Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 2 | The whole movement is conceived in cases such as She got me to break down the door , which have been diagrammed as : In this sense , the infinitive can be said to evoke a subsequent actualization , i.e. an event which is actualized as a consequence of a previous event bringing it into being . |
| 3 | She asked him to fill in the hole , and have the broken water pipe repaired . |
| 4 | As she passed him to put away the files she hesitated for a moment , and instantly his hand shot out to take hers in a crushing grip . |
| 5 | I had a friend who had long hair and she , she let it grow right the way through . |
| 6 | And she let it force out the delighted cry ‘ Daniel ! ’ and make her hug him and kiss him — even while the darkness and the ice returned within . |
| 7 | This meaning contrasts with that found in sentences such as She ordered me to break down the door , where only part of the movement signified by to is actualized : Here the infinitive can be described as evoking a subsequent potentiality , i.e. an event whose actualization is futurized with respect to that of the main verb . |
| 8 | She had her back to him when she heard him pick up the mug . |
| 9 | He turned abruptly away , and she watched him go along the ward to the office , a strange feeling inside her . |
| 10 | He sat well , she thought , as she watched him turn round the stable wall and disappear out of sight . |
| 11 | From the corner of her eye , she watched him pick up the first coil of rope . |
| 12 | ‘ There ! ’ he said , exultant , and she watched him pace out the distance from the end of the corridor to the doorway . |
| 13 | As she watched him striding up the beach she tried to consider what he had said but with his loss the full weight of her grief hit her with a thud that stopped her eyes , her ears , her brain . |
| 14 | At the front door , as she watched them go down the garden path , with their jolly waves and their toothpaste smiles , Viola shouted : ‘ And if you see that father of yours again , you can tell him it wo n't do . |
| 15 | Mainly she was bored , but she knew she had n't the strength to get away on her own . |
| 16 | She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side . |
| 17 | As she went she picked up the expensive bottle of wine . |
| 18 | Divorcee Mrs Robinson was arrested in April , 1989 , and while awaiting trial , she said she had only the vaguest idea of what she was being accused . |
| 19 | She hoped he picked up the phone quickly . |
| 20 | Working on a long lawn , she wanted them to move down the ‘ room ’ . |