Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was told that it was the law to pay the full amount and she must pay it in full , and her answer was that it was the law last year that everyone should pay their own bills , and what happened to them ? |
| 2 | She was so ashamed of not remembering what had happened that she felt she must compensate him in some way , so she kissed his mouth and stroked his cheek . |
| 3 | I was afraid at first she might turn you into one of these ridiculous society cats who insist on seeing a man 's family tree before speaking to him . |
| 4 | Do you reckon she 'll prefer it in that colour ? |
| 5 | Her girlfriends , particularly her former flatmates , would have rallied round but she did not feel that she could inflict them with such a burden of responsibility . |
| 6 | ‘ What are your plans for the rest of the afternoon ? ’ she asked in her best trying-to-be-friendly voice , thinking that if she could pin-point him to some specific part of the house then she could at least do her best to avoid it . |
| 7 | With an effort , she drove from her mind the thought of the return journey , filling it instead with the experience of the moment , absorbing the sights , the impressions and sensations , storing them in her brain , wishing she had a notebook with her so that she could record them in all their vividness and immediacy . |
| 8 | I doubt if she could drive it in that time . |
| 9 | She could hate him for those , and lose any incomprehensible hurt they occasioned in the heat of that hatred . |
| 10 | He might work off his lust on her body and she could despise him for that . |
| 11 | If the worst came to the worst , she could fire it with both hands . |
| 12 | The afternoons were also good for going to the cinema ; they had all of the stuff that would take about six months to make a brief appearance in her home town and she could see it on decent-sized screens instead of one like the end of a shoebox . |
| 13 | Seb spent many of the long winter evenings at the Hankses ' cottage and his reading and writing improved so much that Carrie was reluctantly forced to admit there was little more she could teach him in these two spheres of learning . |
| 14 | She thought she 'd upset you in some way . ’ |
| 15 | And then she 'd type them on this special machine that had indelible ink in it . |
| 16 | He blinked , as if she 'd hit him from some unexpected direction . |
| 17 | ‘ She 'd have you for that suggestion . ’ |
| 18 | If Clarissa were here , she 'd warn him against hasty decisions , impetuosity , all the faults of his character . |
| 19 | This last pony I had , from Mrs to Soham church , she used to do it in twenty minutes and I never held the reins . |
| 20 | A Tyneside girl disliked going for dinners to her grandmother because ‘ she used to threaten us with this monkey stick , hung behind the door . ’ |
| 21 | His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him . |
| 22 | She would urge them to either aim to become local councillors and get involved in important decision-making , or lobby the authorities to take more steps to protect the environment by providing more things like facilities for recycling household refuse . |
| 23 | After that she needed no invitation and , when he was lying exhausted beside her , she would send him into loud peals of laughter with her spicy , tart wit and skill at mimicry , particularly of that rather stuffy English clerk , Hugh Corbett . |
| 24 | ‘ Not that she would have me in any event . ’ |
| 25 | From now on , she would touch him in any way she pleased , even when neither of them was feeling sexy , because she would still be feeling loving — for as long as the affair lasted . |
| 26 | ‘ I never dreamed she would take it like that , ’ whispered Mrs Alderley in a shocked tone . |
| 27 | " Surely she will help us in this trouble . " |
| 28 | The male red-winged blackbird attempts to attract as many females like this one , as possible to nest in his territory and , although the female would prefer his sole attention , she will share him with several other females if the territory is good enough . |
| 29 | If Peggy can not offer dinner she will direct you to local pubs and restaurants . |
| 30 | He says if she can do it at seventy-three and disabled then so can we all . |