Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] she [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got to know her quite well eventually , very sort of ‘ jolly hockey sticks ’ and friendly . |
| 2 | ’ We all got to know her quite well and used to ignore her she 'd just come in , browse around , buy a couple of things and go . |
| 3 | From my hiding place , I strained to see her more clearly . |
| 4 | And then , because I stopped looking out for her , I stopped seeing her altogether . |
| 5 | She guided her emotional mate back to his seat and sat with her arms around him until he tried to kill her again . |
| 6 | He tried to reach her again , and told the operator to put the howler on the line because the phone was off the hook , but the girl said reprovingly that it could n't be done in the middle of the night in case it woke people up . |
| 7 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 8 | Yussuf tried to urge her away but she resisted his efforts . |
| 9 | Scott tried to handle her diplomatically . |
| 10 | Anna attempted to break away , but he held her tight and tried to kiss her again . |
| 11 | For what would happen if he tried to kiss her again ? |
| 12 | She spun round , eyes wide , ready to fight him off if he tried to kiss her again . |
| 13 | But it never seemed right ; she would kiss him , for not very long , at the end of each meeting , and he could hold her , feel his arms around her narrow back , his body briefly against hers , but he could feel her tense if his hands went lower than the small of her back , and when he tried to kiss her more deeply , or hold her tighter , she would break away , shaking her head . |
| 14 | Fergus lowered his voice as he bent to kiss her again , face in her hair and then his mouth on hers . |
| 15 | He bent to kiss her again , but she thrust him away . |
| 16 | He bent to kiss her again . |
| 17 | She was another person — her lovely mouth smiling , her eyes softened — and Glyn obeyed an impulse that came quite unexpectedly — he bent to kiss her soundly . |
| 18 | He bent to kiss her lightly but lingeringly on the lips . |
| 19 | ‘ He tried to rape her twice . |
| 20 | He then ordered her back to the living room where he tried to rape her twice without success . |
| 21 | He caught them and tried to hold her still but she fought him like a spitting cat . |
| 22 | He tried to hug her again , comfortingly , but she would n't have it . |
| 23 | His mother trundled around on the edges of his thoughts and he tried to push her away . |
| 24 | But he 'd discover she was n't the malleable little miss , if he tried to push her too far . |
| 25 | She tried to move her newly issued body , . |
| 26 | The giant , for sport , set Wolfhead to worrying the sheep and when Gunda pleaded with him to call the dog off , the giant turned upon her and , struck by her beauty , tried to ravish her there and then . |
| 27 | SEXY singer Anita Dels had to be rescued by security guards after fans tried to drag her offstage during a packed gig . |
| 28 | Gesner moved to mask her again , and once more she darted round the screen , suddenly making great play with the peacock tail , holding it up to hide the lower part of her face , managing to pretend never to see the front of Luxembourg 's face , and never to let him see her . |
| 29 | Judith was well aware of the economics involved in the provision of kosher meat for Cork 's forty or so Jewish families , but it was worth submitting to a lecture on it from her mother if it helped to make her more amenable . |
| 30 | Mary Rose could n't believe she 'd heard her properly . |