Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton . |
2 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
3 | As she leaned into the car , the attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her into the vehicle . |
4 | A SPURNED lover disguised himself to kidnap his ex-girlfriend then tried to stab her in the neck with a syringe , a court heard yesterday . |
5 | After the appeal , Duncan McAllister resigned his Army commission while publicity surrounding Christie 's friendship with Anna Moore helped keep her in the public eye . |
6 | She left her home last night as her owner tried to weigh her in the garden . |
7 | ‘ Somebody tried to phone her at the flat . |
8 | He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth . |
9 | He slid his arm round her narrow waist and bent to kiss her on the forehead . |
10 | If you tried to pat her on the shoulder and say ‘ There , there , ’ anything might happen . |
11 | Margaret Jones claims her husband tried to murder her at the family home in Brockhampton , by pumping exhaust fumes from the garage into her bedroom . |
12 | Oh who cares , I thought , and tried to bundle her into the bag right away . |
13 | Luke tried to steer her across the road , but she turned on him , her eyes heavy with shadows , her face pale and strained . |
14 | One of the cats came to meet her in the wood and accompanied her back into the house . |
15 | He 'd met her on the beach walking with a dog , a wire-haired terrier called Dolly which had come sniffing up to him . |
16 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
17 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
18 | She stared at him and , as her eyes met his , once again , like the moment he 'd seen her in the pool , she seemed unable to look away . |
19 | ‘ In her mind , she 'd twisted her into the daughter she and Gaston never had . |
20 | Once they 'd had a conversation on two levels , from street to first-floor window ; it had been in April ; on the second occasion he 'd visited her in the afternoon , for a walk along the canal . |
21 | She had not merely been a housekeeper but her qualities of efficiency , cheerfulness and gastronomic expertise seemed to fit her for the task of looking after this unusual pair . |
22 | , so I put her out in the end it erm it was surprising everybody knew what was going to happen they knew what I was going to do right when I come back in after swi place was empty they 'd got out that door before I 'd got her out the door but erm no it 's it 's very insulting . |
23 | ‘ To a certain extent you 'll have free rein , ’ he 'd told her over the telephone . |
24 | I 'd dragged her into the storeroom and begged her to take me to London , saying my family would n't allow me to go without her . |
25 | He was confident he 'd brought her to the stage where he could lay her . |
26 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
27 | In fact , he was the man who 'd escorted her to the door to mark the end of her first visit . |
28 | He 'd left her at the inn without so much as a word , and here he was , calmly indulging his hobby while she 'd had to trek after him . |
29 | When he 'd left her at the entrance to Newcastle Place the day Pa died she 'd ached with disappointment that she might never see him again . |
30 | We 'd left her in the car actually . |