Example sentences of "she [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is merely expressing a suspicion , and in a sense a hope ( ‘ when she has given him the clap , then he 'll come back to me ’ , to modernize it somewhat ) . |
| 2 | Sherie intends to take Neil on holiday after Christmas to help him over his ordeal — after she has bought him the mountain bike he has set his heart on . |
| 3 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 4 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
| 5 | She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive . |
| 6 | In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before . |
| 7 | ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more . |
| 8 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 9 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 10 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 11 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 12 | Would she have allowed him the use of it in any outside circumstance , anywhere that open sexual contact would be anything other than common and unremarkable , and was he being honest in trying to tap some dry spring of old feelings to further his own ends now ? |
| 13 | If she had planned it the blow could not have been more accurate . |
| 14 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 15 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 16 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
| 17 | She glared at me , dug beneath her cloak and pushed a purse ( much leaner than the one she had given me the night before ) into my hand . |
| 18 | ‘ If she had seen you the night of the Giants she might have thought differently , ’ Ratagan said gently . |
| 19 | She wondered about the bruise on his cheek : she had noticed it the evening before when he came back from his Tuesday round . |
| 20 | She had told him the truth , she discovered , staring at the polished beauty of his shoulder . |
| 21 | The Concorde ticket to New York was where she had left it the night before . |
| 22 | She had shown him the book where it was illustrated . |
| 23 | Did I say that she 's given me the diary ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ No , she 's given us the slip again , damn it . ’ |
| 25 | She 's shown us the label so we can recognize the packaged news story like it was a familiar soap powder . |