Example sentences of "[vb past] she [vb past] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked round , and realized she had cleaned the whole office in the hour and a half since he had seen her . |
| 2 | The misery was shared by France 's Ville de Paris , who collided with Nippon and lost both the umpire 's verdict and most of the her bow , and New Zealand , who came from behind to cross the line 2ft in front of Il Moro di Venezia only to have the victory overturned when the umpires ruled she had brushed the finish-line buoy. 6univ |
| 3 | Det Supt Albert Kirby , the officer in charge of the inquiry , said that a woman claimed she had seen the two youths in the Strand at 2:30pm . |
| 4 | It was again as if she had been struck , her hands barely moving along the surface of the dresser she had been wiping clean of dust , her head going low , and when she finished she went to put the damp cloth carefully beside the sink , moving a simmering saucepan from the hotplate . |
| 5 | She was the only witness among many people at the party who alleged she 'd seen the four set upon Mr Johnson with knives . |
| 6 | Aware as I went she had dodged the crucial question . |
| 7 | I wondered whether she felt she had encouraged the too-close relationship between Jean-Claude and Montaine , in an effort to keep her children children ? |
| 8 | It was a lame apology , but as she plunged into the cooler shadow of the house she knew she 'd used the first excuse which sprang to mind . |
| 9 | Christina knew she had struck the right businesslike chord as his expression changed from preoccupied to thoughtful . |
| 10 | In the garden in her white dress , she knew she had done the wrong thing . |
| 11 | When the mask came off , she knew she had reached the Fourth Level . |
| 12 | She knew she had said the wrong thing the minute the words had left her mouth . |
| 13 | She thought she 'd found the perfect place to live , yet already it was slipping away and this cosy compartment was only a stage on to something else . |
| 14 | Many viewers thought she 'd used the famous Lawley charm to make him relax and talk about his childhood and family . |
| 15 | This was , in fact , not too big a problem : Cracow had a 10pm curfew , and was in any case ‘ dead ’ after 9pm , she said She did try the odd night club and cinema , and was surprised to find English films with Polish sub-titles . |