Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end she agreed to give him the money for " Jack 's " fare . |
| 2 | But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more . |
| 8 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 9 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 10 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 11 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 12 | ‘ Why she seemed to dislike me the moment she set eyes on me . |
| 13 | She enjoyed giving them the slip , as she sometimes succeeded in doing . |
| 14 | He was right , of course ; she did owe him the courtesy of an apology , even though he would very likely throw it back in her face . |
| 15 | If she had planned it the blow could not have been more accurate . |
| 16 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 17 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 18 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
| 19 | She glared at me , dug beneath her cloak and pushed a purse ( much leaner than the one she had given me the night before ) into my hand . |
| 20 | ‘ If she had seen you the night of the Giants she might have thought differently , ’ Ratagan said gently . |
| 21 | She wondered about the bruise on his cheek : she had noticed it the evening before when he came back from his Tuesday round . |
| 22 | Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again . |
| 23 | She had told him the truth , she discovered , staring at the polished beauty of his shoulder . |
| 24 | The Concorde ticket to New York was where she had left it the night before . |
| 25 | She had shown him the book where it was illustrated . |
| 26 | And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so . |
| 27 | She did n't want Georg back but she wanted to hurt him the way Gesner had hurt her . |
| 28 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
| 29 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 30 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |