Example sentences of "[coord] she [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Either that or she 'd got two woollies on .
2 Held , dismissing the appeal , ( 1 ) that either the mother as donee of the power of attorney had possessed sufficient general understanding and capability to have satisfied herself regarding the purport and effect of the transfer document and had failed to do so , or she had lacked ordinary competence and capacity , in which case the defendant , as donor , could not be allowed to repudiate the transfer to an innocent third party ; that , if the case was that the defendant had failed to inform the donee of the power of attorney , that lack of care also precluded him from relying on her ignorance of the power ; and that , therefore , the fact that the mother had been tricked into signing the transfer document without reading it , was not sufficient to sustain a plea of non est factum ( post , p. 679A–F ) .
3 And she 'd had an abortion the night before and she 'd died that day on the Monday .
4 And she 'd got five wolf whistles .
5 And she 'd got modern ideas , and all — about married women being slaves , and what not — though to my way of thinking it 's always a toss-up which is the slave .
6 I sent her Nit Ac LM1 and did n't hear anything for a year when she rang up with a headache — it turned out that the anal fissure had cleared quickly and she felt she had been miraculously well given her sister had been murdered 12mths previously and she 'd had 4 months leave of absence from work to deal with the aftermath which had involved her nephew joining the family .
7 She was thirty-six when she cleared out and she 'd had three kids , but she still made younger women look and feel like there was no contest . ’
8 Word had got about as to why she had disappeared on compassionate leave and she began receiving many invitations for such recreational activities as were available : film shows , dances or simply a get-together in the local inn .
9 Oh yes when the war started yes , you , you see the people would have been called up into the forces anyway people young enough to fly , who , who had an interest , because er one of the air displays I remember very much a tomboy as she was she they used to give pleasure flights and she had defied this pilot to take her up and make her sick , and he was took her up there looping rolling and everything and er
10 He remembered a girl he had known once who used to say ‘ franchement ’ whenever she meant ‘ frankly ’ — rather a soupy girl , and far from frank , but consoling all the same on despairing Sundays , and she had made beautiful casseroles .
11 She said her name was Liz , she was a friend of the family , and she had done some nursing once , a long time ago , but gave it up to get married .
12 She also wanted to put an end to any sexual intercourse with her husband , though formerly both he and she had had great enjoyment from it .
13 And she had to pay six quid for
14 Two of the most daring had been observed in the garden by Miss Watson , the headmistress , who lived across the green at the school-house , and she had delivered dire warnings during assembly the next morning .
15 How it had happened she did not know , but back there in New York he had begun to pursue her , and she had found ever-increasing opportunities to talk to him ; he was so gay and lively , quite unlike the rather stiff young men whom she met in New York and Newport society .
16 She put the telephone down on the floor and knelt beside it , facing Shildon and saying Tavett was in trouble and she had to make some calls .
17 Time was passing , and she had to catch that London train .
18 Her normally lucid style had slipped and she had forgotten huge chunks of the recent past .
19 A replacement was found for her and she arranged to travel two days before Christmas .
20 Well I used to share a , share this flat with my mate and erm you know , she got a bit out of hand , she kept bringing all these people home and she kept having these parties and it was really difficult for me to study cos I used to go well I still try to go to college , but erm you know , it was really hard for me to study and made my life really , really difficult !
21 It was stone which was not true stone , and she continued to question that oddity , even though the answer to the slight conundrum was obvious and all about her .
22 And she longed to unleash that hunger , that virile , pulsing craving that seemed to strain through every muscle of his hard-limbed body .
23 And she started to say this morning , oh you 're alright !
24 His mouth , sober just a minute ago , had drifted into a lazy smile , and she wanted to taste those freckles on his nose with her tongue .
25 But at the same time she was young , and she wanted to have some fun before she became exactly like her mother .
26 No formal or academic qualifications were required for this , and she did get some training .
27 We invited Debbie to join us but she 'd had an invitation from a girlfriend to spend Christmas in Norway and she decided to take that invitation up .
28 She was a working girl , and proud of it , and she intended to stay that way
29 And she refused to go another step until his arm was properly cared for , Isabel vowed , as she dug a small hole in the top of the misshapen lump with her thumbnail .
30 However , the pensione was not particularly comfortable and she preferred to spend more time away from it than in it .
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