Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rushing over to the open suitcase standing on a side table , she snatched from it the long paper-cutter she had brought back for Harold from New York . |
| 2 | Apart from this minor eccentricity — and I knew old people often became eccentric — she seemed to me the same as she had always been : vague in practical matters but sharp-witted enough in other ways , and eager to talk about what was happening in the world . |
| 3 | Breathlessly she watched for what the moving flags would say next . |
| 4 | She was immediately recognisable , though she 'd had the scarf on as she sped past me the only other time I 'd seen her . |
| 5 | She had about her the rich glow of a woman who excelled at everything which constituted a woman 's work . |
| 6 | Cos she said to me the other day , she said have you been in my room and touched ? |
| 7 | she said to me the other day , has my mummy been in ? |