Example sentences of "few [noun pl] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . |
| 2 | I mean , when our Bon was learning I went with her a few times she frightened the life out of me ! |
| 3 | A few times she shouted at them , saying that they were disturbing the peace of the neighbourhood , but this did not discourage them ; a few evenings later they would come back with new songs . |
| 4 | But after a few notes she stopped and turned round on her stool to face me . |
| 5 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 6 | Every few minutes she glanced again at the postcard . |
| 7 | After a few minutes she noticed a certain cunning softness replacing the apprehension of his expression , and her heart began to beat a little faster . |
| 8 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 9 | After waiting a few minutes she collected the pictures from the slot outside the booth , put them in her bag without looking at them and hurried home . |
| 10 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 11 | At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 12 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 13 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 14 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |
| 15 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 16 | For a few minutes she indulged in a fantasy where she was one of the young mothers and the child by her side was Roman 's . |
| 17 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 18 | If she was nervous it remained hidden and in a few minutes she had put each of the sisters completely at ease , their shame and apprehension gone . |
| 19 | Her earlier fears about what terrors lay in store returned , all the more powerful because for a few minutes she had forgotten them . |
| 20 | In spite of her unwillingness to join the outing , and the remote mood she had been in for most of the day , in the last few minutes she had begun to feel herself a real person . |
| 21 | For the past few minutes she had not really been paying much attention to the direction and she looked round worriedly . |
| 22 | After a few minutes she decided to take another two tables and then continued taking two at a time until she had swallowed about 30 . |
| 23 | After a few minutes she opened them again . |
| 24 | For a few minutes she explained the system on which the cards were arranged , then let him try to select some for a bibliography she was compiling on nutrition in underdeveloped countries . |
| 25 | She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home . |
| 26 | After a few minutes she bent her head and dropped a kiss lightly on his ankle , and then her hand slid up under the leg of the leathers and sensuously kneaded the firm muscle at the back of his calf . |
| 27 | After a few minutes she stopped watching them . |
| 28 | For a few minutes she knelt by the grave , and was presently joined by Maria . |
| 29 | For a few minutes she stood in shocked silence ; she had been so sure that the rider from the woods had been herself … but now , realizing that the lover she had seen had been Morthen , she felt angry and upset . |
| 30 | After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel . |