Example sentences of "she [vb past] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was some trouble with her in her early teens and perhaps she 'd guessed something of the truth . |
| 2 | She 'd followed him into the Rockingham public house by the Elephant and Castle . |
| 3 | Lucy reckoned that , for the man in charge , he had some staggeringly dull tasks to handle ; she 'd seen him in the stockroom once , counting every bottle in every crate of tonic water . |
| 4 | ‘ Nothing — I asked if he knew if she 'd seen anyone in the hospital recently , before we contacted Records . |
| 5 | It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh . |
| 6 | She 'd treated herself to the new dress , from the boutique recommended by Anneliese . |
| 7 | She 'd invited him round the previous evening and things had n't gone at all as he 'd hoped . |
| 8 | She 'd heard him at the glass door — a double knock , very light . |
| 9 | ‘ Have you not heard of Resenence Jeopardy ? ’ she 'd asked him on the first day of their acquaintance . |
| 10 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 11 | ‘ In her mind , she 'd twisted her into the daughter she and Gaston never had . |
| 12 | Much bigger than she 'd imagined it in the dark . |
| 13 | She had the fleeting impression that she 'd caught him on the raw . |
| 14 | had a girl from another troop Lynn somebody ca n't remember her last name any way her first name was Lynn and as rumour had it , she 'd had everybody in the bedroom |
| 15 | cos she 'd had it since the beginning of February . |
| 16 | She 'd flattened herself against the outside wall like someone in a spy movie . |
| 17 | I 'd said the right thing and she 'd buttoned me as the one who signed the cheques . |
| 18 | She 'd taken him from the town and the friends that he knew and she 'd brought him to this great , dusty mausoleum of a place where he did n't even like to run around because the echo of his footsteps sounded too much like someone faceless who was following too close . |
| 19 | She 'd spotted him for the first time three weekends ago when she 'd walked out on to the nightclub stage to perform her warm-up spot for the star turn of the evening . |
| 20 | She was in a fairly emotional state , in that she 'd known nothing about the wedding , wondered why she had n't been told , and demanded the time and location of the ceremony . |
| 21 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |
| 22 | It did n't hurt that much , but he pretended she 'd got him in the balls , hoping for a little wifely penitence . |
| 23 | That she 'd introduced him to the Fletchers to keep him there … well , she deserved it . |
| 24 | I thought she 'd fetched it from the bedroom . |
| 25 | She 'd told him about the looks aimed at her by Adam 's teachers . |
| 26 | Miranda thought of M. Apéritif last night , and decided she would let him go further when she next saw him , in spite of the lizard darting of his small and oddly hard tongue in the kiss she 'd allowed him at the door of the hotel . |
| 27 | The thoughtful echo rang in her ears long after she 'd buried herself beneath the bed cover in the privacy of her room , and yearned for the oblivion of sleep . |
| 28 | She 'd left them in the caravan , and he just see the keys |
| 29 | Sarah told Maureen that she had received one by the same post . |
| 30 | Ever since she had saved him in the snowstorm , George had been uncomfortably aware of her presence . |