Example sentences of "she [vb past] [to-vb] [pron] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a child , even though my parents were divorced and my mother did n't have much money , I would scream and shout whenever she tried to put me in some of my sister 's hand-me-downs . |
| 2 | Which is how she came to find herself in such an embarrassing position . |
| 3 | Most of her guests brought flowers when they came , knowing how she liked them , and how she loved to arrange them in tall glass vases on the kitchen table while people gathered around her , chatting in a tight excited crowd . |
| 4 | She wished to offer herself in complete love , without demanding in return any limit to his interest in other people . |
| 5 | Apart from anything else , she wanted to recompense him in some way , although she doubted he would accept a reward . |
| 6 | Despite the time of year she intended to dress herself in mauve silk , a coat and skirt faced with regal purple and embellished with a cream lace jabot . |