Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] she " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | Her earlier fears about what terrors lay in store returned , all the more powerful because for a few minutes she had forgotten them . |
| 34 | For a few minutes she knelt by the grave , and was presently joined by Maria . |
| 35 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 36 | In a few minutes she would go down . |
| 37 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 38 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 39 | In a few minutes she was calmer . |
| 40 | After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel . |
| 41 | After a few minutes she stopped watching them . |
| 42 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | After a few minutes she opened them again . |
| 48 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | If a black pupil comes to see her a few times she automatically labels them as troublemakers . |
| 54 | A few times she was aware that he was watching her , but managed every time to resist the temptation to look up , unsure of just what she might see in his eyes . |
| 55 | I mean , when our Bon was learning I went with her a few times she frightened the life out of me ! |
| 56 | But after a few notes she stopped and turned round on her stool to face me . |
| 57 | Maybe , she thought bitterly , if she had asked a few questions she might have uncovered the truth about him for herself , instead of having the information relayed to her by one of her friends . |
| 58 | Just a few things she has to do . ’ |
| 59 | I do n't know I do n't know it it sounded nice a few points she did on it and er |
| 60 | A British walker survived for seven days without food , save for a few prunes she managed to scavenge out of a dustbin , while lost in New Zealand 's rugged Taparua mountain range . |