Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] she [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I held them off with steelies and stones , and they fired back with air-guns , and for a while it was quite exciting , but then Mrs Clamp came with the weekly messages and threatened to call the police , and after calling her a few nasty names they left . |
| 2 | Neither spoke on the journey , but , after wishing her a formal ‘ Godnat ’ on the threshold of the hotel , he added casually , ‘ I 'll pick you up here at nine tomorrow morning and we can decide where to continue our search . ’ |
| 3 | The thought of facing her the next day was quite terrifying , but not an obligation Meryl intended to shirk . |
| 4 | What she did n't like , and what very seriously worried her , was the way , after long moments of giving her a cold-eyed stare , Naylor Massingham should suddenly look at her with such a degree of pleasantness that she just knew she was n't going to like what was going through his brain . |
| 5 | She was standing straight , looking in his direction but seemingly through him , and the strange look on her face brought him around fully , and he was about to speak , not with the intention of giving her the true version of why he wanted to volunteer , for it was n't in him to hurt her to that extent , but she turned from him and , quietly opening the door , went out . |
| 6 | And she has entrusted the musical Midases who have turned all she has touched so far to gold with the job of making her a new Garland . |
| 7 | ‘ Why on earth do you think Syl went to all the trouble of making her a separate kitchen ? ’ |
| 8 | He toyed with telling her a few home truths , but then decided it would do no good . |
| 9 | He could torture her all he wanted , but he would not succeed in breaking her a second time . |
| 10 | He coughed a little nervously , before giving her a last look . |
| 11 | If she were his mother , and he let himself be shot without giving her a last chance of looking into his eyes ? |
| 12 | Unlike many of the top jockeys , he found time to talk to Kelly without giving her the immediate impression that he wanted to sleep with her , although if his reputation was only half true then he did . |
| 13 | ’ One of them once said the only thing that came close to giving her the same thrill she got from shoplifting was having sex in a public place — you know it 's wrong and you might be caught , but it feels great , ’ adds Liz . |
| 14 | But they no longer bothered her , and certainly they were no longer responsible for making her a potential prisoner in her own home . |
| 15 | Eventually , however , the London and South-Western accommodated the imperial will by building her a private station at Wandsworth Road in 1854 . |
| 16 | Sister Murphy had been the last nurse to be with Sister Edith Cavell , and King George V had honoured her by making her the first to receive a medal for bravery at one of his levees . |
| 17 | I ca n't help admiring the skill with which Summerchild got this mad toy out of her hands , by offering her the alternative piety of deference to trade union sentiment . |