Example sentences of "and [vb -s] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | James Macdonald 's searingly-acted production gives us Kathryn Pogson as Sandy , an elegant collection of angry bones who is even more frightening than Joe the husband who punches and kicks her , then tells her to take off her clothes . |
| 2 | A woman of 65 inches weighs 132 lb. and thinks she is medium-framed . |
| 3 | She is looking for work and thinks she may be forced to move to London in search of a job . |
| 4 | She was busy stuffing our cupboards , the fridge and the freezer with the food and supplies she had brought from the town . |
| 5 | He kneels to PAMELA and offers her a bouquet of flowers . ] |
| 6 | Earlier he ends chapter three with a hint of humour saying that many people are not what they seem despite the appearances and begs her to try her utmost not to be worse than she appears , concluding : Here the word " form " is ambiguous referring to his writing as well as to a life-style . |
| 7 | He clearly regards the management of the mound as his own particular responsibility and expertise , for if the female comes to the mound to lay at a time when opening it might cause a dangerous fluctuation in its temperature , he will refuse to do so and drives her away . |
| 8 | She tells me the ambulance is on its way , then she fetches Ma downstairs and sits her by the Rayburn . |
| 9 | But tonight she does n't , she soaps Xanthe , urges Miranda to rub and rinse , then helps Xanthe up and lifts her clear of the edge of the tub , on to the mat , and wraps her in a pale green towel and sits her on her lap , spreading her knees to fit her on , as Xanthe is getting big for this babying , but still enjoys it , as does Serafine . |
| 10 | It floods the brain of the worker ant , grabs the reins of her muscles , woos her from deeply ingrained duties and turns her against her own mother . |
| 11 | She is patting Xanthe softly now , dreamily , and she stands her up and drops the nightdress with the rabbits over the little girl 's head , and turns her to fasten the top pearl button at the back . |
| 12 | She nods , and swivels her loose lower denture , |
| 13 | ‘ And I can only say that the Master will not like it if his breakfast and lunch do not arrive on time , because he serves his maid coffee , engages her in chit-chat , and encourages her to read disreputable papers when she ought to be blackleading the range , or scrubbing the kitchen floor . ’ |
| 14 | And has she ever stripped for the cameras ? |
| 15 | Since she does n't respond to my telling her to relax I ask who is this landlord anyway and has she got a rent book ? |
| 16 | And has she been cleared o |
| 17 | And has she ? |
| 18 | There is normally a strip on the front cover , about the comic 's namesake , Bunty , and the pranks and scrapes she gets into . |
| 19 | Even Lucy 's friend — and later lover — M. Paul seeks advice from the Church , and questions her at length about her Protestant theology , before they become seriously attached . |
| 20 | This tears her and causes her a sharp pang of pain , making her cry out . |
| 21 | HAMLET , with his doublet all unbraced , no hat upon his head , his stockings fouled , ungartered and down-gyred to his ankle , pale as his shirt , his knees knocking each other … and with a look so piteous , he takes her by the wrist and holds her hard , then he goes to the length of his arm , and with his other hand over his brow , falls to such perusal of her face as he would draw it … |
| 22 | Thus a better strategy to employ is one that teaches her to wait and rewards her for doing so . |
| 23 | The lady in the story ( as plainly told as it is titled ) inexplicably turns , halfway through an ordinary afternoon , into a bright-eyed vixen ; and the man in the story , equally inexplicably , Boy thought , remains faithful to her and loves her dearly even when she leaves him in order to raise a family with another animal and he even , in the end , goes mad with love for her . |
| 24 | Vronsky accepts and loves her , but in the end she ca n't believe even he respects her and convinces herself he does n't . |
| 25 | Greimas maps onto his diagram Propp 's basic narrative chiasmus : traitor ravishes king 's daughter and transfers her elsewhere to hide her , hero finds somewhere king 's daughter and gives her back to her parents . |
| 26 | ‘ Ruth knows and accepts she is important to us . |
| 27 | Timing is of the essence , which is why so many youthful romances go awry ; she is just getting somewhere with her career but he has already arrived and wants her to be there for him , or vice versa . |
| 28 | They both want to own their loved ones and have their complete faithfulness , but Gatsby wants to earn Daisy 's respect and wants her to choose for herself to belong to him only . |
| 29 | We can observe that she is happy only when she is furious , and do not need to have it suggested that her earlier nickname of ‘ Thatcher Milk-Snatcher ’ derived from her own breast-deprivation , which denies her all happiness and allows her ‘ only the sadistic triumphs of tawdry political and military victories . ’ |
| 30 | The camera comes between her and the audience and allows her not to tell the whole story . |