Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [verb] [pron] [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 | Back in the cottage she found everyone in the kitchen . |
| 5 | From a cupboard , she took a large , brown , straw hat and a dark grey coat ; and after first pinning the hat on to her hair she shrugged herself into the coat . |
| 6 | Without hesitation she kicked him under the chin , the full weight of the kick throwing him flat on the floor . |
| 7 | I think it was a mongrel she got it from the animal rescue |
| 8 | But there was nothing , and with a quick twist of her body she hoisted herself over the wooden rail to slither down on to the deserted deck . |
| 9 | In the dawn grey with sea mist she drove him to the airport . |
| 10 | In the warmth of Penry 's arms she came face to face with the truth , survived it , and after a while she detached herself from the comforting embrace , accepting the box of tissues Penry passed to her before resuming his chair . |
| 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 | In the morning she took me to the station , with my luggage including the cot , put me on the train , and said ‘ Goodbye . ’ |
| 19 | With a shrill yelp she nipped him in the hind leg and he shot away in alarm . |
| 20 | With some relief she deposited him with the receptionist to await emergency treatment . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He now faces the agony of receiving a letter she told him on the phone that she 'd written the day before she died . |
| 23 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 24 | Standing on top of the wooden staircase she hurled herself to the ground , landing in a heap at the bottom . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Another time she cut herself with the serrated edge of a lemon slicer ; on yet another occasion , during a heated argument with Prince Charles , she picked up a penknife lying on his dressing table and cut her chest and her thighs . |
| 28 | The bullets were no longer coming close , however , and by the time she pulled herself into the shadow of the side of the opening , they were chipping the rock several feet away . |
| 29 | It will probably cost the bridesmaid a lot more in back pain by the time she distributes them round the hall . |
| 30 | 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 |