Example sentences of "she [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She met Dickie by the coconut shy . |
| 2 | It was the day she made up her mind that she met Andrew on the Moor . |
| 3 | She led Flora by the hand . |
| 4 | She led Giles into the kitchen . |
| 5 | She plays Amanda in The Glass Menagerie . |
| 6 | In her insistent way she asked Jane for the loan of a field in which to hold a charity fair . |
| 7 | ‘ Someone had to do it , ’ she hissed through her black veil as she passed Nathan on the way back . |
| 8 | She passed Jack in the corridor and he winked at her . |
| 9 | When the shutters had been opened wider to let in the bright midday light she helped Luce to the bathroom . |
| 10 | She prodded Caterina in the bed beside her , but her sister remained hedgehog-tight . |
| 11 | Daphne , whom Cecilia suspected of being rather less well-off than she was herself , though this was not a matter to delve into , phoned her just after six on alternate evenings and she phoned Daphne on the others . |
| 12 | Cajun and Creole cooking 's roots are reflected in the foods of France , Spain , Africa and Germany , as Roz Denny discovered when she visited Louisiana with the Food and Drinks team |
| 13 | Mrs Hoey now plans to reunite the two when she visits Vicky at the weekend at school with Penny . |
| 14 | She found William at the bar . |
| 15 | When Hari returned home , she found William in the workshop hammering leather soles on to a pair of small boots . |
| 16 | She found Adam by the bar , munching on a sausage roll , his plate piled high with tempting savouries . |
| 17 | She found George in the carpenter 's shop constructing a crocodile out of papier mâché . |
| 18 | Once again she found Toby in the Mess late on a Wednesday afternoon . |
| 19 | She found Jenny in the drawing-room . |
| 20 | She grasped Melissa by the hand . |
| 21 | Another example of Portia 's dishonesty is shown when she tests Bassanio with the ring she had just given to him . |
| 22 | As she ate Maltesers from the box on her knee , apparently engrossed in the antics of Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck or pluto her left hand seemed not to know what her right was doing . |
| 23 | Marg keeps me informed , she said she meets Jo in the town and they exchange a few words with them |
| 24 | She told Maggie about the palace of the Princess Tang Li , north of Beijing , which she had visited with her own beautiful mother , Maggie 's great-grandmother . |
| 25 | ‘ Transformed , my darling , absolutely transformed ! ’ she told Nora over the phone . |
| 26 | She told Pascoe about the house and the woman she had seen there ; she told a little of her meeting with Luke ; the rest she kept for herself . |
| 27 | She knew she would feel a good deal less proud when she told Alice about the penalty clause . |
| 28 | Five minutes later she dropped Emma at the hall , saying , ‘ I 'll pick you up at ten o'clock . |
| 29 | She withdrew Jeremy from the school in January 1986 and launched legal proceedings , claiming breaches of the Human Rights Convention which safeguards against ‘ inhuman or degrading ’ treatment and protects ‘ the right to respect for private and family life ’ . |
| 30 | She withdrew Jeremy from the school in January 1986 and began legal proceedings , claiming breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights which safeguards against inhuman or degrading treatment and protects the ‘ right to respect for private and family life ’ . |