Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He must always believe the things she told him about other people , especially those in his father 's family , but Frankie sometimes found her instructions very hard to understand . |
| 32 | She told him about open heart surgery , and lasers ; about credit cards and the cost of living , and the vast expense involved when buying a moderately sized residence like Rose Cottage , which he regarded as little short of scandalous , totally unable to begin to comprehend such vast sums of money being paid for such a relatively small return . |
| 33 | ‘ I 'll sign the agreement , ’ she told him in clipped tones . |
| 34 | She had a little flat in the Falls , a house she shared with girlfriends , her family home being in a village outside Derry , and she told him in blunt terms that she had n't seen enough of him at it for too damn long , at it or anywhere else . |
| 35 | When she told us about this visit , she hoped it would be centred around a seminar , funded by the Romanian government , at which tutors would be trained to teach machine knitting to young people whose chances of employment near their own homes were otherwise remote . |
| 36 | She needled him with such venom from behind her thick lenses that Seb was visibly squashed . |
| 37 | She ripped him into little pieces . |
| 38 | Taking it out , she ripped it into tiny pieces then tossed the fragments into the bucket that still stood on the dresser like some awful avant-garde ornament . |
| 39 | The bright April sun was full in her eyes and she shaded them with one hand . |
| 40 | ‘ I was n't aware there was anyone awake when I decided to swim , ’ she informed him with regal hauteur . |
| 41 | ‘ You 've no business being here , ’ she informed him with razor-edged control . |
| 42 | She informed him of this conclusion , and with his usual calm he accepted it . |
| 43 | She paid me for this week and she said well I you 've got ninety pound here |
| 44 | She welcomed him with outstretched arms as he came to her , knowing there was no retreat now and glorying in the thought of her forthcoming submission . |
| 45 | She stripped him with nimble fingers , and when the task was done , folded his hairy scrotum into the palm of her cool hand . |
| 46 | She spent it on other things . |
| 47 | She flooded it with electric light . |
| 48 | His wife 's name was Sarah ; she was five years his junior , and she predeceased him by ten months . |
| 49 | She walked them towards each other , their clawed feet bent stiffly inwards , on the cold slate shelf : " How did you get shot , little brother ? " each asked the other in a high child 's squeak of imitation . |
| 50 | It was strange how she loved him for that business with Tommaso so long ago , how she had such a feeling for the intricate conventions of the old code , and saw him as a man of honour , a duellist . |
| 51 | She watched him with stormy eyes , the gold chain which she wore around her neck rising and falling with each agitated breath she drew . |
| 52 | She watched him for several moments , then looked about the large dining-room , trying to fathom the reason for his actions . |
| 53 | She watched him in reluctant fascination as he put to her , ‘ When it comes to being irresponsible , your brother , I 'm afraid , has already proved himself to be in the top league . ’ |
| 54 | She watched it with mild curiosity ; it seemed to have a life of its own . |
| 55 | He rammed his stiffened baton in and out of her burrow , and all the time she urged him to greater efforts . |
| 56 | She swallowed it in one gulp and started to cough . |
| 57 | It had hardened slightly and she moistened it with icy water , kneading it until it shed a film of white liquid . |
| 58 | She comforted him with lavish endearments before turning back to Wycliffe . |
| 59 | She took them with such sweetness , and grace , with such a look of affectionate gratitude and pleasure , that Gabriel felt like the Wise Man who presented frankincense to the Virgin Mary . |
| 60 | She took them in unsteady hands stained with grave marks , and peered with suspicion at the manufacturer 's name . |