Example sentences of "[vb pp] she [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had n't expected her to make this sort of use of the opportunity he had given her . |
| 2 | Several fellow players asked her to take them for a ride as pillion passengers but that treat seemed to be reserved for members of her regular entourage , though I suppose it could be argued she took Steffi Graf for a ride in the semi-finals . |
| 3 | Mia has since said she found true happiness with Allen . |
| 4 | She was tired , Carolyn reflected , she 'd missed her sleep that morning because of Mum and Dad . |
| 5 | I was — like Flora with her mother — in the stupid position of being unable to put the one argument that would have made her feel some sympathy for me . |
| 6 | He had made her laugh several times , had laughed once at something she 'd said , she recalled , and the entire evening had gone by on winged feet . |
| 7 | What on earth had possessed her to volunteer that information ? she wondered numbly . |
| 8 | I 'm sure sh you know she would have been in dire trouble er only for my mother having seen her limping that day , but that 's the sort of thing she would do . |
| 9 | I 've just seen her going that way , and I 've just seen skinny Mick that she used to go out with a she had baby to , coming this way . |
| 10 | There were accusations last night that doctors at the hospital should have realised she had classic symptoms of the disorder . |
| 11 | Li Yuan , watching her , found himself spellbound by the song , transfixed by the pain in her face as she sang , and astonished that he had never heard her sing before — that he had never guessed she had these talents . |
| 12 | ‘ She was told she needed more experience nursing very sick children . ’ |
| 13 | Obviously Rune must have thought she harboured some grudge against him and had been anxious to prevent a potential display of hostility in front of his colleagues the next day . |
| 14 | But the Department has told her to destroy all copies , return the original and warned that further action could be taken if she ignores the advice . |
| 15 | When she was born she had two sprouts of what seemed to be orange hay on her head . |
| 16 | Luke Travis 's manner of interviewing had precluded her asking many questions about the work . |
| 17 | And , as she had invited her to have another look around , it was almost seven o'clock by the time Leith turned into the select avenue of her present home . |
| 18 | A few years ago , he had replaced her squished left eye with her first optic implant . |
| 19 | It 's like er er but now I 've heard her telling this lie again , I mean , oh , I 'm thinking of going and seeing her again . |
| 20 | It would be easy enough to envy him if she had n't seen that terrible mark on his shoulder — — he 'd taught her to read those letters . |
| 21 | She said the cable network had stopped her taking more control . |
| 22 | I notice this has n't stopped her entering this week . |
| 23 | Not the gentle swaying to the tide that had lulled her to sleep last night but a definite purposeful movement . |
| 24 | One harbours superior thoughts as to just where and in what circumstances her hosts can have possibly imagined her wearing such things , until one recalls that only seconds before one was counting the endless number of stoats ' tails that have gone into the making of the coronation robe . |
| 25 | If Tom had asked her to give extra blood , then they were definitely planning to transfuse , but this told her nothing about whether the baby would be delivered that night . |
| 26 | They 've just asked her to do more hours , she 's to stay till five at night . |
| 27 | Long-standing commercial interests in the Pacific and the Far East had led her to acquire naval bases in Hawaii and the Philippine Islands ( annexed in 1898 ) along with a stake in the China trade . |
| 28 | Child killer Beverley Allitt has finally admitted she attacked nine children . |
| 29 | Charles Harvey had spotted her drinking milky Nescafe at half-time , and had told himself that he should make inquiries as to who she was . |
| 30 | Another thought struck her — the farmhouse he 'd taken her to see that morning … could he have gone there ? |