Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [vb past] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | no she said I 'm alright now I 've had a sandwich , so , anyhow she left it , so I left it , I said well it 's there if you want , she said I 'll eat it later then granddad , anyhow making the tea she said put the microwave on and we , we were having salmon |
| 2 | In the font she had found the head of the priest . ’ |
| 3 | And in the same repetitious way she had recalled the scene she 'd interrupted the evening before by announcing that supper was ready : Gordon and the boy seated in the sitting-room before the cosy glow of the electric fire , drinking sherry . |
| 4 | In view of the help she had rendered the group , Gedge also wrote to Sara Catt , Charman 's girlfriend , informing her of the situation too . |
| 5 | As a youngster she had detested the Popeye cartoons on television . |
| 6 | It would take all the poise she possessed to spend the evening with Fen , on their new footing as ‘ friends ’ , without revealing her true feelings for him . |
| 7 | The first sermon she preached reiterated the message . |
| 8 | But inside the old building she had found the staff reassuringly up to date , and smilingly efficient . |
| 9 | She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support . |
| 10 | I 've experienced them , ’ — remembering , with a shudder , a crappy little agency in Clapham where there had lurked a loud gritty third-rate Scottish horror she 'd had the misfortune to run across in her Algox days . |
| 11 | In that fleeting instant she had seen the soldier of her dreams . |
| 12 | Because in that instant she had fired the ship 's rear guns and had blasted the other ship 's nose section into particles . |
| 13 | She did n't need to turn round to know he was standing there , and it took all the will-power she possessed to finish the task she was working on , knowing he was just a few feet away . |
| 14 | She had been much comforted by Craig 's presence in the house these past weeks , but in her heart she had known the situation was an explosive one and could n't last . |
| 15 | At lunch-time in the kitchen she tried to cover the silence up by chattering about anything that came into her head , but her chattering made the silence more obvious . |
| 16 | And er but of course she did lose the baby . |
| 17 | When Nellie 's Mum was very large and the baby was due she would n't let Nellie go far in case she needed to fetch the midwife . |
| 18 | The complex included squash courts , an indoor swimming-pool and a gym , and Rachel , who had always loved swimming , took advantage of every opportunity she had to visit the complex . |
| 19 | With immense reluctance she began typing the copy . |
| 20 | Used to creating and presenting ideas to a wide variety of clients , she 'd grown proud of her capacity to keep her head under pressure , yet from the moment she 'd crossed the threshold of this impressive room she 'd been put at a distinct disadvantage . |
| 21 | But just for a moment she had felt the weight of emptiness , she had felt how it must be to be shut away down here , bereft of even human companionship , away from the light , losing count of the days . |
| 22 | For one fleeting moment she had seen the temptation to kiss her in his eyes , and , gallingly , part of her had wanted him to . |
| 23 | For a wild moment she contemplated locking the door against him , then , pulling herself together , she prepared to face him . |
| 24 | She looked down at hands that trembled and for a moment she considered taking the dress off and forgetting the whole idea . |
| 25 | She stood before them , bending her knees and crossing her legs like a schoolgirl desperate to convince teacher she wanted to leave the room . |
| 26 | Like a robot she 'd made the calls Steve should have made and the rest of the time she had walked the city , trying to be a tourist taking in all the sights . |
| 27 | As she reached the outskirts of the town she stopped to ask the way , and then discovered that the traffic on the road past the White Lion was being diverted because of an accident . |
| 28 | She met his eyes , searching for any lingering trace of the bleakness she had seen the night before , but there was none , only undiluted wickedness flirting with her senses . |
| 29 | It had taken every ounce of courage she possessed to board the aircraft after her last experience . |
| 30 | ‘ Morning , ratface , ’ she said , quite affectionately because after that momentary frisson she had remembered the duck and known she would never love him again . |