Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh aye , she 's er , she 's done a , she 's done a course and hearing aid she 's done a course and a |
| 2 | On her way to her desk she tried to collect a beaker of iced water but the machine was empty and a knot of querulous men were standing around it demanding something be done . |
| 3 | long , very nice , very posh , erm I do n't know what me dad 's is like , er me mum was laughing er yesterday erm with er doing all this work she 'd done a load of washing and pegged it all out and when she 'd got in from work dad had ironed it all |
| 4 | She did n't find it , but buried right down at the bottom she did find a tape cassette in a box . |
| 5 | As a child she had had a piggy bank ; she could recall the physical satisfaction of its jingling weight in her hands . |
| 6 | Shannon had never been able to believe that ; as a child she 'd seen a photograph of her father , and even then she 'd been stunned to silence by his incredible good looks . |
| 7 | He discovered that as a girl she had had a passion for Stendhal , so had he , and they talked about Julien Sorel and Tolstoi and Rimbaud . |
| 8 | But in her heart she had felt a pang of unease . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , it was good , ’ she replied , rather vexed in case she had betrayed a lack of appreciation by standing up too quickly . |
| 10 | It was that same look she had caught a glimpse of earlier . |
| 11 | I do n't suppose for one moment she has given a thought to what life might be like if she had to ‘ make do ’ married to someone who was n't too well off . |
| 12 | At one point she 'd given a talk on Sky TV about all the signs to look for in a youngster abusing solvents . |
| 13 | At one point she had joined a group of these elderly relatives , women either widowed , de-childed or , their men at the bar talking men 's talk , temporarily joined in huddle with sisters . |
| 14 | Thank goodness she had married a visionary like Stephen . |
| 15 | Yes , the tour was definitely looking up a little , and only the previous evening she had written a card to her daughter to say that in spite of a death and a theft and a murder she was ‘ beginning to make one or two very nice friends on the trip ’ . |
| 16 | In the process she had made a lightning circumnavigation of the British Isles and was now steaming hard down the west coast while we returned by the eastern route . |
| 17 | And in the process she has developed a character who is a real Valentine card . |
| 18 | I said she had been trained properly , I was telling them just basically about Claire in general and just about the good of erm , things like things you like to talk about , and erm , so I just , I said , they cried poverty , I said , but you know , one minute she 's driving her old banger , and the next minute she 's got a K reg and outside the , |
| 19 | With sudden resolve she began to prepare a beef goulash for dinner . |
| 20 | Would n't miss a meetin' , an' one day she started goin' a bit funny . |
| 21 | On one occasion she had drunk a lot of alcohol , which had made her feel worse . |
| 22 | One old lady recalls her days as a midwife many years ago when on one occasion she had to deliver a baby in an old farm cottage near the works . |
| 23 | She 'd always considered herself so strong , so immune to the temptations of the flesh ; yet last night she 'd discovered a depth of passion within her that had shaken her profoundly . |
| 24 | This morning she had fought a battle with herself and had left off the concealing shirt . |
| 25 | For the competition she had to produce a business plan and attend an interview with a panel of judges . |
| 26 | But Maggie had heard him draw notes out of it which rent the air with their sadness , and through his music she 'd seen a side of him he 'd kept hidden from the world . |
| 27 | Within her first three weeks of modelling she had done a cover of Harper 's Bazaar . ’ |
| 28 | On a London bus she had heard a driver announce Stoke-Jewington when driving through Islington . |
| 29 | Claire was delighted at the improvement She tried drinking a glass of milk , to see what would happen , and 24 hours later Jamie , following a feed , suffered , a severe attack of colic . |
| 30 | Vi had never imagined she could think kindly of any submarine again , but if it was one of your own then surely it was right and proper to wish it well , and raising her hand she had traced a blessing on the early morning air . |