Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] them [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old memories were stuffed back into the dark , locked cupboard at the very back of her mind , where she kept them safely shut away . |
| 2 | If necessary , he or she will advise on the detailed layout of the cash books , and suggest that he or she reviews them occasionally to ensure their adequacy . |
| 3 | Although she put them firmly into the category of ‘ workers ’ , rather than ‘ idlers ’ , and therefore to be praised , they were not quite on a par with the Welsh factory workers , or designers ; nonetheless they stood on a higher plane than accountants , clerks or corporate planners . |
| 4 | Lyn took one of the gravel paths into the grounds of the general hospital , walking towards the sun that dazzled her eyes so that she screwed them up against it . |
| 5 | ‘ She outlined her regard for the children and made the point that she showed them more attention than the Prince of Wales appeared to . ’ |
| 6 | They were vague shadowy figures , rather like her own mother had been , except that she remembered them slightly better because , when she had been about eight years old , Granny Tremayne had driven her over to Newquay where they had been staying . |
| 7 | She was rather surprised that she remembered them so clearly . |
| 8 | Only those thoughts were too uncomfortable to contemplate so she pushed them back into her mind . |
| 9 | His words gave her a slight shock as they sent tingles of pleasure through her , but she knew she must not allow them to go to her head , so she pushed them aside as she uttered a light laugh and said , ‘ Me — an angel ? |
| 10 | They were not yet dry but she had no others apart from her best ones , so she pulled them on over the warm , dry woollen stockings into which she had changed upon coming in from the buildings . |
| 11 | The cotton bra and briefs were a perfect fit , as were the pink shirt and the rather worn jeans , but there was no blinding flash of enlightenment once she had them on . |
| 12 | As a general rule Robbie gave people the benefit of the doubt , until she knew them better . |
| 13 | His tongue teased at her lips until she opened them helplessly , allowing him to deepen the kiss , his tongue stroking hers in an act of burning sexuality that had her sagging against him . |
| 14 | Suddenly , she felt impatient with these worn-out illusions and she shrugged them off , casting them aside like old clothes as she had already discarded the dreams she had woven around Simon . |
| 15 | There 's still folk around here will tell you they never were married at all , but it 's a lie : my Aunt Florrie was char at Registry Office , and she saw them there . ’ |
| 16 | The shimmer of tears burned brightly in her eyes , and she rubbed them away with a trembling hand . |
| 17 | Her hands were sore from beating against the hard wood , and she rubbed them absently as she tried to figure out what was going on . |
| 18 | She had brought things to make their evening meal and she emptied them on to the work-counter : wine , cheese , spinach , onions , bread , the pink-white tines of a rack of lamb , as if all the promise of their future lay in the guarantee of such ordinariness being possible . |
| 19 | The only offers Gloria received were absurdly low , and she rejected them indignantly . |
| 20 | Tears were flooding her face and she wiped them frantically away with the sleeve of her jersey . |
| 21 | I add a couple of sleeping tablets to the other two pills and she swallows them quite happily . |
| 22 | They gave the woman an extremely high quotation and she sent them away . |
| 23 | Tears brimmed on to Maggie 's cheeks and she brushed them away hurriedly . |
| 24 | Tears of pride stung her eyes and she brushed them away with an impatient hand . |
| 25 | Tears of self-pity escaped from her eyes and she brushed them away angrily . |
| 26 | In fact , in her continuing ‘ effort to be objective ’ , O'Keeffe based more and more of her imagery on observable forms in nature , and she represented them as exactly and precisely as she could . |
| 27 | Nobody read them but Clara , and she read them only because she read everything . |
| 28 | Neither of her back legs was functioning and she dragged them painstakingly behind her , taking all the weight on her front legs , her head hung low . |
| 29 | So I went over and I bought two necklaces , I gave them to Julie who made the shirt , and she took them apart |
| 30 | There were ten birthday cards on the mantelpiece , but they had been there two days and she took them down . |