Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] she [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |
| 2 | So do I and I was just talking to her downstairs and I was asking her like the differences between here and the States , you know the boar cos she was in a boarding school before , and she was saying erm how you know just generally the people are nicer and the blokes talk to you not just because you 're cos they |
| 3 | Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car . |
| 4 | She was unshackled and they were dragging her from the only remaining hut . |
| 5 | And then when they were taking her in the ambulance , the nerves , I was sitting fucking laughing |
| 6 | Poor Mrs got two lots of children and they were driving her up the wall ! |
| 7 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 8 | He told us what sport it was to take her to the ‘ Houtsize ‘ 0use ’ in London , first putting her on the Inner Circle , getting off smartly himself , and leaving her to go round and round until his amusement wore off . |
| 9 | He paused , and Juliet felt he was watching her in the darkness . |
| 10 | He was swinging her into the sailboat , then , with a broad grin , leaping in beside her . |
| 11 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 12 | And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph . |
| 13 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 14 | It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet . |
| 15 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 16 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
| 17 | On long strides he was leading her towards the door , oblivious to her inner anguish . |
| 18 | Then he was leading her across the terrace and through the open doors of the villa , across the drawing-room and out into the hall . |
| 19 | When she came to , she saw that he was carrying her across the field , past the cottage and up the track towards his Jaguar . |
| 20 | With horror she realized he was carrying her to the top of the stairs . |