Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She goes one better than last year . |
| 2 | ‘ And I 've missed you as well , ’ she laughed , as she hugged them both . |
| 3 | Pulling the child into her arms , she hugged her close . |
| 4 | She would go from eating little and missing meals to eating heavily at times when she experienced her sweet cravings . |
| 5 | It 's got these tight sleeves that look too short and the bottom bit is all bunched up so when she turns it all billows out . |
| 6 | In 1945 she was tried in a Chinese military court as a traitor , but was acquitted when she admitted her Japanese nationality and described how politically naive she was . |
| 7 | She failed her eleven-plus and ended up at a local secondary modern school , which turned out to be a blessing in disguise . |
| 8 | I do n't think she 's all that keen on them , and sometimes she kicks them all out , if it 's getting late and she wants to go to bed . |
| 9 | She flung them open , one , two , three , her heart hammering . |
| 10 | Making her way to the door , she flung it open , and walked out to the car park . |
| 11 | When she met him one day in the forest , Narcissus said to her : ‘ I suppose you are yet another of these women who find me so very attractive . ’ |
| 12 | When she met him that evening and explained her predicament , he was happy to fall in with her plans . |
| 13 | Robyn could tell the minute she met their curious glances . |
| 14 | A pair of keen black eyes burned fiercely in their sunken sockets , and as she met their sardonic gaze she drew back and would have fled , had not the servant been close behind her . |
| 15 | She renewed her make-up , pausing as she met her blue eyes in the mirror . |
| 16 | When she met her current boyfriend and fell pregnant , she had not been able to confide in them . |
| 17 | In October this seemingly unbeatable filly went to France for the Prix du Conseil Municipal , and here she met her first defeat , beaten two and a half lengths by the 66–1 outsider Presto . |
| 18 | At Cambridge she met her first husband , Sebastian Manning , who introduced her to a world in which socialism , far from being ridiculous , was natural , chic , colourful , confident , artistic : Sebastian 's parents were artists of some repute , one a painter , the other a potter , and they did not think much of the austerities of Dr Leavis . |
| 19 | When she met her false lover in the dew . |
| 20 | I knew it when she met you that first time you came to my place . ’ |
| 21 | She met his blazing eyes and flinched , wishing he 'd yell . |
| 22 | Colour flared in her cheeks as she met his blazing eyes head on . |
| 23 | He stared at her and as she met his shocked gaze she felt tears squeeze out over her lashes with hot , blinding intensity . |
| 24 | Just for a second she met his curious gaze then looked away , feeling her heart pounding in a way that made her feel sick . |
| 25 | She met his mocking gaze , noting that in spite of the typical little dig there was less malice than usual in his manner . |
| 26 | Chin high , she met his narrowed gaze with undisguised hostility . |
| 27 | Gina 's voice rose in amazement as , uncertain whether to be horrified or impressed , she met his smug expression . |
| 28 | Puzzled , she met his intense gaze through love-dazed eyes . |
| 29 | She met his determined gaze and knew that avoiding him was n't going to be easy . |
| 30 | Her voice was as steady as a rock and she met his silvery-green eyes without flinching . |