Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She insists upon strict discipline throughout the school , and if you take my advice you will do your very best to behave yourselves in her presence . |
| 2 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she whispered through dry lips , and only after what seemed an eternity did he slowly lower her to one side . |
| 3 | Trust in God , ’ she whispered through bloodless lips , and Anne wept that even now her mother was trying to comfort her . |
| 4 | She whispered with alliterative relish : |
| 5 | she goes to part-time so they get it at a reduced rate . |
| 6 | you know , and erm , our Kim , er , she , she goes to bloody extreme then , she 's picked a wardrobe , one wardrobe and a set of drawers , should of been a thousand pound and that bloke at Aston where she got her bed from , which she paid twelve hundred pound just for a bedhead |
| 7 | Sometimes she goes to different places on the island to paint pictures . ’ |
| 8 | I was offered this amazing job in London , but I felt no , I 've got plenty of time , I 'd rather be with her until she goes to secondary school . |
| 9 | I once followed a pupil around for a whole day , and was impressed by the peculiar mixture she experienced of dislocated bits and pieces , and longer sessions where there were ‘ spaces ’ for her to enjoy and explore learning or — occasionally — to waste time in . |
| 10 | ‘ Be that as it may , ’ she hurried on , ‘ I would n't feel at home here , beautiful though it is , ’ she admitted in strangled tones . |
| 11 | Not that his tautly muscled frame showed any sign of laxity , she admitted in silent acknowledgement . |
| 12 | It roused her violently by its unexpectedness , and she made no protest when his arms went round her and he kissed her with a force and a recklessness that she met with equal need . |
| 13 | But here , for once , she met with strong unexpected opposition . |
| 14 | They are an invaluable source for women 's health problems in this period , especially the ‘ dangerous perils ’ of childbirth , and movingly discuss the traumas of the early deaths of children , which she met with resigned submission to the will of God . |
| 15 | She read with great attention , few dues escaped her , and it was with a suppressed little scream of excitement and fear that this large , lonely girl would guess the murderer three or four chapters before the end . |
| 16 | She read with bright-eyed relish . |
| 17 | In the meantime she applied for other jobs too , but it was the one with G Vasey Ltd that she wanted . |
| 18 | Annoyed with herself , she drew a long hissing breath as she gritted through tight lips , ‘ Really , I do n't know why I 'm revealing all this to a complete stranger — somebody I 've only just met — ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You may , ’ she gritted through clenched teeth . |
| 20 | For that evening — Yah ! three lousy hours ! — she laid in white wine and gin . |
| 21 | I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes . |
| 22 | Even Denise had aged a little , got heavy and puffy in her thirties , from the big cooked dinners she made for hungry Keith . |
| 23 | Dr Penry Vaughan , she realised with deep misgiving , was pro tem the only other person in her entire world , and , like it or not , he was doomed to play Adam to her Eve until her memory deigned to function again . |
| 24 | She was caught between a rock and a hard place here , she realised with grim humour . |
| 25 | ‘ Go to hell ! ’ she burst out hoarsely and started to fight in deadly earnest , slapping and scratching at him , little cries of panic coming from the back of her throat as her mind flashed back into full operation and she realised with sick fear just how close she had come to the edge . |
| 26 | She lived at New Houses , and was related to me in a mixed up kind of way — her father and my grandmother were cousins , but what that made me to Miss Bayles I can not imagine ! |
| 27 | Before , she lived in negative , now in positive . |
| 28 | She lived in miserable anticipation of the day when Camille fell in love with some nightmare youth . |
| 29 | She records for Mute Records , who , as the the sales of Dépeche Mode show , are no slouches in distributing sounds to the masses . |
| 30 | She gazed at little Ivan , bent down to kiss him . |