Example sentences of "they [vb past] she [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian . |
| 2 | There was just enough time for Bobbie to make herself tidy before they called her into the front room . |
| 3 | Mm , Cathy knew what they called her in the initial stage |
| 4 | They reminded her of the cardboard kaleidoscope she had as a child , packed with coloured fragments , which she looked into for hours , turning and watching , turning and watching . |
| 5 | She kept clear of everybody in the house in case they reminded her of the ill person her uncle had become . |
| 6 | TWO friends of Cadbury 's Flake model Rachel Brown last night denied they supplied her with the deadly drug Ecstasy . |