Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] she [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton .
2 Summer in the country , was the toast echoing in Diane 's ears as she went back inside ; and she shuddered , and wondered if she could think up something really cutting to say the first time one of them tried to treat her like a servant .
3 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 .
4 As she leaned into the car , the attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her into the vehicle .
5 I promised to remember her to the Harvey-Beaumonts ‘ over the water ’ , and we set off once more , along a road that ran beside a demesne wall .
6 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 .
7 The conductress tried to console her with a glass of sweet , strong tea but without much success .
8 He tried to discourage her in every way .
9 He insinuated his right hand under her arm and tried to ease her towards the Bayswater Road .
10 She left her home last night as her owner tried to weigh her in the garden .
11 ‘ Somebody tried to phone her at the flat .
12 He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth .
13 He slid his arm round her narrow waist and bent to kiss her on the forehead .
14 If you tried to pat her on the shoulder and say ‘ There , there , ’ anything might happen .
15 A yellow child tried to interest her in a jar of dead flies .
16 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 .
17 However , a safer and a wiser idea is to take up what I began with : Phyllis Bottome telling how Pound , when they were both young , tried to turn her as a writer from an amateur into a professional .
18 Pound had known Phyllis Bottome between 1905 and 1907 , when they were fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania , and it 's not clear whether it is that early association , or a period later when she had caught up with him in London , that Phyllis Bottome had in mind when she wrote of how Pound tried to transform her as a writer from a talented amateur into a professional :
19 Oh who cares , I thought , and tried to bundle her into the bag right away .
20 Luke tried to steer her across the road , but she turned on him , her eyes heavy with shadows , her face pale and strained .
21 I knew Ellen hated the cold , and I tried to warn her of the conditions we might expect in those latitudes .
22 She looked at her daughter 's lovely face , and tried to warn her of the dangers of love , but the girl did not listen .
23 Katherine 's very presence seemed to provoke her at every turn .
24 One of the cats came to meet her in the wood and accompanied her back into the house .
25 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 .
26 His eyes seemed to study her for a moment .
27 In two long strides , Guy abandoned his leaning position by the fireplace and came to take her by the shoulders , shaking her roughly .
28 A great wind of rage seemed to blow her along the passage , flung the door open and then dropped her , becalmed , just inside it .
29 She leant in and stooped to take her under the arms ; like a peach tree blighted by leafcurl , Sycorax lay tinder-dry in a narrow crescent , her body hardly filling the hammock 's web .
30 Maybe , if she could squeeze a mink coat out of Maxie , it would help her towards the membership which always seemed to elude her by a vote or two , a vote strongly influenced , she feared , by Olga Stych .
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