Example sentences of "[verb] she [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her brain raced over and over what her mother would say , how awful she would feel , what she ought to do , until she felt that the movement in her head would spin her off the bed and send her whirling round the room . |
| 2 | I lit a cigarette as I waited and turned to find her leaning on the doorway , arms folded . |
| 3 | He forgave her , and then a week later he and Keeley came home from the Beaux Arts Club to find her sitting on the basement steps , smiling nice as pie . |
| 4 | From Dennis 's drunken hints that memorable evening in Ramillies Drive I had gathered that the reason for this was Karen 's sterility , so I was somewhat surprised to find her going on the offensive . |
| 5 | I walked inside , came upstairs … and found her lying on the bed . |
| 6 | She was seen by neighbours as she made her way along Athelstane Road towards her home , minutes before passers-by found her lying on the pavement . |
| 7 | I went looking for Mathilda and found her working in the buttery with the other maids . |
| 8 | When he came home he found her peering into the well of his top hat . |
| 9 | He found her sitting at the desk which was quite clear . |
| 10 | They found her sitting at the table with the Telegraph , nibbling toast . |
| 11 | ‘ We found her sitting in the loo lighting up . ’ |
| 12 | I found her standing by the sink , which she was filling with hot water . |
| 13 | Bathsheba stands framed and illuminated by lamplight in the window as Gabriel , outside with the men , accompanies her singing on the flute , and Boldwood , to her left within the room , hums the bass line . |
| 14 | Isabel stopped her pacing about the room and looked at de Raimes in surprise . |
| 15 | I noticed her hanging around the bar , staring through its window , while I ate my fish and potatoes . |
| 16 | An officer who worked alongside her for many years interpreted the fact that he had seen her kneeling at the mercy seat more than any other officer as a sign of her close relationship with God and the constant need for the kind of realignment which requires a certain humbling of oneself . |
| 17 | Carlie believed everyone was out to do her in , and she had disliked Mrs Mason , the foster mother , as soon as she had seen her standing in the doorway . |
| 18 | The friar was sure he had seen her lying in the graveyard amongst the tombs with Simon the tiler , and he a married man with three children . |
| 19 | The slightly fatherly attendant said he was sure she was safely asleep , as he 'd seen her returning from the washroom at the end of the car and climbing up to her bunk . |
| 20 | Emily knew that her beautiful daughter had a dozen friends at school , she had seen her walking down the street when classes were over , surrounded by other girls . |
| 21 | Rose said she 'd seen her walking in the direction of the milking sheds , and with a little nod Ellie went out into the grounds . |
| 22 | I could see her looking at the vessel by the jetty . |
| 23 | Jacob hated her going to the clinic , but she went whenever things at home got too difficult . |
| 24 | The small Year Niner , who did not even realise that there were taps in room 19 , never mind streams , is a little interested by this offer but explains that her Mum never lets her drink the water at school and always provides her with a carton of fruit juice which keeps her going through the day . |
| 25 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 26 | I says c how could I ever forget it , I said it must have been near halloween , one halloween , for I remember her coming to the party and that 's how her and Richard met . |
| 27 | Judges have occasionally commented on her melanomas but it has never affected her placing in the show ring . |
| 28 | He say , I stand beside her , hear her talking on the telephone ; her boss call her , say come to work . |
| 29 | ‘ Mr. Preston , if I may say so that was pretty cold blooded of you to leave her lying on the floor until I came in . ’ |
| 30 | Dreams and reality had collided in her shocked mind with stunning force , sending her hurtling over the edge of that invisible precipice , and the fall had broken her into a thousand agonising pieces , like brittle shards of glass that could never be whole again . |