Example sentences of "in the [noun sg] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in the sitting-room she found Ben packing the fire with tins filled with coal dust mixed with dried mud , and he turned to her , saying , ‘ One of these days you 'll go daft and buy some real coal . ’ |
| 2 | When eventually they were all in the parlour she said quietly to Frank , ‘ I 'm so sorry about your father . |
| 3 | In the semi-darkness she studied his profile , letting her gaze wander over the hard-boned features , absorbing the line of his jaw , wondering what was going on inside his head . |
| 4 | In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold . |
| 5 | She was word-perfect in the part she had to play ; knew she could perform without betraying her nervousness . |
| 6 | No , the one in the poster she 's upside down on the car ! |
| 7 | In the corridor she gave Bryce back his torch and he then led the way . |
| 8 | In the corridor she glanced first one way then the other before hurrying along to Jessie 's bedroom . |
| 9 | When he passed Stella in the corridor she could smell scented soap . |
| 10 | Outside in the corridor she said , ‘ I must reset the alarm . |
| 11 | In the corridor she had passed compartments full of young men playing cards , who looked up and appraised her face and figure with impersonal interest , and when she found another seat it was in a compartment with three other women travelling up to London on their own , all with suitcases and trim suits and carefully made-up faces . |
| 12 | At a turn in the corridor she saw a picture she remembered , a ship at sea , and under the waves a chariot racing from a previous painting . |
| 13 | And , with a horrified shudder , it occurred to Folly that if she stayed any longer in the corridor she might hear more than talking in the room beyond the door . |
| 14 | Back in the corridor she ran to Spike . |
| 15 | In the hall she chose the prettiest coat she had . |
| 16 | In the hall she wraps a long scarf round her neck and puts on a cream-coloured quilted cotton jacket , with wide shoulders and inset sleeves , and lets herself out by the front door . |
| 17 | In the hall she dreaded the advent of a parent less than she had dreaded it earlier . |
| 18 | In the hall she would put on her hat and , lulling all suspicions of decay and its mortifications to rest in the conviction of her own economical and resourceful genius , with Gigi on her shoulder , she would stand at the head of the basement staircase screaming ( Gigi would scream too ) for Silly-Willie and Brigid to come and take her instructions and give their assistance while she created some nauseating delicacy for Dada 's dinner . |
| 19 | Every night in the theatre she went high in the air on her swing , over the heads of all the people . |
| 20 | He did n't answer immediately and in the half-light she tried to examine his features . |
| 21 | Watching her reflection in the viewport she knew she 'd failed . |
| 22 | Its reputation was lifted in the sixteenth century , when Marguerite de Navarre came here and ( perhaps ) wrote some of her Heptameron , as a respite from the rigours of the cure , before the atrocious weather — in the prologue she quickly complains of the rainfall in Cauterets — drove her down to Sarrance . |
| 23 | Her address was less than a mile from the shop , but Folly had asked Lisa to keep it until last in the route she had mapped out . |
| 24 | Back in the cottage she found everyone in the kitchen . |
| 25 | An old lady , like that ancient crone who lived in the cottage she had just passed , who had a hairy mole on her chin and squinted hideously . |
| 26 | Back in the cottage she took a long , hot bath , but the water failed to ease the tension in her body , even though she lay there for what seemed like an eternity , trying to will away the effects of the afternoon . |
| 27 | as they would say in the army she had legs that went all the way up to her bottom ! |
| 28 | In the course of the evening a note was handed in from Mrs Campbell of Jura House saying she had heard of our arrival and as she was sure there was no comfort in the Hotel she hoped we would come there in the morning and stay with them while we were on the island , assuring us also that she would do all in her power to further the cause for which we had come . |
| 29 | In the cathedral she observed the new archbishop moving among the strange costumes , the rosary with purple tassles and red beads the size of pigeons ' eggs , and the purple velvet fez . |
| 30 | Help her by arranging her clothes on the bed in the order she should put them on , and facing the right way . |