Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] she [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew she had psychic gifts , but I could not work out how she was so clued in to this film . |
| 2 | She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman . |
| 3 | Then the woman took a paper bag out and I thought she had some sweets and might give one to me . |
| 4 | I thought she said local library actually . |
| 5 | so she 's still needed , I think she bought a three bedroomed house which meant she had two girls two girls and a boy , she had three children . |
| 6 | It 's only cos she mentioned she wanted some bread . |
| 7 | But in Tom 's room , when Peter had poured the wine into two mugs and an inch into a glass for her and she had tasted it , she found she liked this wine that had a taste of how elderflowers smell , reversed her decision and asked him to do as he had offered and fill her glass . |
| 8 | As she ate she cast worried glances up towards the cupboard by the stove , where lay a small sack of potato crisps , some Liquorice Allsorts and two packets of biscuits . |
| 9 | A PATIENT who claimed she suffered severe brain damage from an allergic reaction to anaesthetic drugs was awarded interim damages of £50,000 yesterday . |
| 10 | When she walked she moved each hip separately , like a gunslinger moving towards an opponent down Main Street . |
| 11 | But now she decided she detested this man . |
| 12 | It began when she decided she needed new curtains for her front room . |
| 13 | It was obvious that they , too , had realised what a professional job it was , something reflected in their searching questions as to whether she thought she had any enemies . |
| 14 | It was that same song from the Dietrich film she had watched at Rocamar , and as she sang she found new depths in the words . |
| 15 | With a further three she felt she had sufficient evidence to suggest that she could have supported the client at home but was overruled by others . |
| 16 | My mother she cried oh she did she cried all night . |
| 17 | The letter that had caught Anne 's attention was from a girl who said she earned one pound seventeen shillings and sixpence a week . |
| 18 | ah she said she saw this fella hitting the wall and hitting the football halfway out in the road , it was fucking me . |
| 19 | aye , she said she had some chicken |
| 20 | She said she had bad dreams all the time . ’ |
| 21 | When she 'd finished she said she needed some peace and quiet for a while . |
| 22 | She said she wanted more freedom for licensees to decide their opening hours , and believed children would learn about alcohol by going into pubs with their parents . |
| 23 | And w er did sh you said she got some work , what what job did she do then to help ? |
| 24 | ‘ As you said she did two nights ago . |
| 25 | They said she had pulmonary embolism and 7 days later , she died . |
| 26 | And in the pitch black , it seemed she had some sort of body after all ; distantly she could sense hands feeling their way , feet stumbling . |
| 27 | He noticed she needed two hands to lift the silver pot . |
| 28 | He claimed she had salted money away in Brazil , where she fled briefly before returning to be arrested , using Liberian companies and bank accounts in Monaco and Luxemburg . |
| 29 | Her first step was to leave the kitchen exactly as he left it ; if he thought she had any intention of clearing his mess up behind him , then Luther was very much mistaken . |
| 30 | He had been in the habit , as he left in the mornings , of saying , ‘ Well , I 'm off to work now , ’ until one day , shortly before she deserted , she had , at those words , slammed shut the door of the dishwasher with a crash that shattered a wine glass and shouted at him : she had inquired , without much originality , what he thought she did all day , whether he imagined that cooking and shopping and washing and minding the child was not work , whether he supposed that she would now retire to her bed and lie there sucking chocolate bars and examining her fingernails until he chose to return for dinner . |