Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] she [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told Isobel we 'd wait for her at the Café de la Paix … ‘ |
| 2 | She did n't think he would use the ticket , any more than he would wait for her after the performance . |
| 3 | She had dressed her hair daringly with ivory combs , sweeping it straight back from her face to emphasize her high cheekbones , then letting it fall behind her in a dark torrent that contrasted sharply with the pale silk of her gown . |
| 4 | She was always surprised that things did n't fall on her from the sky more often , considering how much was up there these days . |
| 5 | Discussing Arnie with Guido did n't appeal to her in the least . |
| 6 | Her friends did not think of her as a drunk and Rachel would be truly shocked if she knew about the long nights of insomnia and secret alcohol . |
| 7 | You did n't think of her as a girl somehow . |
| 8 | Since her marriage there had been no communication with her former employer , not even at Christmas , and she could never think of her as a sister-in-law . |
| 9 | ‘ You must think of her on the toilet , ’ Aline said , and giggled . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know how you can even speak of her in the same breath . ’ |
| 11 | Girls can identify with her in a way they never could with , say , Linda Evangelista . ’ |
| 12 | It is the one anxiety Marje Proops will carry with her to the grave . |
| 13 | Berndt said , as though it were his incisive wit alone which had arrived at the nub , ‘ The question is , what do we do with her in the meantime ? |
| 14 | I did not speak to her during the journey , and when we arrived in Ruritania , I left the train at Zenda , a small town outside the capital . |
| 15 | She was a prim and proper little Fraulein , although her father was the villain , and Carruthers loved her , but dared not speak to her without a chaperone . |
| 16 | Well I do n't know because I , I did n't speak to her about the money , Sheila spoke to her , but she knows not to speak to me very much about money , see |
| 17 | I did n't speak to her for the rest of the day , of course , and this made her laugh , I do n't know why . |
| 18 | ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’ |
| 19 | it 's still the first one , she 's got a billion things to do , we 'll obviously speak to her in the autumn , erm |
| 20 | It did n't matter to her in the least . |
| 21 | His opinion of her work , like his opinion of her as a person , really should n't matter to her in the slightest . |
| 22 | She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin . |
| 23 | He kissed her lingeringly as if he had all the time in the world and she felt a shudder run through her at the response he was forcing from her with so little effort . |
| 24 | As she watched her daughter run before her down the stairs , she thought , As long as he lives or until she escapes she 'll never be free to do what she likes . |
| 25 | I suppose I can look upon her as a younger sister ? ’ |
| 26 | It did not occur to her for a moment that she might not be right . |
| 27 | He disapproved of the casual obscenity of barrack-room conversation , but as he groped for words to express his triumphant passion , he found to his surprise that he could not say them to Bridget They would sound to her like a string of incoherent obscenities : — the Army and — second stag on East Wing Guard and — Sergeant Towser who cancelled his last leave pass and — the troop train back to Catterick on Sunday night and — the cold walk from the station to the camp and — the platform where he kissed Bridget good-bye at the end of leave and — the street corner where he had to run for his bus and — the Teddy-boy who had attacked her and — all the people and all the regulations and all the time-tables and all the clocks that had tried for so long to stop them from having this . |
| 28 | ( ’ The people who sold the soap for us want to replenish their supply ’ came the typically slippery message to McFarlane ; his secretary described how , when such messages came , he would look at her with a puzzled expression . ) |
| 29 | Surely a man of the cloth would n't look at her with the same sort of craving as James Halden . |
| 30 | With any luck they would not run across her during the day , although for press purposes both Major and Hurd would have to say how pleased they were to hear of her arrival . |