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 .
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