Example sentences of "she [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She very kindly invited me to lunch and she has given me a lot of useful information . ’ |
| 3 | He is merely expressing a suspicion , and in a sense a hope ( ‘ when she has given him the clap , then he 'll come back to me ’ , to modernize it somewhat ) . |
| 4 | She has given us an account of her experiences . |
| 5 | Sherie intends to take Neil on holiday after Christmas to help him over his ordeal — after she has bought him the mountain bike he has set his heart on . |
| 6 | I have been in touch with Jeanette ; she has found herself a job and seems to be settling down , while hoping for a visit from a certain young man ! |
| 7 | From my experience , in Brighton , she has shown what a caring , young , attractive lady she is , especially when she took time out to meet her own supporters and to sign autographs . |
| 8 | There had been no time for a cup of coffee and she 'd eaten nothing the night before , going straight to her cabin . |
| 9 | But it was n't his fault she 'd built herself a dream and was looking for somewhere to make it happen . |
| 10 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 11 | How would he be if on one of those Saturday mornings when he 'd hung around the rectory she 'd recognized herself the bitterness beneath his grin ? |
| 12 | She 'd given me a shot to kill the pain and it was making me drowsy . |
| 13 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 14 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
| 15 | She said she 'd given it a lot of thought and decided she 'd just got carried away because it was all such fun . |
| 16 | She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive . |
| 17 | In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before . |
| 18 | Well , anyway , thought Julia , she could n't be worse at waiting than she was at typing , so she 'd asked what the rate of pay was . |
| 19 | ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more . |
| 20 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 21 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 22 | This was a great pose , she 'd practised it a lot with the mirror . |
| 23 | She 'd promised me a recipe . ’ |
| 24 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 25 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 26 | Would she have allowed him the use of it in any outside circumstance , anywhere that open sexual contact would be anything other than common and unremarkable , and was he being honest in trying to tap some dry spring of old feelings to further his own ends now ? |
| 27 | Gabriel had collected Steve from school and brought him home , where she had cooked him a meal . |
| 28 | If she had planned it the blow could not have been more accurate . |
| 29 | She had given him no opportunity to indicate that there was an old friend with him — not that there was , at that point , but there might have been , and if there had been , it was hardly his fault if Alexandra had chosen to come knocking on the door without giving him a chance to explain — and then getting stroppy when she found someone had got there before her . |
| 30 | She had given him no answer but had stared at him and he had come back quickly , saying , ‘ That was a daft thing to say ; you always manage . ’ |