Example sentences of "she [verb] it [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The torch she hardly used at all ; only once or twice , shading it within her palm , she let it flash upon the paler gravel of the path , to align her passage alongside the faintly glowing water , and then snapped it out again quickly , to avoid reliance upon its light as much as to conceal her presence here . |
| 2 | In a moment she heard the engine of the Mercedes , and she heard it zoom down the hill with a squeal of tyres . |
| 3 | She heard it crash to the bottom of the stairs , and felt the floor quiver as it gained on her . |
| 4 | The longer she gazed down , through the tendril of tobacco smoke , the more the meeting merged into the older , stronger established patterns and colours of the valley floor until , eyes half-closed , she saw it disappear into the ancient landscape … |
| 5 | She saw it move in the forest like a gleam of something white . |