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She and had
She had reached
a point at which she didn't even care how she looked
.
She stared at him
, her eyes wide as she thought about what he
had said ; ;
She had helped him change his mind
.
She said
, and
her tone
had softened until it was almost friendly
.
She had picked up
the quirt and was twirling it around
her wrist and smiling at him
.
She had offered to walk
, but Pamela knew she would not feel comfortable about
her child until she
had personally confided
her to
the care
of the little pink woman who chose to be called `` Auntie ''
.
She seemed to have come such
a long distance -- too far for
her destination which
had wilfully been swallowed up
in the greedy gloom
of the trees
.
She had the feeling
that, under
the mouldering leaves
, there would be
the bodies
of dead animals
, quietly decaying and giving their soil back to
the mountain
.
She had to get away from here before this demoniac possession swallowed up
the liquid
of her eyes and sank into
the fibers
of her brain
, depriving
her of reason and sight
.
She had been snared here by
a vile sensuality
that writhed around
her throat
in ever-tightening circles
.
She had to escape
.
She had to move
in some direction -- any direction
that would take
her away from this evil place
.
She wondered what
had taken place
in town
, between him and his wife
.
She had spent too many hours looking ahead
, hoping and longing to catch even
a glimpse
of Dan and finding nothing but emptiness
.
She had arrived this morning and come straight to
the English Gardens
.
She had retreated to this world
.
She had touched
her face
, truly
a noble and pure face
, only with
a lip salve which made
her lips glisten but no redder than usual
.
She had hated
the whole idea before they started
.
She had jumped away from his shy touch like
a cat confronted by
a sidewinder
.
She had driven up with
her husband
in a convertible with Eastern license plates
, although
the two drivers knew nothing at
the moment about
that.
She might have been someone he
had once loved
.
She began to watch
a blonde-haired
man, also
in shorts
, standing right at
the rear
of the wrecked car
in the one spot
that most
of the crowd
had detoured slightly
.
She was sitting on
the edge
of the bed again
, back
in the same position where
the snake
had found
her.
She and opportunity
She could not
resist the opportunity ``
of showing her superiority in argument over a man '' which she
had remarked as one
of the `` feminine follies ''
of Sara Sullam ; ;
She walked back to
the house and entered
, feeling herself returning
, sensing some kind
of opportunity in the empty building
.
She had no way
of knowing
in advance whether an
opportunity for murder existed
.
She died within
a short time
of the marriage ceremony and created
the opportunity for Dom Pedro to escape with his true love and live
in the city
of Coimbra
.
She did not have
the opportunity to see
her sons very often during
her imprisonment
, though she was released for special occasions such as Christmas
.
She then goes back home to America
, observing
that they may have missed an
opportunity.
She used
the opportunity to denounce Christianity as irredeemable for
women and to call for
women ( and men ) to make an exodus from
the Church
.
She later explained
that one
of the reasons for accepting
the role was
that it gave
her the opportunity to sing
.
She used
the opportunity to discuss
the plight
of women in Afghanistan during
the U
. S
. invasion
of Afghanistan
, saying
, " The brutal oppression
of women is
a central goal
of the terrorists
.
She used
the opportunity to propagate
her own Witch-Cult theory
, failing to mention
the alternate theories proposed by other academics
.
She used this
opportunity to launch
her promotion
of an Australian / New Zealand extension to
her Gold Dust Tour
in February and March 2006
.
She forcefully takes advantage
of any
opportunity to further
her goals
.
She has stated
that her attraction to this film was
that it gave
her the opportunity to work with close friends and family
.
She studied at Sarah Lawrence College
in New York
, where she was given
the opportunity to spend
a year
of her studies
in Paris
.
She first appears
in the season 4 finale
, " Learning To Fly " when Eric is trying to convince
her for
a second
opportunity at
a college entrance interview
.
She gave him
the opportunity to return to Europe to study art
.
She argues
that wit is natural
, whereas learning is artificial
, and
that, in her time
, men have more
opportunity to educate themselves than
women do
.
She, however
, saw
a television show as
a great
opportunity to work with Desi as it would keep them both
in Hollywood
, and perhaps save their shaky marriage
.
She had the opportunity to gather information from key figures
in the Byzantine elite ;
her husband Nikephorus Bryennios
had fought
in the clash with crusade leader Godfrey
of Bouillon outside Constantinople on Maundy Thursday 1097
, and
her uncle George Palaeologus was present at Pelekanon
in June 1097 when Alexius I discussed future strategy with
the crusaders
.
She petitioned
the college for
the opportunity to read such an address herself —
a college professor was to read it instead
.
She also met
the 13th Dalai Lama twice
in 1912
, and
had the opportunity to ask him many questions about Buddhism —
a feat unprecedented for
a European woman at
that time
.
She also found time and
opportunity to travel to Paris
, where she performed at
the Salle Ventadour during
the off season
.
She took
the precaution
, however
, of concluding
a fresh secret alliance with Denmark
, in which
the Swedish revolution was significantly described as " an act
of violence " constituting
a casus foederis
, and justifying both powers
in seizing
the first favourable
opportunity for intervention to restore
the Swedish constitution
of 1720
.
She did well
in her Abbey training and was given an
opportunity for
a screen test
in London
.
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