Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] she the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |
| 2 | But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that . |
| 3 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 4 | She was already dutiful and anxious to please him , and she looked so pretty in a dress of sprigged cotton he 'd given her the money to buy for the wedding . |
| 5 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
| 6 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 7 | But it was after he 'd given her the ring that the cracks had begun to appear in her façade . |
| 8 | And she went away and produced that document after we 'd given her the brief . |
| 9 | He reminded her of the day he 'd given her the locket and ring . ’ |
| 10 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 11 | I do n't see how she can do the hours , with the hours that she 's doing , I mean she 's still in the Penny Farthing when I came here cos I went to pay her the money . |
| 12 | Shortly after Anna was born her mother married , and a year or so ago her husband died leaving her the house and a little money . |
| 13 | Retracing her steps , she encountered one of the paper 's rare female employees , who offered to show her the way to the library . |
| 14 | And TODAY really did show her the way home by persuading Captain Nick Fletcher to let her sit in the cockpit with him . |
| 15 | Joy 's strawberry blonde hair did give her the look of a shop window dummy but under all her rouge and lipstick she could be decisive . |
| 16 | ‘ So you did offer her the presenter 's job on Inside Out , yeah ? ’ |
| 17 | When she had finished , she sat down at the kitchen table with the envelope Tracey had given her the night before . |
| 18 | He looked at her and understood why her parents had given her the name . |
| 19 | Her instructor had given her the name of a boy who was selling a sailboard and who would be here in time for the afternoon race . |
| 20 | He had given her the capital for the first one on their twentieth wedding anniversary , when he had already bought a Georgian pendant that he dearly wished her to have , but before he chanced giving it to her he had asked her what she would like , and she told him . |
| 21 | Her mother , anxious to get to work , had given her the day off school . |
| 22 | She was so near to tears that her only outlet was to tell the whole sorry tale , including the news that Joanna had given her the day before . |
| 23 | In actual fact Rosemary had given her the idea about deglamorising herself , but it was with truth , when , feeling forced to reply , Leith answered , ‘ I 've worked hard for my qualifications . |
| 24 | Moira Griffin , of Edgecombe Drive , explained that the death of a homeless man had given her the idea of knitting for the people who use the hostel . |
| 25 | ‘ My father called me Breeze , ’ she added , as he seemed interested ; and as she said that her mind went back to the hot summer 's day when her father had given her the nickname which had been adopted by everyone . |
| 26 | Later , after returning home , in bed with his wife , the merchant taxes her about not having told him the monk had given her the money ; she claims that she thought the money the monk gave her was gift , and that she has already used it to buy clothing ; she will pay , she says , her debts to her husband in bed . |
| 27 | Anne had given her the parcel to post two days ago and she had completely forgotten all about it . |
| 28 | He had given her the excuse as usual . |
| 29 | He had held on to her hand as her flight was called , and it had given her the way out without tears . |
| 30 | Anna had explained , and it had given her the opportunity to describe details her daughter found miraculous . |