Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But , she said I 'm pleased with him so far , but we still got to be careful that 's why she made him have this collar .
2 She made one last feeble attempt to avoid the escalation of physical craving between them , knowing she had lost when she heard the unusual huskiness of her own voice , and saw Rune 's eyes darken in immediate response .
3 Bet she made you struggle last week , during the week so as they wan na ask for somebody .
4 In an effort to quell the hysteria she made herself do ordinary things — putting the kettle on to boil — milk to warm — instant coffee in two brown mugs .
5 She made herself spend less time with Carolyn , monitoring her own contact with her .
6 Her confessor having ordered her to use an ordinary discipline and leave off her iron chain , she made it knot three rows and wore it round her body …
7 Afterwards they went shopping together and she helped him choose some shoes for his wife .
8 She helped him lose two stones .
9 She let us have two rooms but there was no visible staff , and the dining-room was closed : we ate , that evening , in a shabby bar in the middle of the town .
10 When the Countess saw that Emily was going to be good for nothing , she let us have this house , as I say — she was Scottish , and had property here that was mostly sold after she died .
11 She saw him rub one hand across his forehead , as if wiping away perspiration .
12 She saw him flick ice-blue eyes over her slender figure and immediately felt a surge of self-consciousness .
13 She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him .
14 She felt him press cold plastic into her hand , but she also felt the tingle of warmth from his fingers .
15 She felt herself flush deep red to her hair .
16 Instead , she felt herself flush deep red as she started to withdraw , trying to calculate her chances if she made a run for the exit instead of the changing room .
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