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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 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 had the opportunity that few clever women can resist
, of showing
her superiority in argument over a man
.
She and get
She lay there
, making no effort
to get back on
her feet
.
She showed
her surprise by tightening
the reins
and moving
the gelding around so that she could
get a better look at his face
.
She read everything else she could
get her hands on
, including an article ( she thinks it was in
the Atlantic Monthly ) by Mark Twain on `` White Slavery ''
.
She had, with
her own work-weary hands
, put seeds in
the ground
, watched them sprout
, bud
, blossom
, and get ready
to bear
.
She would sometimes even
get a little hard on you
, she took you so seriously
.
She lied in order
to get it
.
She gave a little pout
and said
, `` I don't
get off work until eleven o'clock
.
She went in
to get the hamburgers
, and I switched on
the device again
and kept
the signal
from Dowling's car coming in steady
and clear until I saw
her starting back with
the hamburgers
.
She wouldn't be going
to get that for an hour or so after Katya
had left
, go do
the daily shopping
.
She wanted him
to get into trouble
.
She was in good health
and spirits
, but still determined
to get the money
from Forbes
.
She had held
to the letter
of her contract
and didn't come onto
the stage until well after 4 p.m.
, the appointed hour
, although
the Music at Newport people
had tried
to get the program underway at 3
.
She had changed
into a cocktail dress
, and the whole evening should have been
before her, but already she was beginning
to get a tight feeling at
the back
of her neck
.
She looked well-fed
and prosperous
, but he didn't
get the impression he was being propositioned
the way he'd been hoping
.
She was quiet
and hard working
, and determined
to stay
and get the education she needed
to support herself
.
She testified that after leaving
the EEOC
, she
had had two " inconsequential " phone conversations with Thomas
, and had seen him personally on two occasions ; once
to get a job reference
and the second time when he made a public appearance in Oklahoma where she was teaching
.

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She was engaged
to Mu Bai's brother
, so they feel it would not be honorable
to get married
.
She turned it
to Matthew 9: 2
, which tells
the story
of Jesus healing a man who was sick with palsy
, and after pondering
the meaning
of the passage
, found herself suddenly well
and able
to get up.
She helped Raymond
of Capua write his biography
of her daughter
, and said
, " I think God has laid my soul athwart in my body
, so it can't
get out
.
She tells
her servant Ninshubur ( Lady Evening ), a reference
to Inanna's role as
the evening star
, that if she does not return in three days
, to get help
from her father Anu
, Enlil
, king
of the gods
, or Enki
.
She tries
to escape
the cabin
, only
to get killed by
the woods themselves ( in a similar fashion Cheryl got raped in
the first film ).
She had to hurdle a barbecue pit
to touch Lady Bird Johnson
, she accidentally knocked Pat Nixon down
, and Nancy Reagan told
her to get out
of her face or she'd have
her arrested
.
She is depicted as a wife who knows how
to get her own way even though
her husband thinks he is in charge
.

"
She gives
the example
of Hamlet's advice
to Ophelia
, "
get thee
to a nunnery ", which is simultaneously a reference
to a place
of chastity
and a slang term for a brothel
, reflecting Hamlet's confused feelings about female sexuality
.
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