Example sentences of "she [vb past] [art] old " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got the old lop-sided grin and sank back to her seat , pleased with a daring deed well done . |
| 2 | She drove to a cottage where she helped an old woman bent in half like a crooked stump into the front passenger seat . |
| 3 | She helped the old woman up and led her across the room . |
| 4 | She helped the old lady to her bed . |
| 5 | As she approached the old mill , where the lane was bordered by the mill stream , she noticed a cyclist approaching her . |
| 6 | ‘ Doreen still did if she used the old electric , ’ said Malcolm helpfully . |
| 7 | She used the old phrase . |
| 8 | She used an old black quilted petticoat and found some furry black fabric to use for its head and feet . |
| 9 | She was scarlet in the face and perspiring profusely by the time she entered the old gentleman 's room . |
| 10 | With that she slammed the old Austin into gear , then almost as quickly put it back into neutral . |
| 11 | While she drank her lemonade and ate her biscuits she told the old lady about Brownies and how she had left her bike on the edge of the wood . |
| 12 | ‘ Dr Jones 'll be in to look at that woman directly , Paddy , ’ she told the old porter as he ambled up . |
| 13 | Headlined Spare my life … rape me , she told the Old Bailey court ‘ He said ‘ I 'm going to kill you ’ . |
| 14 | She scrubbed the old lino floor until it revealed a pleasant geometric pattern of tan , brown and yellow diamonds ; poured bleach , then caustic soda , and then her own physical energy into the stained hideous bath , succeeding in restoring it in several places to snowy whiteness . |
| 15 | She joined the Old Vic Company ( which later was to become the Sadler 's Wells Opera ) in the 1923-4 season as a member of the chorus . |
| 16 | She joined the old South of Scotland Electricity Board in 1976 as a legal assistant — the first female solicitor it had employed — but by 1980 wanted to do something different and went back to university with the company 's blessing ( and a scholarship ) to get an MBA . |
| 17 | Caroline smiled as she clasped the old woman 's hands . |
| 18 | She followed the old route , through the walled garden at The Tamarisks to the path that curled down the cliffs to the five-acre plateau on which the Villa stood at the centre of an arboretum . |
| 19 | Then she followed the old woman up the stairs . |
| 20 | She followed the old man with her eyes . |
| 21 | Over a cup of tea she regaled the old lady with the story of her son and grandchild saving the wounded squirrel , and , leaving her to pass it on to her companions , she drove back to the surgery . |
| 22 | One of them is a teacher of deaf children at St Mary 's and she loved the old schoolroom at the museum and told me that her class were doing a project on Northern Ireland and she must bring them here to see it all . |
| 23 | She watched the old face overspread with brightness , began to listen to the clearly-presented , carefully-recalled recital of the past . |
| 24 | Then she pulled the old one out and threw it away , over the edge of the roof . |
| 25 | She settled the old woman back on the garden bench , amongst her flowers , the cat in her ample lap . |
| 26 | She settled the old lady on a stretcher near the door , so that she could see the sunlit complex , and the happy holidaymakers laughing and shouting as they played in the pool , their conversations a mixture of Spanish and English . |
| 27 | Granny 's visits to Bowes Road would always be very much appreciated by her little granddaughter Doris , if only because of the teatime treats which would attend such occasions ; as she took the old lady upstairs to dispose of her coat , Doris would whisper : ‘ We 've got blackcurrant pie today because you 're here ; we only ever have it when you come … ’ . |
| 28 | She took an old carpet , filled it with soil and put it in the front room , where Annie and her brother spent the day . |
| 29 | He turned and glared at her and for a moment she thought the old Georg was going to start carping and nagging and telling her what she ought or ought not to do . |
| 30 | Hepzibah says she knew an old woman once who kept what she called a Death Book . |