Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If the creditor takes adequate steps to inform her and reasonably supposes that she has an adequate comprehension of the obligations she is undertaking and an understanding of the effect of the transaction , the fact that she failed to grasp some material part of the document , or , indeed , the significance of what she was doing , can not , I think , in itself give her an equity to set aside , notwithstanding that at an earlier stage the creditor relied upon her husband to obtain her consent to enter into the obligation of surety .
2 He was the enemy , and at least this way she got to score some points !
3 She asked to borrow some shears .
4 She bent to knock some snow from her bindings .
5 She tried to remember some poetry , any poetry about prisons .
6 He had probably come to the same conclusion and if she tried to give some kind of explanation he would raise his eyebrows and look at her in astonishment , and she would feel utterly foolish .
7 She counted to ten as she had been taught when about to deliver a big speech , but when she tried to force some words of outrage from between her teeth her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth and the most she could do was make a small cry of protest deep in her throat .
8 From there she hopped to the pond at the back of the school , for she felt sure that she could hide safely there in the weeds and rushes while she tried to find some solution to her appalling problem .
9 She 'd done some TV before , but she 'd just left school , and had little knowledge of the working world and MEN .
10 Now she 'd done some training as a secretary — she 'd been to secretarial college .
11 She 'd seen some posters in the town and was curious .
12 I mean I remembered some of it , I , I remember hearing something that she 'd given some bits downstairs
13 Perhaps he ceased to be useful to her once she 'd had some success in England — I do n't know .
14 She 'd had some tomatoes and er she never washes them all she do n't do that
15 She 'd had some requests made of her in her time but none seemingly as outrageous as this .
16 She made an effort to feel some true sympathy , but it was difficult — she supposed that she would n't be able to experience compassion in a deep and real sense until she 'd had some children , since only matters like the putting down of young greyhounds brought tears to her eyes .
17 She 'd walked some distance , judging by her shoes , which were worn to pieces .
18 She 'd invented some errands and left the two men alone .
19 She 'd taken some clothes , though scarcely enough , even for three days .
20 She 'd found some hawthorn berries on a bush and was chewing her way through one with every sign of enjoyment .
21 She 'd brought some desu , flat buckwheat bread that 's taken on journeys because it stays fresh for days , and some roasted amaranthus seeds in honey , wrapped in birch bark .
22 When she 'd regained some degree of composure , she asked , ‘ Have you had any further thoughts as to where Mamma 's ‘ appropriate ’ place might be ? ’
23 She was quite good with delinquent adolescents partly because she seemed to have some insight into the impulse that makes the young and the violent turn on the weak and the defenceless …
24 She seemed to think some kind of explanation was necessary .
25 Donna rubbed both hands across her face , her body quivering as she began to regain some warmth , some feeling in her extremities .
26 She decided to make some changes and embarked on a quest which took her to , among other places , an ashram in Wales and a three-week ‘ Relationships Seminar ’ in Hawaii ( price $8,000 ) run by an American called Chuck Spezzano .
27 She went to visit some friends in the village . ’
28 One day she left it on a table in the coffee bar for two minutes while she went to get some sugar .
29 She mentioned that she kept had some Ercol furniture .
30 She did do some sewing at school did n't she ?
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