Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [prep] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She busied herself with retrieving the carrier of wet clothes from the seat behind , desperate to end this short-lived but uniquely humiliating experience and yet finding that to end it here , like this , would be the final humiliation of all . |
| 2 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's awfully wild , ’ she said , ‘ but you are going the right way ’ — she was proceeding east and going into the storm at the time — and she thanked me for opening the gate . |
| 4 | She cursed herself for spoiling the closeness between them . |
| 5 | She cursed herself for stating the obvious , wished she had taken more note of where they had brought her . |
| 6 | She congratulated me on eschewing the filth and violence that at that time were almost necessary to sell a book ( as my publisher told me ) , and said that she almost felt that she might have written it herself . |
| 7 | She contented herself with pulling the T-shirt down over her bare stomach . |
| 8 | So she contented herself with giving the reporter what he wanted . |
| 9 | She contented herself by having the official offer letter framed . |
| 10 | She loved him for having the consideration to stop now . |
| 11 | ‘ She said something about tidying the shop . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ She said something about telling the local newspaper . ’ |