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

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1 She had been the last to use it , when she unlocked it to get the morphia for Mrs Richards .
2 Alarm bells rang with Liz when she heard it tells the story of an ageing , boozy Hollywood star who falls for a young construction worker she meets in a clinic .
3 From a distance of thirty feet she heard it clawing the earth .
4 He had been smiling at the screen , an expression which fell with such abruptness from his face when he looked at the doorway that Zambia was convinced SHe heard it hit the floor with a crack .
5 He stretched out a hand to Merrill , and she found that she needed it to escape the embrace of the thick , downy cushions .
6 And while she was pleased for Stella to be out of hospital and in more comfortable surroundings , she knew it heralded the beginning of the end of her own sojourn at Wilder 's Wilderness .
7 She said it left the council no choice but to activate the distress warrants granted by the courts .
8 But she said it re-emphasised the need for the spaying of bitches to avoid litters of unwanted puppies facing a cruel death .
9 However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand .
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