Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [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 | Bet she made you struggle last week , during the week so as they wan na ask for somebody . |
| 4 | Her confessor having ordered her to use an ordinary discipline and leave off her iron chain , she made it knot three rows and wore it round her body … |
| 5 | Eva also insisted on Dad improving the service : she got him to consult esoteric library books early in the morning before work and asked him at breakfast , in a voice which must once have enquired of Charlie if he 'd done his technical-drawing homework , ‘ And what did you learn this morning ? ’ |
| 6 | She asked me to have two trees planted in the school playing field in her memory to provide shade for children in the summer . |
| 7 | Afterwards they went shopping together and she helped him choose some shoes for his wife . |
| 8 | She helped him lose two stones . |
| 9 | It 's only cos she mentioned she wanted some bread . |
| 10 | Looking up in surprise , she found he had one eyebrow raised as though waiting for her to make some sarcastic comment , which successfully ensured that she did n't do any such thing . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She let us have two rooms but there was no visible staff , and the dining-room was closed : we ate , that evening , in a shabby bar in the middle of the town . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As she ate she cast worried glances up towards the cupboard by the stove , where lay a small sack of potato crisps , some Liquorice Allsorts and two packets of biscuits . |
| 15 | She wrinkled her freckled teenage nose . |
| 16 | When she walked she moved each hip separately , like a gunslinger moving towards an opponent down Main Street . |
| 17 | She heard him making little noises with his lips and tongue as if preparing to speak . |
| 18 | She watched him raise one hand to rub the nape of his neck , then flex his shoulder muscles . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But now she decided she detested this man . |
| 21 | It began when she decided she needed new curtains for her front room . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She thought he welcomed some time alone . |
| 24 | She made a lot of conventional noises , of course ; she had to because you ca n't have Rose and Grace getting any sillier than they are already and they might have taken it into their heads to copy you , but I could see she thought you had real spirit . |
| 25 | She knew they had different fathers and she knew that in each case there was only a certain number of possibilities , but beyond that all was obscure . |
| 26 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 27 | It was that same song from the Dietrich film she had watched at Rocamar , and as she sang she found new depths in the words . |
| 28 | She saw him rub one hand across his forehead , as if wiping away perspiration . |
| 29 | She saw him flick ice-blue eyes over her slender figure and immediately felt a surge of self-consciousness . |
| 30 | 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 . |