cared about such matters , locked and bolted it .
14 Reluctantly she got up and her teeth chattered as she took a dressing gown from a hook behind the bedroom door .
15 The forms in the waiting-room were most uncomfortable and at one period she got up and began to walk about , apparently to the consternation of other people who , docilely , were also waiting for news .
16 Just before midnight she got up and swallowed two aspirins with some water which she hoped would calm her down .
17 Then suddenly she got up and made for the piano .
18 After a while she got up and walked slowly from the kitchen into the bedroom .
19 She got up and went to the door .
20 She got up and almost fell , stumbling on numbed legs into the alley .
21 While he was speaking she got up and began pacing to and fro across the wide office .
22 She got up and went down to the kitchen to start getting their dinner .
23 She got up and came to him ; she leant down and kissed him .
24 She got up and quickened her walk up to the house .
25 She got up and picked up the frame and brought it over to Meredith .
26 She got up and stooped to reach the tap .
27 She got up and began walking round the kitchen , collecting a dirty cup here , a saucer there , putting them in the sink .
28 Joe put his back to her and she got up and scrambled into the bed .
29 When the manager refused it , she got up and ran back upstairs to the dealing floor .
30 She hit her and at the same time as she hit her she virtually came to a er , a stop because of the fact she wa she started to brake as soon as she saw the the children appear er , but ne never the less contact was made but thankfully for her and for the child the the contact was a a at no significant speed , the child was just knocked off her feet and she got up and waved to Mrs and said I 'm alright and she ran off and she was away before Mrs had time , even to undo her safety belt to get out of the car .
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