Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " 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 | But she 'd blown it with that acidic little crack . |
| 3 | No doubt there was some poor woman in Australia with whom he 'd become involved and from whom he 'd run away when she 'd presented him with some difficult situation . |
| 4 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 5 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 6 | She 'd seen him with another woman when he was supposed to be away at a conference . |
| 7 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 8 | Even knowing she looked ridiculous , she 'd enjoyed it after that first entrance , had loved being on a stage again , singing with the company . |
| 9 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 10 | She 'd taken him from the town and the friends that he knew and she 'd brought him to this great , dusty mausoleum of a place where he did n't even like to run around because the echo of his footsteps sounded too much like someone faceless who was following too close . |
| 11 | Finest of all , however , is Callas in the Finale of Cenerentola , whose identification with whatever she sang puts her beyond all authenticist arguments . |
| 12 | She ached to remind him of all the wasted evenings with prospective investors : the long , boring meals with pompous bankers and their dull , provincial wives . |
| 13 | She had seen it in any case and she was not Sairellen Thackray who would look down her granite nose at him and sneer . |
| 14 | She had shot him for all the things he had done to her and her husband , shot him because , in the end , she still loved him , and it made his ultimate betrayal all the harder to bear . |
| 15 | The ‘ magic ’ as she had called it in those exciting days when it had all begun , had become a curse . |
| 16 | Aunt Margaret poured fresh tea from a brown earthenware , Sunday-school treat pot that was so heavy she had to lift it with both hands . |
| 17 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 18 | She had liked him in those days and some of that liking still remained , resented , only half-acknowledged , but bound up with memories of sunlit walks in Port Meadow , luncheon and laughter in Hugo 's rooms , with the years of hope and promise . |
| 19 | Her heart beat crazily within her as she recalled that the last time she 'd seen him she had hit him with all her might — and from the look of fury on his face he was not easily going to forgive her ! |
| 20 | But she had said it without much hope . |
| 21 | Leith , having popped along to her bedroom to take her hair out of the knot she had worn it in all day , was having serious thoughts about her actions — inviting him for a meal , for goodness ' sake ! |
| 22 | He had always been there and when she was little she had worshipped him with all the adulation of any little girl for a big , brave , older brother . |
| 23 | Somehow a favourite dress or toy of Paige 's would be damaged , but she had done it with such guile that her parents could never be sure it was intentional . |
| 24 | Sooner or later Rebecca would learn that her trust in him was unfounded , that she had to share him with any woman who took his fancy . |
| 25 | She had known him for many years . |
| 26 | Foolishly , she had set them opposite each other . |
| 27 | She then wished that she had greeted her with less solicitude for she would now have to hear how her aunt was . |
| 28 | Confronting Nubenehem with his problem , she had introduced him to another customer of the City of Dreams , an elderly papermaster with flaccid skin and a bald pate ringed with long , dank hair . |
| 29 | ‘ The Bishop ’ , she said with an air of subdued triumph , as though she had produced him against all odds . |
| 30 | The offender had a dispute with the victim as a result of the sale by her of his car : the offender claimed that she had sold it for less than it was worth , and had not paid over to him his proper share in the proceeds of the sale . |