Example sentences of "[noun] she [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out in the dark cold hall she stopped him at the foot of the stairs . |
| 2 | I was not proposing to ask her about her relationship , or lack of it , with Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson , or to what degree she blamed them for the unexpected and , at the time , unwelcome change in her life . |
| 3 | We extend thanks to Brian Perry , Director of the Library 's Research and Development Department ( R&DD ) for his encouragement and his ‘ after dinner ’ thoughts on the 25th of June , and to Stephanie Kenna , also of the British Library 's R&DD , for the essential guidance and assistance she gave us throughout the pre- and post-seminar stages . |
| 4 | in the endland It was too far to go every day , so I went for the week , came home to the flat at weekends , She had squash , groundnuts , rows of beans on nylon lines She had me for the weeding . |
| 5 | Back in the cottage she found everyone in the kitchen . |
| 6 | From a cupboard , she took a large , brown , straw hat and a dark grey coat ; and after first pinning the hat on to her hair she shrugged herself into the coat . |
| 7 | Without hesitation she kicked him under the chin , the full weight of the kick throwing him flat on the floor . |
| 8 | The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . |
| 9 | I think it was a mongrel she got it from the animal rescue |
| 10 | For forty days she banishes him to the stables and piggeries . |
| 11 | But there was nothing , and with a quick twist of her body she hoisted herself over the wooden rail to slither down on to the deserted deck . |
| 12 | According to the publicity men at Playtex she did it without the aid of pumping iron or silicone injections . |
| 13 | In Venice she had nothing beyond the one case except for learning Italian , teaching English , sightseeing and trying to be patient with , and understand , her increasingly morose husband . |
| 14 | In the dawn grey with sea mist she drove him to the airport . |
| 15 | In the warmth of Penry 's arms she came face to face with the truth , survived it , and after a while she detached herself from the comforting embrace , accepting the box of tissues Penry passed to her before resuming his chair . |
| 16 | Every day she meets him at the well , and every day he repeats the same request , till at last she yields . |
| 17 | I remember one day she slapped me across the jaw . |
| 18 | Then one day she rang him with the triumphant news that she had finished . |
| 19 | On one occasion she threw him on the floor and on another she had deliberately broken his toys . |
| 20 | Sara had a key now and with a sense of the importance of the occasion she put it in the door and they entered the house . |
| 21 | Now when I spoke to Mrs on the telephone last night she told me about the work you 've been doing on and I have looked at it and I 'm going to go over it again with you this afternoon because she thought it was very very good work . |
| 22 | He saved too the note she sent requesting ‘ Big choc. cake , ginger biscuits , Twiglets ’ just as he has kept the clipping she sent him from the Daily Telegraph about academic failures who become gifted and successful later in life . |
| 23 | When they reached Perugia she dropped him opposite the Questura . |
| 24 | In the morning she took me to the station , with my luggage including the cot , put me on the train , and said ‘ Goodbye . ’ |
| 25 | With a shrill yelp she nipped him in the hind leg and he shot away in alarm . |
| 26 | With some relief she deposited him with the receptionist to await emergency treatment . |
| 27 | The next time he went to church she waylaid him after the evening service , and tried to persuade him to enter the hall , where — as he had guessed — a cup of tea was about to be made . |
| 28 | He now faces the agony of receiving a letter she told him on the phone that she 'd written the day before she died . |
| 29 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 30 | When they were settled down with their drinks she asked him about the learned society . |