Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That she does it for the money , which symbolises affection , emotional security and personal achievement . |
| 2 | She said it as if it was a joke , but Alan knew perfectly well that she meant it from the bottom of her heart . |
| 3 | The sister was n't in her office when she went back , so she left it in the middle of the desk : ‘ Miss Carolyn Tanner , care of Clare ’ . |
| 4 | Rune filled her glass , watching her as she half emptied it in one long swallow , waiting until she replaced it on the table before enquiring mildly , ‘ Then what happened ? ’ |
| 5 | His whole life seemed to hang on each letter in Annie 's hand , his eyes following it until she handed it into the crowd or placed it on a pile to one side and then he would fix on the next letter and the next . |
| 6 | One final thrust at the embroidery and she tossed it on the table with a muttered oath any of the King 's soldiers would have admired . |
| 7 | And she left it in the boot ? |
| 8 | To her , religion was morality and appearance , and she kept it in the same compartment of her mind as her dinner napkins . |
| 9 | She owed it to the town , and she owed it to the memory of Frank Williams , her father , who 'd had no one to fight for him when he 'd needed it most . |
| 10 | She carried a long pole which was draped with hanks of haigus wool , and she dropped it across the rails of the staging , then turned back into the gloom of the shop again . |
| 11 | God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch . |
| 12 | A year later it died of old age and she buried it in the garden . |
| 13 | At last the little flame flared and she set it to the paper , watching the end blacken , smoulder and curl as it burned . |
| 14 | And she frightened it into the supreme effort that carried it up , soaring and stretching , reaching beyond any achievement it knew of , until , by a hairsbreadth , it gained the crest of the fallen trunk . |
| 15 | If she does so and the husband purchases the replacement house for her , and she occupies it on the same terms , a subsequent transfer to her of that house will not be within the terms of the concession ( see p18 ) because that house will never have been a matrimonial home . |
| 16 | She is wearing her party smile which slashes to a snarling slaver and she makes it to the kitchen where cold steal lies on Dutch tiles . |
| 17 | When Camille entered the open-plan area that was Barbs 's kitchen and dining-room , she realized she was still holding Barbs 's handbag , and she put it on the table with a swift , rejecting movement as though it was hot or unclean . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose Mrs C. thought I 'd be swilling it down like an alcoholic if she left it in the room . |
| 19 | I laugh if she caught it in the |
| 20 | Billy would n't notice if she put it on the back seat . |
| 21 | but she got it in the greens |
| 22 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |
| 23 | This was n't so easy , but she managed it in the end . |
| 24 | She forked out the bacon , letting it drain before she arranged it around the plate . |
| 25 | There was a plastic model of Redd Harvest 's G-Mek V12 ‘ Nola Gay in the packet of krill , but the wheels fell off when she ran it across the table . |
| 26 | When she took it from the oven she was pleased with it , but later , placing it on the trestle table in the hall where refreshments were to be served , she saw that Sister Dew 's was higher . |
| 27 | Telling the story , as she imagined it of the mad wife . |
| 28 | He nodded without looking up as she placed it on the counter . |
| 29 | In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale . |
| 30 | She poured out the tea , and as she pushed it across the counter to him he handed her the penny . |