Example sentences of "[coord] she [verb] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The family member will say that these things should help , that they are only part of normal family commitment and civilised behaviour and that , if he or she did not do these things , then the primary sufferer might die .
2 He ignores the fact that the major argument for including the supervisor 's name in papers to which he or she has not made such a contribution is that it is the supervisor 's reputation which has attracted the research grant or ensured publication .
3 He ignores the fact that the major argument for including the supervisor 's name in papers to which he or she has not made such a contribution is that it is the supervisor 's reputation which has attracted the research grant or ensured publication .
4 Cos I w he was , he was in the Post Office one day and he saw this old woman and she 'd just cashed all her giros and this bloke just nicked it in the Post Office .
5 It spread before Maggie , and she 'd never heard such a din .
6 As she heaved herself up against the pillows she discovered she was wearing a man 's shirt , extra-large and striped , and she 'd never seen that before , either .
7 It 'd been more than half a year since the Long Drive , and she 'd never taken much notice of mechanical things , but she could n't help thinking the old lorry cab had been a lot less crowded .
8 It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him .
9 She had thought it would be a pity not to have him around any longer : Rachel and Maggie both liked him and she had not told either of them about his wife .
10 She could n't face speaking to him down the wires of a telephone again , not after yesterday , and , besides , he might have cancelled their arrangement and she had n't wanted that .
11 There was no one except herself to protect the poor children , and she had n't made much of a job of it .
12 She looked at Roman , so strong and dependable ; any woman would give thanks every day of her life for a man like him , and she had just ruined any chance she had of being that woman .
13 Anne had given her the parcel to post two days ago and she had completely forgotten all about it .
14 And she had so perfected this technique of politely disappearing , that she had to live almost half her life before she came to realize that she had almost disappeared to her own self !
15 It had all been an enjoyable game , and she had always imagined that love would be an enjoyable game as well , except that there was nothing enjoyable about the pain eating away at her .
16 And she had never seen such blue eyes .
17 And she had never had much time for Angela Cartwright , who , when it came to Grunte , tended to run with the hare , though it was plain enough that she had been put out by Grunte 's placing Hyacinth on his right hand and had agreed with Carole afterwards that they would have little trouble finding the necessary fifty signatures .
18 Her name was Bessie Braddock and she had publicly refused that year to stay in the headquarters hotel , insisting on going to a boarding house instead .
19 Expressive touch , she quotes , is used to enhance verbal communication in conveying empathy , trust , reassurance , security and the proximity of another person , and she goes on to quote several authors who have examined the effects of tactile language in a variety of health care settings — with the elderly , with the terminally ill , with people in pain , with anxious people and during labour .
20 Yeah and she does n't do any ironing , nothing .
21 And she does n't have any money .
22 general studies and that 's , you know , er she 's n not randy in that but she 's knows all the all the interesting bit , I du n no we have her for erm , yeah for that and she 's quite a laugh and she does n't take any shit from the boys at all .
23 And she does indeed have some kind of magnetism , even in a snapshot …
24 And she said well look all I 'm , all I 'm
25 But then one could say same of Verbier and she has not ruled that out .
26 ‘ But as far as we know , she is still mechanically fine and she has still got some running life which is why she will be touring the preserved railways . ’
27 The field in front of the house was reasonably flat and she set off to tackle that .
28 This morning 's episode at the flat had shaken her up quite a bit , and she needed desperately to have some time to herself in quiet surroundings .
29 It was exhausting and she did not know enough to analyse each problem properly .
30 She had n't last time I , cos we were talking about er when I say talking I do n't mean nastily but the last time I saw Janet I asked after Wendy and she said she was still working and enjoying her job and the children were growing up and she did n't mention any other children so cos her husband works away a lot of the year does n't he ?
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