Example sentences of "[noun] she [verb] [pers pn] [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 | Without hesitation she kicked him under the chin , the full weight of the kick throwing him flat on the floor . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I think it was a mongrel she got it from the animal rescue |
| 8 | For forty days she banishes him to the stables and piggeries . |
| 9 | According to the publicity men at Playtex she did it without the aid of pumping iron or silicone injections . |
| 10 | In the dawn grey with sea mist she drove him to the airport . |
| 11 | Every day she meets him at the well , and every day he repeats the same request , till at last she yields . |
| 12 | I remember one day she slapped me across the jaw . |
| 13 | Then one day she rang him with the triumphant news that she had finished . |
| 14 | On one occasion she threw him on the floor and on another she had deliberately broken his toys . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | When they reached Perugia she dropped him opposite the Questura . |
| 19 | In the morning she took me to the station , with my luggage including the cot , put me on the train , and said ‘ Goodbye . ’ |
| 20 | With a shrill yelp she nipped him in the hind leg and he shot away in alarm . |
| 21 | With some relief she deposited him with the receptionist to await emergency treatment . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He now faces the agony of receiving a letter she told him on the phone that she 'd written the day before she died . |
| 24 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 25 | When they were settled down with their drinks she asked him about the learned society . |
| 26 | Not that she agreed with him — if he were to appear before her right now , she 'd still defend what she did and the way she did it to the hilt . |
| 27 | Eugénie kept it with her in her house at Farnborough Hill until her death in 1920 and on her death she bequeathed it to the Abbey she had founded to house the tombs of the Emperor and the Prince Imperial . |
| 28 | It will probably cost the bridesmaid a lot more in back pain by the time she distributes them round the hall . |
| 29 | Well , it did n't do them much good May Lee came and rescued me In fact she seized me by the arm ‘ Well ? ’ she said |