Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] she [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 7 It 's terrific to see her without the bars between us. 8 She sits eating the treat food at the opening to the door and looking at me. 9 How does she know to look into my eyes and not at the huge finger next to her . |
| 2 | ’ Becke 's revision reads : ‘ He dwelleth wyth his wyfe accordinge to knowledge , that taketh her as a necessarye healper , and not as a bonde servaunte or a bonde slave . |
| 3 | Some rattled on the glass , some got her in the face , some spurted into the room . |
| 4 | I haul her off the bed and half carry , half drag her into the bathroom . |
| 5 | ‘ Would n't it be easier to install her in a flat ? ’ |
| 6 | But Matthew Blake did not seem prepared to let her off the hook so easily . |
| 7 | But Ven , she discovered , was not prepared to let her off the hook , and , ‘ Why … ’ he began to challenge , ‘ … when you 're honest , I know it , yet have begun on a path of deception to one particular end — why , when it 's so important to your sister whom — you love … ’ an alert look suddenly came to his eyes , and he broke off for a brief moment before continuing , his serious dark eyes holding hers ‘ … a sister whom you 'd do anything for , as you proved when you left England and came here — why are you ready to leave now , without another thought ? ’ |
| 8 | When she is in her own home this puts her above the income support level of £44 personal allowance , plus a higher pensioner premium of £23.55 , totalling £67.55 . |
| 9 | Luke had to pull off her hands , one by one and half carry her along the bus and down the steps . |
| 10 | This reminded her of the Colonel and his visit to the Somerset County Cricket ground , courtesy of Matthew Prescott and his mother . |
| 11 | It would be incongruous to see her as an influence on later writers who may never have heard of her . |
| 12 | Sabine followed her to the shade of the veranda , and took the cushioned chair her hostess indicated . |
| 13 | It 's impossible to recall her without a smile , or a good word , or the suggestion that even the office reprobate we 've had one or two was ‘ canny ’ . |
| 14 | In the early stages he was content to keep her towards the rear of the field as Teleprompter — also attempting a mile and a half for the first time — took his accustomed role of front-runner . |
| 15 | ‘ I had a figure to go to and I 'm delighted to get her at the price . ’ |
| 16 | Maria Edgeworth [ q.v. ] mentions , in 1802 , that Watts had sold a four-volume novel ( untraced ) to William Lane [ q.v. ] for ten guineas and that Richard Lovell Edgeworth [ q.v. ] doubted her talent too much to recommend her to the publisher Joseph Johnson [ q.v . ] ; |
| 17 | Carrie had taken over many of Dolly 's duties at Handley Farm , with two young girls aged ten and eleven to help her in the dairy . |
| 18 | ‘ I was glad to see her at the pictures with you , ’ Anne said . |
| 19 | So I would congratulate her on her good prospects as a statesman , or she would warn me of the dangers of dancing all night ; but if the stars looked town they would be no more likely to see her on a rostrum than me on a dance-floor . |
| 20 | She ignores me , whining about how he was supposed to meet her at the Bullet 's Head . |
| 21 | I asked him why this change of heart and he said that it was because Harold Wilson had seen fit to put her in the Lords . |
| 22 | A TEENAGE mother banned from seeing her six-month-old baby girl after being charged with ill treating her in a cot at a London hospital ward , can now visit her under social services supervision . |
| 23 | ‘ To be honest , I 'm a bit tired of being described just as a jazz singer or with words like ‘ abstract ’ , ’ she says , responding to reviews that have tried a little too hard to distance her from the rave scene she still feels so much a part of . |
| 24 | He goes , no , you 're not supposed to do it like that you 're supposed to get her on the floor and step on her head ! you 're not doing it right ! |
| 25 | The day her mother was due to put her in an institution Ursula Findlay , a nurse from Gloucestershire visited the ward . |
| 26 | They all found her on the telephone to her boyfriend again . |
| 27 | The first day she went to that school , I remember , we all followed her up the road to the bus-stop , laughing at her . |
| 28 | They all treated her like a child . |
| 29 | Oh so long before John and I , but er , oh no they all had her under the thumb . |
| 30 | With the binoculars that they carried , they must have been able to see her from the moment that she set out . |