Example sentences of "and she [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And she 'd had an abortion the night before and she 'd died that day on the Monday .
2 And she 'd got five wolf whistles .
3 And she 'd got modern ideas , and all — about married women being slaves , and what not — though to my way of thinking it 's always a toss-up which is the slave .
4 I sent her Nit Ac LM1 and did n't hear anything for a year when she rang up with a headache — it turned out that the anal fissure had cleared quickly and she felt she had been miraculously well given her sister had been murdered 12mths previously and she 'd had 4 months leave of absence from work to deal with the aftermath which had involved her nephew joining the family .
5 She was thirty-six when she cleared out and she 'd had three kids , but she still made younger women look and feel like there was no contest . ’
6 Word had got about as to why she had disappeared on compassionate leave and she began receiving many invitations for such recreational activities as were available : film shows , dances or simply a get-together in the local inn .
7 Oh yes when the war started yes , you , you see the people would have been called up into the forces anyway people young enough to fly , who , who had an interest , because er one of the air displays I remember very much a tomboy as she was she they used to give pleasure flights and she had defied this pilot to take her up and make her sick , and he was took her up there looping rolling and everything and er
8 He remembered a girl he had known once who used to say ‘ franchement ’ whenever she meant ‘ frankly ’ — rather a soupy girl , and far from frank , but consoling all the same on despairing Sundays , and she had made beautiful casseroles .
9 She said her name was Liz , she was a friend of the family , and she had done some nursing once , a long time ago , but gave it up to get married .
10 She also wanted to put an end to any sexual intercourse with her husband , though formerly both he and she had had great enjoyment from it .
11 And she had to pay six quid for
12 Two of the most daring had been observed in the garden by Miss Watson , the headmistress , who lived across the green at the school-house , and she had delivered dire warnings during assembly the next morning .
13 How it had happened she did not know , but back there in New York he had begun to pursue her , and she had found ever-increasing opportunities to talk to him ; he was so gay and lively , quite unlike the rather stiff young men whom she met in New York and Newport society .
14 She put the telephone down on the floor and knelt beside it , facing Shildon and saying Tavett was in trouble and she had to make some calls .
15 Time was passing , and she had to catch that London train .
16 Her normally lucid style had slipped and she had forgotten huge chunks of the recent past .
17 A replacement was found for her and she arranged to travel two days before Christmas .
18 Well I used to share a , share this flat with my mate and erm you know , she got a bit out of hand , she kept bringing all these people home and she kept having these parties and it was really difficult for me to study cos I used to go well I still try to go to college , but erm you know , it was really hard for me to study and made my life really , really difficult !
19 It was stone which was not true stone , and she continued to question that oddity , even though the answer to the slight conundrum was obvious and all about her .
20 And she longed to unleash that hunger , that virile , pulsing craving that seemed to strain through every muscle of his hard-limbed body .
21 And she started to say this morning , oh you 're alright !
22 His mouth , sober just a minute ago , had drifted into a lazy smile , and she wanted to taste those freckles on his nose with her tongue .
23 But at the same time she was young , and she wanted to have some fun before she became exactly like her mother .
24 No formal or academic qualifications were required for this , and she did get some training .
25 We invited Debbie to join us but she 'd had an invitation from a girlfriend to spend Christmas in Norway and she decided to take that invitation up .
26 She was a working girl , and proud of it , and she intended to stay that way
27 And she refused to go another step until his arm was properly cared for , Isabel vowed , as she dug a small hole in the top of the misshapen lump with her thumbnail .
28 However , the pensione was not particularly comfortable and she preferred to spend more time away from it than in it .
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