Example sentences of "it [vb past] she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Virgin bent her head to the dove in pictures of the Annunciation , and it pierced her through the ear , bringing her the Word that was life itself , down into her womb ; that was what Rosa wanted , Tommaso 's mouth next to her ear , until she , like the woman with her lover in the doorway , would wriggle and gasp . |
| 2 | It caught her on the elbow of her right arm and sliced right through the botched teflon sutures that held the forearm below it in place . |
| 3 | Subtitled Diana Unclothed , it compared her to the Lady of Shallott , Greta Garbo , Sleeping Beauty and Mother Theresa . |
| 4 | ‘ My father says that you 're an architect , ’ she volunteered , determined to be pleasant even if it killed her in the process . |
| 5 | She would stay out here until evening , if it killed her in the process . |
| 6 | The figure turning the corner and walking heavily down the road could not under any circumstances have been Edward , but at least it relieved her from the suspicion that the street was uninhabited . |
| 7 | Fru Møller , who resented the embargo on her taste within the house , and frequently complained of the frustration she endured at having to maintain the past in all its detail , enjoyed the discipline the White Garden imposed , the contacts that it brought her in the gardening world , and the admiration its unusual beauty reflected upon her . |
| 8 | Mystery seemed to flow from her ; it clothed her like the veil she wore , which of course heightened the effect . |
| 9 | It reminded her of the type of man he was . |
| 10 | It reminded her of the river bank where Pa and the boys went to cut rushes at weekends so that Ma and Billy could work all week . |
| 11 | It reminded her of the trunking at the back of a starship 's central processor banks ; and of the tubing inside a tissue regrowth cabinet . |
| 12 | It reminded her of the time she had slept here , and woken to find him beside her with his arm around her in his beautifully furnished bedroom . |
| 13 | It reminded her of the feeling she had had in the room below this one , stood there amongst the shrouded furniture ; that the house was not abandoned , merely boarded up temporarily , awaiting its occupant 's return . |
| 14 | It carried her into the park and only wavered when she saw the playground . |