Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came to know instinctively the kind of candid , vivid anecdote that found favour with him , the sort of thing that made him chuckle with delight , and sometimes scribble it down in a note-book . |
| 2 | She began to piece together the line of questioning . |
| 3 | She decided to put aside the idea of arranging Richard 's social life at Thrush Green . |
| 4 | She had planned both the paint-throwing and the expulsion . |
| 5 | She had half expected him to contact her after she had turned away the team of cleaners he 'd sent to her house to clear up the mess , but she had heard nothing . |
| 6 | When he came back she had cleared away the supper things and was pressing out biscuit fish with her eldest child 's toy cooking set . |
| 7 | She had escaped — for a whole day she had escaped even the thought of the Refuge . |
| 8 | She had liked especially the tableau of the Assumption , when the rockets launched the Madonna into heaven . |
| 9 | She had done all the house out and got all the presents and everything , but then they says I could n't have him or see him . |
| 10 | Exhausted , she had slept almost the clock round that first night , and often found herself dozing during the day . |
| 11 | Her hair was piled at her head , tied in a scarlet bandanna , and when she turned her face to look wanly up at us there were soot-marks on her brow and cheeks where she had wiped away the sweat with the back of her hand . |
| 12 | I blamed Hilda for it , I felt she had taken away the gamble , the risk that made it worth while . |
| 13 | She had looked just the way the boy did , and Jean-Paul liked it because it made him feel … |
| 14 | The sugar she had spilt everywhere the night before was sticking to her bare feet . |