Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] she [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
2 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
3 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
4 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
5 | Nothing came for her by the first post . |
6 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
7 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
8 | ‘ Kerry was in front of me at the start and I went past her on the second mile , ’ she said . |
9 | Julia tried to obey , as she tried to do everything he demanded of her over the next few days and as she tried to keep her misery and pain and fear from all of them . |
10 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
11 | He looked at her for the first time since the beginning ; her head was still turned away , her hands over her face ; she had shown no further response to anything he had done . |
12 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
13 | Cheryl looked at her for the first time . |
14 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |
15 | Of the twenty original members it is likely that only two ( Sir Keith Joseph and Airey Neave ) voted for her on the first ballot for the leadershiP election in 1975 . |
16 | ‘ There ai n't no list , lady , ’ he said as he pushed past her with the first of the consignment . |