Example sentences of "[vb past] she [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Lady Constance visited some suffragettes imprisoned in Holloway gaol , and this experience transformed her into a public figure with a single-minded burning cause .
2 She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her .
3 Blood tests revealed Louise 's haemoglobin level was down and doctors referred her to the local hospital .
4 Then , when they turned out on to the main road , Luke overtook her with an authoritative toot .
5 There was a time , early in their days at Cambridge , when a brilliant and handsome research student from Yale made a determined pitch for Robyn , and she had been rather dazzled and excited by the experience ( he wooed her with a heady mixture of the latest post Freudian theoretical jargon and devastatingly frank sexual propositions , so she was never quite sure whether it was Lacan 's symbolic phallus he was referring to or his own real one ) .
6 Lucy spent just three days in intensive care before doctors moved her to an ordinary ward at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital .
7 Lucenzo ruthlessly hurried the shaken Meredith through a small door , to the sound of indulgent ribaldry , and drew her into a small salotto .
8 I drew her into a shadowy window embrasure .
9 Lifting her with effortless strength to her feet , he cradled her against the hard strength of his own body .
10 A legacy from a great-aunt had bought their house and provided her with a small income .
11 In January 1990 the Education Department provided her with a new tutor .
12 Without a word , Lucenzo offered her a jug of coffee and flicked a quick finger at the alert barman , who provided her with a fresh cup .
13 Her investments provided her with an annual income of well over a million dollars , in addition to the trusts and investments left to her directly by her husband .
14 She said that the sale provided her with the out-of-print material needed for research .
15 This provided her with the ideal opportunity to research and write a book about the local food , which resulted in the publication of The Taste of Cyprus ( Interworld Publications , £5.95 ) , an enjoyable look at seasonal Cypriot cooking .
16 A Salvation Army boy who was studying medicine invited her to the Christian Union .
17 Her instructor , Sally Sheffield , described her as a competent first-aider who did not panic .
18 He fixed her with a cool stare .
19 He fixed her with a bloodshot eye .
20 He fixed her with a glittering eye .
21 He fixed her in a maddened stare and she saw the blood running from his gashed hand .
22 He found her in a small kitchen .
23 I found her in a large day-room where groups of elderly ladies sat in plastic-covered armchairs .
24 The baby weighed less than one kilo , she took it to the clinic and a clinic worker helped her to a nearby hospital .
25 ‘ I helped her through a bad time , you see .
26 Clare helped her into a black car that stood by the kerb with its door open .
27 Colleague Evelyn Cookson and a stranger hoisted Tammy to her feet and helped her into a waiting ambulance .
28 He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat .
29 He helped her in a two-year battle against cancer and to come to terms with her double mastectomy .
30 Already involved with her longstanding boyfriend Neil Turley , Jenny declined his advances , but undaunted , fearless Frank phoned her on a regular basis and left messages with her unsuspecting boyfriend , a West Ham fan who was flattered that the team 's top scorer was training so late at night .
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