Example sentences of "and she [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she knew now the reason she had n't wanted the doctor , knew it was because she was afraid they 'd take Jenny away from her because she was n't fit to look after her . |
| 2 | ‘ Have I not reason ? ’ she demanded , as the years seemed to roll away , and she felt again the anguish his desertion had inflicted . |
| 3 | She was educated in the household of Henry Hastings , third Earl of Huntingdon [ q.v. ] , president of the council in the north , and she learned there the Puritan habits of self-examination and regular religious exercises which she later practised in her own household . |
| 4 | She saw him then , running swiftly towards her , and she pulled aside the fence , squeezing through the gap . |
| 5 | She was glad that it was connected , however dimly , with Hemingway , for she knew about Hemingway , and she liked shockingly the sense of an operating corner in her inviolable mind . |
| 6 | The gate handle clicked sharply and she drew aside the lace curtain . |