Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was n't as awful as she 'd anticipated , partly because she greatly admired Raimondo 's talent , partly because the audience was so small , just the sheikh , his wives , a handful of retainers , and a couple of the sheikh 's Italian business associates brought along to translate — although one of the businessmen kept giving her glances that made her uncomfortable . |
| 32 | There she greatly admired Monsieur Jerricault 's canvas , which though static contained for her much motion and lighting and , in its own way , music — indeed , in some fashion it contained more of these things than did the vulgar Panorama . |
| 33 | Boz made the announcement as though expecting Dolly to argue with him , but she merely nodded acknowledgement of his statement . |
| 34 | I read of her collecting ivy with her children for Christmas decorations ( she rightly hated holly ) , while I told her of walks by the Nile with Sappho , my pretty mongrel bitch , watching the beautiful boats with big-bellied sails bringing cattle-fodder from Upper Egypt . |
| 35 | She only lacked strength , that was all . |
| 36 | She only wished Antonia were there with her to help her think over all the things Thomas said . |
| 37 | At least she only robbed bins and doorsteps , she did n't shoplift . |
| 38 | She only saw Pamela and her parents together very briefly at this stage . |
| 39 | She only saw Lucenzo 's serious face and his dark , velvet black eyes . |
| 40 | He remembered Gina 's summing-up of Eleanor 's character and told her that she only saw people as shits because she was n't woman enough to hold a man . |
| 41 | She only hoped Sally was able to get hold of Mark . |
| 42 | Belatedly she realised she only wore bra and panties . |
| 43 | She only received £6,000 of the loan . |
| 44 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 45 | She only mentioned Margaret twice — once tenderly : ‘ the beautiful curtains Margaret and I chose together ’ — once tartly : ‘ Margaret would never prepare her lectures … just gather a few notes together and wonder why she was nervous at the last moment . |
| 46 | When she said that she only wanted £10 for looking after little Doris , and that her mother could come and visit as often as she liked , a deal was struck and a tearful Evalina waved goodbye to Mrs Stanfield and her small daughter . |
| 47 | A quick hunt through the cupboards and the fridge revealed a good supply of food , but for the moment she only wanted coffee . |
| 48 | She only started wheelchair racing 4 years ago . |
| 49 | And yet , despising her , Luke could n't resist her any more than she could him — but she alone had love to justify the weakness . |
| 50 | ‘ She finally accepted Peter 's proposal . ’ |
| 51 | By the time she finally headed south again Kirsty 's future would have been decided . |
| 52 | She soon fell victim , and ceased to show any signs of life . |
| 53 | She soon realised strength meant nothing in their oily state , and her lithe body twisted and turned to avoid his lunges . |
| 54 | The crowd slowed her progress , but she soon caught sight of him again , heading towards the door . |
| 55 | Call it developing female insight , but SHe somehow knew Malamute was a man with a secret , a man in disguise , and also a man who knew the way SHe could turn this whole mess into an advantage . |
| 56 | ELANA MEYER won the battle between South Africa 's two top middle distance runners when she comfortably beat Zola Pieterse over 3,000 metres at a meeting in Stellenbosch yesterday . |
| 57 | ‘ Oh , yes , very , ’ she answered , eager to inform on a harmless , non-specific matter , to say the Danuese were really good people , and to look down on them jointly , since she already knew Herr Speich was an atheist . |
| 58 | He realized that she already had fans , but the others were almost certainly complete wankers . |
| 59 | This story was a favourite of the headmistress of her primary school , so she heard it often at Morning Prayers , and long before she could see it as a parable , she already felt shock before its injustice . |
| 60 | Inexorably her thoughts turned to suicide , not because she wanted to die but because she desperately wanted help . |