Example sentences of "[verb] she [vb past] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Isabel saw Ellen 's stunned face and realised that her maid , at least , did not know she had spent the night alone . |
| 2 | At last Roman would know she had spoken the truth when she 'd denied knowing Garry . |
| 3 | No-one need ever know she had had the facelift if she chose not to tell them . |
| 4 | Jenna was a bit startled to find she had spoken the thought out loud . |
| 5 | Leonora sat up , rubbing her eyes as she switched off the lamp , so exhilarated to find she 'd slept the night through that she was less cast down than expected to find her identity was still a mystery . |
| 6 | No matter what Louise might think of her tactics in dealing with this crisis she believed she had handled the situation in the best way possible . |
| 7 | Annette says she wanted to encourage the boys to have a try at something different . |
| 8 | Although she had said she wanted to read the letter , the harsh , poisonous words had still sent a huge jolt of shock right through her . |
| 9 | Having asked that she should not be disturbed she had taken the overdose in her room . |
| 10 | I could n't help remembering : the second time we met she had asked the party at large , ‘ Are there any twin comets ? , |
| 11 | What made him think she 'd visited the palazzo before ? |
| 12 | Eva admits she " may have been a bit impetuous in those early days " , but she was always willing to learn , and apologise when she realised she had overstepped the mark . |
| 13 | ‘ Good day , m'Lady , ’ called more than one villager , so that Davis realised she had won the hearts of these people . |
| 14 | She could have tried the blackmail approach on the Saturday afternoon ; then , when Steen cut up rough , she realized she 'd overstepped the mark and brought in Charles as a go-between to patch things up . |
| 15 | As Mary admitted she liked to see the videos first alone — she also may have found the situation rather threatening . |
| 16 | It was difficult to imagine she had bought the dress on purpose , had one fine day long past gone into a shop and tried on dress after dress and , finally , taking this grey and unbecoming tube of cloth from a rack laden with many-coloured garments , slipped it over her head , examined herself fore and aft in the changing cubicle mirror , smiled with pleasure , clapped her hands in approval and said to herself : ‘ This is lovely , this is the very thing , ’ while a curled , perfumed salesgirl hovered , saying : ‘ But it 's perfectly you , madam . ’ |
| 17 | Harbury gaped to hear she had told the editor . |
| 18 | My mother reckoned she had to invite the Dalgety team to lunch every year because it was the only way she could get me to take a day off . |
| 19 | He claimed she had instigated the intercourse by first , and without invitation , performing oral sex on him . |
| 20 | There he positioned himself , trying to glimpse Dame Elizabeth 's chamber from where she had alleged she had seen the horsemen waiting in the trees . |
| 21 | Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road . |
| 22 | Do you think she knows er do you think she er I know she did mention the girl Kate she , she goes to yoga with , does she pick her up |
| 23 | As a final straw , on going to change Perdita discovered she 'd got the curse , which was invariably as bloody as Culloden on the first day . |
| 24 | The sharpest financial blow came in mid-1939 , when the owner of Bunce Court decided she wanted to sell the freehold . |
| 25 | And she called she did ask the girl for er two er cream doughnuts |
| 26 | ‘ Saying she 'd broken the heel on her shoe ! |
| 27 | She refused Mike 's offer of a drink in the bar before going to her room , saying she preferred to meet the rest of the team in the morning . |
| 28 | The little boy 's absorption had enabled her to work longer during the days , which meant she had finished the commissions in hand and so could take a weekend off without worrying about them . |
| 29 | Even to allow such images into her mind meant she 'd dropped the barriers too far — something she could n't afford to do if she wanted to survive this experience mentally intact . |
| 30 | But that did n't mean she had to like the way he treated her like some sort of assistant . |