Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The set was so tacky she expected it to collapse each time one of the characters came through the door . |
| 2 | But , she said I 'm pleased with him so far , but we still got to be careful that 's why she made him have this collar . |
| 3 | She made herself spend less time with Carolyn , monitoring her own contact with her . |
| 4 | Afterwards they went shopping together and she helped him choose some shoes for his wife . |
| 5 | It 's only cos she mentioned she wanted some bread . |
| 6 | But in Tom 's room , when Peter had poured the wine into two mugs and an inch into a glass for her and she had tasted it , she found she liked this wine that had a taste of how elderflowers smell , reversed her decision and asked him to do as he had offered and fill her glass . |
| 7 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 8 | When the Countess saw that Emily was going to be good for nothing , she let us have this house , as I say — she was Scottish , and had property here that was mostly sold after she died . |
| 9 | Not to thank you , I mean — and Rose — oh , dear … ’ and her face crumpled , but the steely resolution which lay beneath her outward charm prevented her from giving way to the hysterics which she knew would take her over if she allowed herself to show any weakness . |
| 10 | When she walked she moved each hip separately , like a gunslinger moving towards an opponent down Main Street . |
| 11 | When she found a lot more shoots in different places , she decided they needed more air and light , so she began to pull out the thick grass around them . |
| 12 | But now she decided she detested this man . |
| 13 | It was obvious that they , too , had realised what a professional job it was , something reflected in their searching questions as to whether she thought she had any enemies . |
| 14 | She thought he welcomed some time alone . |
| 15 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |
| 16 | At first neither Ceauşescu 's guards and officials nor the older professional participants in the display wanted to let the young woman take part , but she did nothing to banish any assumption that her surname indicated a relationship with the First Lady . |
| 17 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 18 | My mother she cried oh she did she cried all night . |
| 19 | She had herself spent several weeks alone in her cottage when she had just bought it and when she returned to mix with people she had found that her vocabulary had deserted her , that without stimulation she had completely lost the art of conversation , had been able only to mutter inanities in monosyllabic form . |
| 20 | Er and then similarly to that they er were said to seek agreement by Lakehoff she said they used more questions and more tag questions . |
| 21 | She said , as you said , they s she said they used less swearing and more please and thank yous . |
| 22 | ah she said she saw this fella hitting the wall and hitting the football halfway out in the road , it was fucking me . |
| 23 | aye , she said she had some chicken |
| 24 | When she 'd finished she said she needed some peace and quiet for a while . |
| 25 | She said she wanted more freedom for licensees to decide their opening hours , and believed children would learn about alcohol by going into pubs with their parents . |
| 26 | Last night she said he experienced several difficulties when he arrived in England . |
| 27 | I 've gone down hill since then , but she said you know these folks are hard when you 've been out of work for a long while , you 've got ta just get back up and fight again , I said , she said and I know how hard that is , but she said you know , if you can get it going and fit and get in , so |
| 28 | But she said I hate that place , I 'm not going . |
| 29 | so he said so he poured her another one and she said I want another glass George so he said |
| 30 | She wanted him to be safe , not to be in trouble ; she wanted him to finish this book . |