Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] she [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |
| 2 | My father was a Gemini , and I knew your mother was a Sagittarian as soon as I found he 'd given her half the clip . |
| 3 | There was a ring of sadness in his voice which she found puzzling until she remembered something from the past — Eddie 's voice repeating what he 'd told her all those years ago at the Oulton Park circuit . |
| 4 | Feeling unutterably guilty , she saw he 'd brought her another drink and a fresh hot-water bottle . |
| 5 | She 'd lost count of the number of people who 'd asked her that ; lost count of the number of answers she 'd given . |
| 6 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 7 | Was it perhaps he who had taught her all those words ? |
| 8 | Nannie had taught her that one , and she felt it was very true . |
| 9 | Erm but the most unfortunate thing that Old Edward the the old chap who owned the place he was living in part of the house and Old Jane , his housekeeper , my mother she could bake bread and wash , her mother had taught her that , but it was making butter that was the problem . |
| 10 | ( Who had taught her these words ? |
| 11 | She realised she was being too serious , a problem that had plagued her all her life . |
| 12 | He had given her that household , a little society , warming itself in its own glow of virtue , insulating itself from the big bad world ; but within its own limits it had been open and supportive . |
| 13 | Gerry 's mam , God rest her , had given her that vase . |
| 14 | He supposed that the man with the Northern actorish accent had given her all the advice she needed . |
| 15 | Piphros had given her all the information possible in a limited way . |
| 16 | Pigeons , butterfly , bantams , Maman , Aunt Tossie — she had given her all to each , only Dada was left . |
| 17 | It was a good thing that Edward Morris had given her another order which he had insisted on paying for in advance . |
| 18 | He had n't said anything that had given her any indication that he actually cared for her . |
| 19 | Swan asked Amaranth if Harvey had given her any information about the new motorway . |
| 20 | Lead technician said the training trip had given her more confidence about how to handle the machines . |
| 21 | Laurence had given her some money which fortunately she had n't been too proud to accept . |
| 22 | She saw her work laid out there in the garden , all the muscled cold wet harshness of it ; all the labour and the ingrained resistance to working , and she thanked her mother , who had given her this thing . |
| 23 | If Benjamin had given her nothing else in their life together he had given her this child , and for that Sarah would forgive him anything . |
| 24 | Mary , at reception , had given her this useful piece of information after taking Miss Coldharbour 's call . |
| 25 | It was Mark who had persuaded her to approach the bank for a loan , Mark who had suggested her old friend Linda George , who had graduated in business studies at the same time that Theresa had finished her fashion degree , should join forces with her to organise the commercial side , Mark who had given her enough confidence in herself for her to allow her mother to put up her house as security — something Theresa had fought against even whilst realising there was no other way to secure the loan she needed . |
| 26 | Anyway , he had given her enough money to have the baby comfortably ; and she had already made up her mind that she was n't going to have it adopted . |
| 27 | Yes , but Omi had n't , Erika thought , she had not forgotten that handsome officer who had courted her all those inconceivable years ago . |
| 28 | Three loose hounds were in there ; one , she was sure when she got a good look , was a bitch , Wrathful , who had impressed her that memorable day last February . |
| 29 | She did n't tell him the rest about her father and Camille , or the thoughts that had tormented her that long night . |
| 30 | The heat and strength of him that had alarmed her that first night now enthralled her . |