Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rang the number she 'd seen on the underground and went to the address they told her . |
| 2 | It was the decision she 'd made on the silent journey back to the hotel , and one she intended to keep . |
| 3 | She 'd sat on the stubby grass , cut short as the back of a soldier 's head . |
| 4 | She adored working on the million pound project which was predicted would rival Paul Hogan 's Crocodile Dundee smashes . |
| 5 | She decided to look on the positive side . |
| 6 | Her lovely face came before his eyes and he thought how beautifully she had played on the few occasions she had come down here with him . |
| 7 | When the fear eased , she had banged on the locked wooden door , but there had been no response , apart from the laughter of the guards who were stationed on the other side . |
| 8 | ‘ Your employer ? ’ he said gently , not probing , remembering what she had said on the first day . |
| 9 | She thought with a rush of gratitude of the letter she had had from Gay , in answer to the one she had written on the first night of the holidays . |
| 10 | Her desires were my only hold over her , so despite her frantic pleas I refused to go any further than finger-fucking until she had signed on the dotted line . |
| 11 | He had absolutely , however , set his face against accepting help from Ruby Dobby although she had arrived on the second floor that morning full of promises if not promise . |
| 12 | She had smiled on the new young courtier , and she had helped him , and he had been fascinated by her , for although she was ageing , there were still easily discernible traces of the famous beauty who had led armies into battle and lovers into bed ; who had brought Ireland to the brink of something so truly great that its fame would echo down the centuries . |
| 13 | When she had stopped the car and climbed out , she wondered for a moment whether she had come on the wrong day or at the wrong time , though she was sure she had not . |