Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd allowed her closer than anyone else , and when his clothes were off and he was tired she read him the way she read the weather or the mountains or the dust , she ran her fingers over his pale , scarred body and she guessed close to the truth . |
| 2 | And then she realised what the porter was really asking her . |
| 3 | It was when Lizzy was sipping her cider that she realised what the man with the leather jacket was doing . |
| 4 | The moment she came to the top step , she realised what the matter was . |
| 5 | She envied them the sense of occasion and togetherness that they had . |
| 6 | Her tone grew colder as she realized what the sergeant meant . |
| 7 | He was going out with a silly cow of an art student and she lent him the book . |
| 8 | She lent me the money to get my second bike — that Triumph Speed Twin : it had a lot of poke for the size . |
| 9 | Suddenly she knew the answer , even as she asked herself the question , and realised what she had to do . |
| 10 | Their hands touched as she passed him the bottle . |
| 11 | ‘ There , Mr Cottle , ’ Mary Ann was saying to the traveller in jelly , as she passed him the bread and butter , ‘ this 'll put roses in your cheeks . ’ |
| 12 | When she passed him the number of her room ( thinking no one else knew she had ) and left to await him , he remained in the ballroom drinking , and when I left at midnight he was still there looking bored and lonely , missing his live-in girlfriend Marie Lisa Volpelierre ( who not long after died so tragically in a riding accident ) . |
| 13 | She passed him the tin and the spoon , and lay on the floor looking at the gas fire , and then she went to sleep . |
| 14 | and erm , she phoned me the night before last for the results come through |
| 15 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 16 | When she found it the scene was stark . |
| 17 | She drew him the length of her body , and he glided into her as she kissed his mouth . |
| 18 | She estimated what the size of the labour force in the United States would have been in 1960 by making two assumptions : ( a ) if death rates had not declined since 1900 , the labour force would have been over 13 million less in 1960 ; ( b ) if death rates had declined from 1900–1920 but remained the same level after that , the labour force would have been 6 million smaller in 1960 . |
| 19 | While she filled the tank of the lady 's car she told her the legend of the Brownies ' Bridge . |
| 20 | SHE TOLD me the story , but not before she had advised me that she was absolutely scandalized . |
| 21 | where it , she said it was too big for her and er she wanted something smaller , with a swap , well I did n't swap for the reason mine was overlooking the lake , it was in a better position , and er , then she told me the reason she wanted to swap cos er , she said it was too big cos her husband had died , I started to speak to her about when God 's kingdom comes on the earth , these dead ones will come back , these loved ones |
| 22 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 23 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 24 | Would he listen to her when she told him the truth about Janice ? |
| 25 | Arriving at the School with Jasper and Bienvida in a borrowed beat-up Ford van , its roofrack loaded with launderette bags of clothes and its inside with her sticks of furniture ( sticks was the word ) , she told him the advertisement would only attract riff-raff . |
| 26 | She handed her the phone . |
| 27 | ‘ Everything 's fine , my darling , ’ she whispered , giving Constance a little pat as she handed her the telephone . |
| 28 | She handed me the sheet of grey paper with its synoptic chart which had been transmitted from Florida just a few moments before . |
| 29 | As Robert leaned over to open the passenger door , she handed him the plaster but made no attempt to get in . |
| 30 | She handed him the reel . |