Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't finish because that would be pushy if she admitted she expected him to ask her to stay with him as he had done once before . |
| 2 | He said he reckoned she wanted him to see . |
| 3 | When Maggie returned she found them locked in the strained silence . |
| 4 | She heard a footfall , she pressed herself back , keeping an eye on the street ; in a doorway , further on , a silhouette detached itself for a moment , and she saw a man throw his head back and shake it as if intoxicated , while holding his arms extended , and she fancied she heard him speak to his own fidanzata of that evening , she imagined him murmuring about her hair — as dark as a raven 's wing , perhaps ? |
| 5 | And as she fell she sensed him plunge to meet her like a meteor on fire , heard the sound he made against her sundered throat . |
| 6 | But one thing Rachel was certain of was that the revival of those memories had only intensified her dislike of her sister 's ex-fiancé , and when she arrived for work the following Monday morning and he was the first person she saw she found her resolve to have as little to do with him as possible had only been strengthened . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not crackers , ’ she thought she heard him say next , through high-volume Madonna . |
| 8 | " You sweet creature , " she thought she heard him say and she felt a warm butterfly kiss on her mouth . |
| 9 | She thought she heard him praise the tinge of blood rising in her cheek , like the breast of chaffinches , and smell her skin like peach blossom and orange together . |
| 10 | ‘ There wo n't be any , ’ Lindsey gave the quiet assurance , and thought she heard him mutter ‘ good girl ! ’ , but told herself she must have imagined it , as he was already striding down the corridor . |
| 11 | As he bent to her , she thought she heard him murmur , ‘ Well , well , well . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll tell Mr Wilcox she 's here , ’ said Brian Everthorpe , and Robyn thought she saw him wink for some inscrutable reason . |
| 13 | What did she expect him to do ? |
| 14 | Did she mean her to bring Karen , too ? |
| 15 | Did she think I did n't read ? |
| 16 | What kind of statement did she think she made ? |
| 17 | Philip would go this morning to his source for such things , talk it over ; if one was available , did she want him to buy it , and if so , did she have the money ? |
| 18 | mm , oh unless Kathy did she say he thought |
| 19 | Why did she say she came , ere ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Did she say she wanted the doctor ? ’ said Lee . |
| 21 | What did she say she did |
| 22 | Er Did she give up smo did she say she gave up smoking ? |
| 23 | So did she say she 's made her mind up ? |
| 24 | How did she know it had been like that ? |
| 25 | Why did she let him get under her skin like this ? |
| 26 | Did she let you touch it ? ’ |
| 27 | Did she see me pour the Finish 'Em into the punch ? ‘ I know we 're going through a bad patch at the moment . ’ |
| 28 | She had not made them learn a definition of a sentence , which would be entirely inappropriate for this age group , nor did she ask them to complete meaningless exercises . |
| 29 | ‘ But did she ask you to come here ? ’ |
| 30 | Well she said she asked I do n't know . |