Example sentences of "she [vb past] [vb pp] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Donna saw it in the rear-view mirror , convinced and elated that she 'd done it crippling damage .
2 ‘ Love , ’ she said , promptly , for she had given it some thought .
3 She had seen it that morning , black and sleek , leaving hardly a ripple behind it , slipping silently away on the morning tide .
4 And as she stood at the window she seemed to hear again , as clearly as she had heard it two days before , the sound of Henrietta screaming .
5 ‘ If you go for a soldier ’ — she had said it fifty times — it will stop us getting wed .
6 By the time she had done it several times , and copied out the postscript , and redone the drawing , it sounded false to her and she lost her nerve completely .
7 Sleepless in Scotland she had walked it many times in her mind .
8 She had discarded it several years ago , as being much fuller than she really liked , but everything came into its own , she reflected , for every article purchased she took pride in finding an eventual use .
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