Example sentences of "[vb past] she in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He often visited her in the early months , talking as if the passive figure in the background was n't there . |
| 2 | A change to teaching English to Italian children brought worse problems with ‘ il Signor Conte ’ , and a period married to a sisal farmer in Portuguese East Africa found her in the worst place on God 's earth . |
| 3 | Then , before she realised what was happening , he fastened her in the double stirrups , binding her hands and feet . |
| 4 | ‘ You will not be coming back , ’ he assured her in the same arrogant tone . |
| 5 | Thin and tiny in stature , her back was as straight as an arrow , but her legs often pained her in the cooler winter and spring weather . |
| 6 | The popular myth paints a homely picture of the Queen Mother ducking around Diana as she schooled her in the subtle arts of royal protocol while the Queen 's senior lady-in-waiting , Lady Susan Hussey took the young woman aside for tuition in regal history . |
| 7 | Britain 's golden girl missed out by a stride on an £86,000 jackpot when arch-rival Sandra Farmer-Patrick pipped her in the 400 metres hurdles at the IAAF Grand Prix final and also won the women 's overall title . |
| 8 | Charlie followed Mrs Shorrocks into Number 110 , joined her in the tiny kitchen and collapsed on to a wooden chair . |
| 9 | She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning . |
| 10 | He addressed her in the same way as he had her mistress , with the deference due to age . |
| 11 | Damian dragged Rachel to the Mercedes , thrust her in the front sea , got in beside her , started the engine with a roar and crunched the gears as he did an angry U-turn then roared up the drive with a screech of tyres . |
| 12 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 13 | It was perfectly natural that Jake should marry — and , apart from how it might affect Kirsty , it was not an event that interested her in the slightest . |
| 14 | She was there at the departmental conference and he included her in the general nod and smile as he entered the executive producer 's office , but his eyes were guarded , and not just on her account . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , I hope I shall always be Kingy to you , Miss Sally-Anne , ’ making it clear that he included her in the charmed circle of his friends . |
| 16 | Mm , Cathy knew what they called her in the initial stage |
| 17 | Listen , if you go off and become a goatherd you never loved her in the first place . |
| 18 | Jacob saw something in Rachel that was very special , and he loved her in the true sense of the word ; the word ‘ love ’ in Hebrew , which is the original language of the Bible , comes from the root of the word meaning ‘ to give ’ , or ‘ to want to give ’ . |
| 19 | Skirting the lakeside , she took a route which led her in the opposite direction from him . |
| 20 | Apart from the shock that her GP saw her in the same light as his aged mother , Marie has never looked back . |
| 21 | Took her in the next day . |
| 22 | At the chilly boarding-school to which her parents sent her in the mistaken belief that she would be less lonely among girls of her own age , the prizes for mathematics — a subject which she did n't particularly care for but which came easily to her — were framed reproductions of the works of Italian painters . |
| 23 | Dr Groome had hooked Susan up to Yggdrasil and floated her in the third tank . |
| 24 | He remembered her in the old days , singing at parties for hours and then turning up for rehearsal next day without any sign of strain or tiredness in her voice . |
| 25 | In due course we might look closer at that episode with the Gilberd : she admits after much blushing and prevarication that he accused her in the High Street delicatessen of baby-snatching — did it openly , in a loud voice . |
| 26 | Suddenly she was deeply afraid of what awaited her in the other world beyond it . |
| 27 | Thank you for flying Maggovertski Airways ; please return the stewardess her pantyhose , put her in the upright position , and kindly pray that the tyres do n't blow . ’ |
| 28 | Charles was relieved that the information put her in the clear ; she had been telling the truth . |
| 29 | " But Comrade Alice , " he reproved her in the gentlest way , " it is important . |
| 30 | Feargal bought her ticket , made sure she understood the map of which part of the mountain was hers to search , and then pointed her in the right direction . |