Example sentences of "[be] [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , it was real , it was happening : sitting with her back straight and her head up in the carriage on the way back , she thought how proud her father would have been to see her at the centre of all this pomp and splendour , and found herself mentally comparing his craggy looks and red beard with Joãs clean-shaven face and small , manicured hands . |
| 2 | She always was a bit ‘ igh and mighty for the likes of us , but I did ‘ ear mention that Kitty had been to see her at London University . ’ |
| 3 | Boz is the only one she 'd tell such a thing to , but she 's already told me Boz has n't been to see her since the attack . ’ |
| 4 | I think the police should have been to see her within hours and not waited four years to see her . ’ |
| 5 | Their friendship had straggled on in a passive sort of way ; he 'd been to see her in Brighton and played the romantic flirt , talking of Brief Encounter in the pub and putting his hand on her knee . |
| 6 | He had been seeing her for over a year now and yesterday she popped the big question . |
| 7 | I 've been seeing her for three years . ’ |
| 8 | I 've been seeing her for 3 and a half years . |
| 9 | She is going about her business , while he is writing about her to the world , and we are seeing her through his eyes . |
| 10 | She explained that Lazaris came through to her via a medium who went into a trance , and had been helping her for the previous eight years . |
| 11 | Obviously she will often clash with the adults who are grooming her for life . |
| 12 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 13 | Sitting in her window , she commanded a good view of the vicarage garden and of the ‘ object ’ whose identity had been puzzling her for some days now . |
| 14 | You will no doubt have been assisting her in basic matters connected with the running of her home while she is still in a state of shock following her husband 's death , for at this point even the most capable women sometimes find day-to-day planning and decision-making very hard to cope with and need to be eased gently back into their normal routine . |
| 15 | ‘ You have n't said whom you are protecting her from . ’ |
| 16 | Medics are keeping her under intensive care but say she is making satisfactory progress . |
| 17 | I took her to Jaén and they are keeping her in hospital until tomorrow at the very least . |
| 18 | I take it you have n't been keeping her at home and just not sent a note ? |
| 19 | The softly spoken threat cut through the haze fogging her brain and she sat bolt upright , knocking away the hand that had been caressing her into submission almost without her realising it . |
| 20 | Hastily she searched for her purse in her bag , recalling part of their earlier conversation when he had been escorting her around the park . |
| 21 | His original plan had been to sell her at the Sonepur Mela in Bihar , the world 's largest animal fair and their final destination . |
| 22 | No , because right has a tummy bug this week and she did n't phone or nothing like to say I do n't wan na phone Margaret she do n't wan na know so I do n't know why you 're bugging her for ! |
| 23 | ‘ We 're sending her to New York to stay with friends . |
| 24 | Unless you 're charging her with something . |
| 25 | And they 're doing her for a road traffic accident at Morrow Road when Simon the bike . |
| 26 | You 're burying her in the wrong grave . ’ |
| 27 | So , you 're putting her on hold , yes , so you can put your handset down . |
| 28 | ‘ They 're putting her in a cage so that people can see her . |
| 29 | ‘ Luce is fond of you and she does n't want to hurt you , but you 're putting her in an impossible situation by your pig-headedness . |
| 30 | Not that she 'll recognize ye , her sight 's none too good , but we 've been tellin' her for days ye 'd be coming . ’ |