Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] she [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Two of them made her feel , not old exactly , but as if life was passing her by They were the one from Joanne that said , " You 've reached a quarter century " and the one from Stephen , " My dearest wife " . |
2 | The sight of them made her feel old — old and soiled . |
3 | By now she was six feet tall and to the patients she looked like Boadicea with a bedpan ; none of them found her calming , and the sisters regarded her hair with secret fear . |
4 | I asked her to clean the place and make our supper , ’ said Mother . |
5 | I asked her to draw me . |
6 | She is — was — outstandingly able , that 's why I asked her to join us . ’ |
7 | At this point a friend of mine appeared , whose house is nearby , so I asked her to call the vet and to bring me a couple of bandages to keep the flies off until the vet arrived . |
8 | I asked her to move out at once . |
9 | Then I asked her to describe her ex-husband 's character . |
10 | I asked her to stop . |
11 | I asked her to go to bed and I decided to search for the monster . |
12 | ‘ Listen , I asked her to go . |
13 | She did not fire when I asked her to go with the winner and faded right out in the last furlong , ’ said disappointed rider Frankie Dettori . |
14 | I was taking my very independent three year old daughter for a walk and I asked her to hold my hand . |
15 | I asked her to turn me over . |
16 | I asked her to let me put the matter to Zacco himself , and let the King decide . |
17 | I asked her to take an intermediate photograph . |
18 | An example I can cite is that I asked her to research and write up ( unsupervised ) an application to the Carnegie-Mellon Foundation for the microfilming of our 100,000 items in the Archive Collection . |
19 | I asked her to get some for erm the children . |
20 | well she put , cos she usually she buy phone card or what does she call , cos I asked her do you remember ? |
21 | I asked her to meet the press off the back of the BAC One-Eleven as it came to a stop in front of us . |
22 | I asked her to come to see me on the day after her arrival and at the hour of sunset , the best time for the wonderful view that I then had to offer her . |
23 | ‘ I asked her to come and get me out of foster homes but she never did . |
24 | I asked her to look under the sinker plate , to see whether all the brushes and plastic gear were spinning freely . |
25 | He said : ‘ I asked her to drop me off at the nearby Woodcutters Club . |
26 | I asked her to prepare everything as it might be in America , so that you would feel at home . |
27 | ‘ A girlfriend made me a wonderful big , bright red jumper which I liked so much that I asked her to knit me another . |
28 | I ran into Trish in the Covered Market one day , and I felt so lonely I asked her to have a coffee . |
29 | Then I asked her to visualize taking hold of the doorknob and pulling open the cupboard door . |
30 | I asked her to show me where she 'd seen it . |