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She leaned unconcerned against the broken porch fence, brushing and drying her wet, gilded hair in the sun.
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She and leaned
She seems to have leaned to Royalism, but she combined this with a decided sympathy for religious dissent.
She also stood trial in Houston, Texas, where her lawyer used what he called the " gravity defense " to explain her unauthorized presence on the field, arguing: " This woman with a 112-pound body and 15-pound chest leaned over the rail to see a foul ball.
She and unconcerned
She seems unconcerned about the skills of the other 29 fighters, and apparently decides to attack Prometheus head-on.
She and against
She came down against him, and he tried to break her fall.
She was ready to kill the beef, dress it out, and with vegetables from her garden was going to can soup, broth, hash, and stew against the winter.
She asked, taking him and Juanita into the parlor where the shutters were closed against the afternoon sun.
She puffed on the cigarette slowly, sitting slumped against the back seat ; ;
She collapsed against me, as if everything inside her snapped.
She would not stop to read them in American Express, as many were doing, sitting on benches or leaning against the walls, but pushed her way out into the street.
" She also called for a sweeping reform of tax and customs administration, the creation of a " strong and independent judicial system " as well as a tough fight against government corruption.
She begs the moon god Nanna to intercede for her because the city of Uruk, under the ruler Lugalanne, has rebelled against Sargon.
She contested the seat of Burnley in Lancashire in the 1979 general election and then, against David Owen, the Plymouth Devonport seat in the 1983 general election.
She has advocated for stricter gun control laws and gay rights, and voted against California's Proposition 8 during the 2008 elections.
She is employing a rhetorical strategy by writing against the grain of her meaning, also known as antiphrasis.
She tried to flee, but he coiled around her legs and held her arms tightly against her sides as he raped her.
She was later released and after returning to San Francisco spoke out against deprograming but declined to press legal charges against her parents.
She was held against her will and repeatedly raped.
She had been accused of crimes against the Republic, most notably possessing stolen items.
She was imprisoned between 1173 and 1189 for supporting her son Henry's revolt against her husband.
She thinks Ash murdered her parents at first, but when the evil spirits unleash against them, she realizes the truth and finds out her only way to survive is to help Ash defeat the spirits.
She also won the brilliancy prize for her game against Pavlina Angelova.
She appeared headed for a first place victory in the tournament, but lost her game against compatriot Péter Lékó.
She scored 4½ out of 6 in a double round-robin tournament that included two wins against the world's top-rated player, Veselin Topalov.
She has stated preferring to learn an opponent's style so she can play intentionally against him rather than playing " objective " chess.
She supported artistic director James Kudelka against principal dancer Kimberley Glasco in a wrongful dismissal suit.
She ordered or commanded successful expeditions against Ferrara ( 1101 ), Parma ( 1104 ), Prato ( 1107 ) and Mantua ( 1114 ).
She and broken
She threatens to kill him if he does not join, but he rides off and dies of the disease she sent upon him, and his young bride dies of a broken heart.
She is seriously ill for the first time in her life, having lost her child and broken her ribs.
She arrived in New York City in November 1938, five days before Kristallnacht, or ' night of broken glass '; when news of the event reached the U. S., Riefenstahl maintained that Hitler was innocent.
She noted that if such stones were broken open they often contained fossilised fish bones and scales, and sometimes bones from small ichthyosaurs.
She is now angry over the dates he has broken with her, but after he kisses her in desperation, she yields and hands over a little money.
She was used as a troopship from 1818, was placed on harbour service from 1824 and was broken up in 1845.
She was purchased in 1808 and broken up in 1814.
She also developed an interest in learning English, and while she never became fluent, she was able to write in broken English to her friend, the Duchess of Devonshire.
She refuses to marry Akeem even after he offers to renounce his throne, and he returns to Zamunda with a broken heart, resigned to marry the woman chosen for him by his parents.
She believed that her face was difficult to light and photograph, and she was obsessed with not showing right side of her face, to the camera, because of a small bump that resulted from a childhood broken nose.
She was beaten in the 100 m by Florence Griffith Joyner, who had broken her World Record earlier in the season at the Olympic Trials.
She arrived on a stage coach whose wheel has broken ( possibly by Burdette's men ), which delays its departure.
She emerged from the broken wooden box that had served as a sled with a bruised lip, torn dress and a " sensation of exhilaration.
She was paid off in 1814, and broken up in 1861, in Plymouth.
" She wanted to watch a movie ," said Campiz, " but the VCR was broken.
She was converted to a floating battery in 1803 and was broken up in 1814.
She was renamed HMS Enterprise in 1744 as a 44-gun fifth rate and was broken up in 1771.
She was purchased in 1830 as, renamed HMS Hermes in 1832, became a coal hulk and was renamed HMS Charger in 1835, and was broken up in 1854.
She was seen to have searched for happiness, but died a broken woman who never found it.
She was broken up in 1783.
She was finally broken up in 1916.
She was not engaged since she had broken off her agreement to wed Hugh, count of Troyes, and wished to avoid another unsuitable match.
She was originally engaged to her first cousin, the future Napoleon III of France, but the engangement was later broken following his imprisonment at Ham.
She was portrayed as if she had just broken a chain tying her two hands together, since from both of her wrists a piece of chain can be seen hanging.
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