Examples of using "собирала" in a sentence and their english translations:
The squirrel was busy gathering nuts.
The old woman was collecting firewood in the forest.
She collected stamps.
Mary gathered some medicinal plants in the forest.
Mary gathered wildflowers in the meadow.
I was picking strawberries in the garden.
The firemen were prevented from reaching the woman trapped in her house, because of the huge pile of junk she had accumulated over many years.