Example sentences of "[noun] she suddenly " in BNC.
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| 1 | As his eager hands began to explore her nakedness she suddenly clamped her arms around him like a drowning man . |
| 2 | When he opened the door for her she stepped out towards the dark stairs of the barn , her mind still in the bright , airy room , and at the top of the steps she suddenly swayed giddily , pitching towards the stairs . |
| 3 | When she was on the phone to Vivienne she suddenly turned round and shouted , which one 's Glen ? |
| 4 | One thing at a time she could have handled , but this … it was no wonder she suddenly felt that she did n't have the strength to carry on arguing . |
| 5 | an hour she suddenly oh . |
| 6 | He had been remarkably restrained until then , but when she felt him ease her jeans down over her hips she suddenly caught his sense of urgency as , with a low groan , he roughly pulled her even closer , burying his head against the soft skin of her thighs . |
| 7 | Leith smiled pleasantly , but on turning her head she suddenly met Naylor 's gaze full on . |
| 8 | About midnight she suddenly got up and , without saying a word , went into her bedroom and slammed the door . |
| 9 | Aunt Lyallie must have been needling my mother while I was away , because one day she suddenly asked me , with tremulous anxiety : ‘ Why do n't you get married , Jim ? |
| 10 | ‘ Nobody seems to know what happened , but one day during a concert she suddenly stood up , took off her knickers and showed everyone her bottom . |
| 11 | To her enormous relief she suddenly saw it running down the passage , she leant against the wall , how tiresome of that spider to come to her when it might have gone to anyone else . |
| 12 | At the door she suddenly grinned at him , and when she had gone the grin seemed to him still to be hanging in the air , like the Cheshire cat 's . |
| 13 | Despite his calm composure she suddenly had the feeling that the fierce slap was far from forgiven … |
| 14 | Every time she was about to put a foot on the floor she suddenly found herself tucked up under the bedclothes again . |
| 15 | Nina stared at her , waiting for her to continue , and when she remained silent , without any warning she suddenly asked , ‘ Rachel , were you in love with him ? |
| 16 | She closed the door behind her and joined him on the pavement and as she took several breaths of the crisp October air she suddenly felt how good it was to be alive . |
| 17 | For no particular reason she suddenly thought of Sousan 's severe-faced school teacher . |
| 18 | For no good reason she suddenly thought of the bruise on his cheek , the slight blue stain he had tried to hide from her , and burst into angry tears as she ran . |
| 19 | All her agitation of the summer she suddenly saw as moving towards this end — she had known , without knowing it , of this tragedy , she had been what her old mistress had called ‘ pre-sentimental ’ . |
| 20 | After one long and stimulating chat with Emily on her small front porch she suddenly announced ‘ I 'm going to call you Bobbie ! ’ and Bobbie it remained in all our conversations and letters from her , from then on . |
| 21 | At the end she suddenly asked Tess a question . |
| 22 | As she hastened towards the surgery she suddenly realised that Robert was behind her . |
| 23 | She frowned in concentration but at the same time she suddenly looked very tired , as though she should stop and sit down . |
| 24 | ‘ A female Solomon , ’ said Neil , sighing , and then he gave her the most charming grin , and through the ruin of his face she suddenly saw what Matey must have known — the handsome soldier-boy he had once been . |