Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman 's attitudes to the housewife role may be positive — she may feel herself to be a housewife , and agree with the idea that housewifery is an appropriate role for women , but she may at the same time dislike doing housework . |
| 2 | She may be ecstatic and radiant ; she may on the other hand feel tired and depressed . |
| 3 | Miss Rene ignored Miss Belle 's remark and , turning again to Agnes , said , ‘ It should happen that Mrs Bretton-Fawcett had some bills outstanding and that she should at the same time require one or two hats for herself and an equal number for her daughter . |
| 4 | His ill-starred daughter , of whose birth on 8 December 1542 James heard on his deathbed , was kept at Linlithgow for seven months , by which time it had been agreed that she should in the fullness of time marry Edward , heir to Henry VIII of England . |
| 5 | , well she should after a while . |
| 6 | But , cling as she might to the bolster she had taken with her to stop her screams , she could not stop shaking . |
| 7 | She looked out to sea , as far as she could through the mist , and thought of great trees whispering under the waves . |
| 8 | Threading her way as diligently as she could through the mass of humanity , it was with a sigh of relief that she eventually found herself back in the vast City Hall square . |
| 9 | There was no pressure on her to help him , but still she 'd agreed to get together as much information on Jenner as she could over the weekend . |
| 10 | He might have the advantage of size and strength , but thanks to the martial arts classes she 'd taken as regularly as she could over the past few years , she had a few tricks of her own up her sleeve . |
| 11 | She had to stand on her toes and reach up as high as she could with a walking-stick in order to hook the hat off the peg , and even then she only just made it . |
| 12 | She had lost her cap , and so could not again conceal the glory of her hidden beauty , but she twisted the plait in a knot behind her head and clipped it there as best she could with the two pins she had found , so that it resembled the thick queue of a man 's old-fashioned wig . |
| 13 | She made her way as best she could along the overgrown path , following the house wall . |
| 14 | She ran as hard as she could across the muddy field , across the rickety bridge , and finally collapsed beyond the line of oaks where the stream curved round to mark the boundary of the colonel 's property . |
| 15 | Drawing back her arm , she hit him as hard as she could across the face . |
| 16 | A hard light in her eyes , she drew back her arm and hit him as hard as she could across the face . |
| 17 | Instead , she stayed near the doors , holding on as best she could to an upright rail , the bag with the dress in it clutched in her other hand . |
| 18 | There was no clear path , she was just winding through trees and keeping as close as she could to the direction he had shown . |
| 19 | Though that was easier said than done she would do her best , and try instead to enjoy what she could of the coming seven days , and treat each day as a holiday and as if she had n't a care in the world . |
| 20 | He had so manipulated the situation that if she wanted to do what she could for the twins she had no alternative but to agree to his terms . |
| 21 | She preferred to eat as many of these as she could on the spot , as they were too messy to take away . |
| 22 | ‘ Those who can not hear must feel the rod of correction , ’ she declaimed , raising the stick as she advanced , Martha let out a shriek , leaped to her feet and , barely aware of her action , hit the old woman as hard as she could on the side of the head , knocking her against the wall . |
| 23 | He had but to comment favourably on the kittenish qualities of Babs Osborne for her to curl up as best she could on the plush seat beside him , her thumb in her mouth . |
| 24 | Sycorax fainted , and Ariel bent her cheek to the discoloured cheek of the old woman and licked the salt that fell in her tears , and when she reached the cabin took her inside where the rush screens would keep the flies off her wounds , and made her as comfortable as she could on the ground , with fresh dressings on her burns , a cool soaked cloth on her forehead . |
| 25 | Somehow she rose over her excitement , though , and concentrated all she could on the task at hand . |
| 26 | Rory made the best attempt she could at a dismissive laugh . |
| 27 | If he put down sheets of newspaper in the kitchen to keep the floor clean on wet days , one of his cats would back up to the far wall and then launch herself as fast as she could at the papers . |
| 28 | As she reached her father 's house she walked straight in at the gate , which she hardly bothered to open quietly , and flung the stone as hard as she could at the glass of the bedroom window . |
| 29 | She was wearing a pair of off-white trousers , which she had cuffed as much as she could at the ankles because of the heat , and a plain navy-coloured T-shirt , neither of which sported designer labels . |
| 30 | For one awful moment , she thought she had persuaded her , then , with a cry of triumph , Rose hurled the ring as far as she could into the surrounding darkness . |