Example sentences of "[vb pp] she [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night 's bombing had caught her unawares in the West End . |
| 2 | She stood up : ‘ No , I did n't ! — So he could n't have done it , could he ? — And before you say owt , he could n't have looked her up in the phone book 'cos she 's ex-directory ! — And anyway , he told me to go round there today and get her to put her money in the bank . |
| 3 | But as the writer Patience Gray , who has made her home in the Mediterranean , points out : ‘ Pounding fragrant things — particularly garlic , basil and parsley — is a quite tremendous antidote to depression … it produces an alteration in one 's being — from sighing with fatigue to inhaling with pleasure ’ . |
| 4 | Now a widow , Mabel has made her home in the compact whitewashed building , tucked in one of Whitby 's historic yards . |
| 5 | I had visited her often in the London hospital where vain efforts were made to stop the spread of cancer . |
| 6 | He had seen her perfectly in the light from the passage . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
| 8 | Could that even have been why Branson had invited her back in the first place ? |
| 9 | It was as though he 'd kicked her hard in the stomach . |
| 10 | Her mother had brought her up in the strict religion of the Mormon church , which made her very guilty about having sex . |
| 11 | The Cambridge local examinations had only just been opened to girls and her performance in mathematics placed her alone in the first class . |
| 12 | Maura 's schoolbag had hit her straight in the side of the head . |
| 13 | She had n't paid her round in the Oyster Bar the night before . |
| 14 | They can have afforded her little in the way of rent . |