Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If she had planned it the blow could not have been more accurate . |
| 4 | She wondered about the bruise on his cheek : she had noticed it the evening before when he came back from his Tuesday round . |
| 5 | The Concorde ticket to New York was where she had left it the night before . |