Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] she a " in BNC.
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1 | My mum said , she 's going my mum said , she was going to sign in because she was late , and then I was giving her a pen like |
2 | ‘ I was showing her a bird , ’ Mandy interrupted , turning and wrinkling her nose in playful warning at Charity . |
3 | She felt it probing her mind , as if it was asking her a question , searching for something in her mind . |
4 | She thought he was throwing her a sop and it steeled her . |
5 | The appellant 's 18 year old daughter was indecently assaulted by the father of her boyfriend , while he was giving her a lift in his van . |
6 | He went out , and Merrill sensed that he was giving her a breathing space . |
7 | Yet he was giving her a choice , Isabel realised suddenly . |
8 | ‘ Good evening , Mr G … ’ she began to reply , but his glance was already away from her shoes , and he was giving her a slightly raised eyebrow look . |
9 | In showing this place to her and wanting to see her walking in it , he was making her a deep gesture of friendship ; she was sorry that she did not care more . |
10 | He was hurting her a little now , the arm around her waist like steel , so that she was hazily aware of a dull ache in the small of her back . |
11 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
12 | And he was offering her a derelict conservatory . |
13 | He was offering her a few days of physical pleasure which would only leave her thirsty for more . |
14 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |