Example sentences of "[vb pp] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Progress was painfully slow ; I had owned her for a year before she wagged her tail at me . |
| 2 | You called your wife a tart , which is your business and hers , but you also said that if you 'd known where she 'd gone you would have caught her at it . |
| 3 | Ace had caught her on the hop again . |
| 4 | In court his wife Christine admitted a lesbian relationship and said her husband had once caught her with another woman . |
| 5 | Miss Maynard 's invitation had caught her off guard . |
| 6 | And because , somehow , Luke Hunter had caught her off balance with his flowers and cryptic messages . |
| 7 | He 'd caught her by surprise , that was all . |
| 8 | He had caught her in his arms , and there had been a soaring delight , an exchange of joy , wordless , mindless , stronger and infinitely sweeter than anything he had ever known . |
| 9 | For swiftly , and with such adroitness that Fabia felt he must have done it many times before , in no time , and before she could blink , Lubor had caught her in his arms . |
| 10 | Therese had been studying them as soon as the Direktor had telephoned her with the news of the productions and her roles . |
| 11 | Her mother had telephoned her at the nurses ' home where she had been living and had asked her if she could come home . |
| 12 | He thought she was worrying about Midge 's reaction to the news when they had telephoned her from Richie 's flat . |
| 13 | She said Suzanne had telephoned her from Germany . |
| 14 | She had been no worse and no better than the three women who had preceded her in Alexandra 's life , all driven away in the end by the isolation and the powerful ghosts . |
| 15 | Her fiancé has now reported her as a missing person , I believe . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Giles Hawick is taking it seriously enough to have reported her as a missing person , ’ he said tightly . |
| 17 | She 'd aroused suspicion in some member of the staff and they 'd reported her to Brückner 's widow . |
| 18 | How glad she was that Tom had finally badgered her into going . |
| 19 | When Justine Moritz was in this prison , the world outside had prejudged her before her trial . |
| 20 | She had never intended to become involved in this kind of conversation with the soldier , but somehow he had trapped her into replying . |
| 21 | In his own way he was as dangerous as Marcus — had n't he already trapped her into staying with him longer than she deemed either necessary or wise ? |
| 22 | Teenagers like Kelly say the tough fines have trapped her into a life of prostitution . |
| 23 | Once Edward Morris had been set free , he had recommended her to some of his friends and so trade was looking up . |
| 24 | And , while her mother had recommended her to Romano de Sciorto , she knew that he 'd run a thorough , ruthless check on her credentials through his London contacts . |
| 25 | Deep-set eyes quizzed her in the candlelight . |
| 26 | When he had taken up with Jessica he had recognised her as a wild Ulster girl , and had respected her for it . |
| 27 | They had shopped round Belfast and she had teased her with the idea that this Parr was very rich , they had gone by train to Dublin and she had claimed he was ‘ hand in glove ’ with government circles there . |
| 28 | He was a real old country doctor , of a type that is fast dying out , and she knew that if she had been a few years younger he would have patted her on the cheek . |
| 29 | Scarlet , though not reassured by her words , was touched by her gesture until she saw that Camille was merely reaching for the crisp packet and had patted her in passing . |
| 30 | Old friends who had forgotten her during the hard times . |