Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the end she agreed to give him the money for " Jack 's " fare .
2 But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that .
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 ‘ Why she seemed to dislike me the moment she set eyes on me .
13 She enjoyed giving them the slip , as she sometimes succeeded in doing .
14 This did indeed occur , for when she went to embrace him the bodies of the lover and the beloved merged forever , becoming a double-sexed being — a youth with the breasts of a woman .
15 He was right , of course ; she did owe him the courtesy of an apology , even though he would very likely throw it back in her face .
16 Even if she did tell them the whereabouts of the Grimoire , there was no way they were going to spare her or Julie .
17 If she had planned it the blow could not have been more accurate .
18 She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 ‘ If she had seen you the night of the Giants she might have thought differently , ’ Ratagan said gently .
23 She wondered about the bruise on his cheek : she had noticed it the evening before when he came back from his Tuesday round .
24 Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again .
25 She had told me the tunnels had now been connected up and the workmen used the subway constantly as a private short cut .
26 She had told him the truth , she discovered , staring at the polished beauty of his shoulder .
27 The Concorde ticket to New York was where she had left it the night before .
28 She had shown him the book where it was illustrated .
29 And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so .
30 She did n't want Georg back but she wanted to hurt him the way Gesner had hurt her .
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