Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she 'd blown it with that acidic little crack . |
| 2 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 3 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 4 | I did n't know she had this cold and she 'd had it for ten |
| 5 | She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it . |
| 6 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 7 | Even knowing she looked ridiculous , she 'd enjoyed it after that first entrance , had loved being on a stage again , singing with the company . |
| 8 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 9 | She did n't like immobility , she did n't like being on her own , and she did n't like the fact that the wallet still had n't been given back to her , not when she 'd nicked it at great personal risk . |
| 10 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
| 11 | She had seen it in any case and she was not Sairellen Thackray who would look down her granite nose at him and sneer . |
| 12 | The ‘ magic ’ as she had called it in those exciting days when it had all begun , had become a curse . |
| 13 | Aunt Margaret poured fresh tea from a brown earthenware , Sunday-school treat pot that was so heavy she had to lift it with both hands . |
| 14 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 15 | But she had said it without much hope . |
| 16 | Leith , having popped along to her bedroom to take her hair out of the knot she had worn it in all day , was having serious thoughts about her actions — inviting him for a meal , for goodness ' sake ! |
| 17 | She had wanted it since last Christmas when they went to the pantomime in Dublin and she had seen the girls on the stage dancing in pink velvet dresses like this . |
| 18 | Somehow a favourite dress or toy of Paige 's would be damaged , but she had done it with such guile that her parents could never be sure it was intentional . |
| 19 | The offender had a dispute with the victim as a result of the sale by her of his car : the offender claimed that she had sold it for less than it was worth , and had not paid over to him his proper share in the proceeds of the sale . |
| 20 | She tended to do it of late years by proxy , as it were : she was good — or had been before the advent of the Reverend Hereward Marr — at manning the tea-urn at the church social . |