Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to Hemel Hempstead er a school called in Hemel Hempstead that was only from the August till December when I left school and then the erm then the Headmistress , cos we had a Headmistress there cos it was a mixed school , and she recommended me for this here errand boy 's job , his name was . |
| 2 | He was offering her an out and she respected him for that . |
| 3 | Without taking hold of me , she forced me to stand in one spot of my own will , while she whipped me on all sides . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 5 | And when that one ‘ went home ’ she provided me with another one , which is still going today . |
| 6 | There is no lasting acrimony between Gedge and Rigby and when they meet up he often jokes that she provided him with enough material to launch and sustain a musical career . |
| 7 | She phoned him at all hours of the day and night , ranting sometimes , crying others . |
| 8 | And now she caught him in another gesture , but a surreptitious one this time — the quick shooting of a cuff to glance at his watch . |
| 9 | Dressed soberly in a long-sleeved , ankle-length tunic which , though cut loosely , came high up to her neck , she approached him with both hands extended in greeting . |
| 10 | Her voice and the rattle of pots faded away into the house , and he heard , close to , Annie 's uncontrolled chortle as she approached him with some wicked intent . |
| 11 | Her head turned slightly towards him and she fixed him with that blind , unthinking stare . |
| 12 | She recognised them as some of the soldiers immediately . |
| 13 | But later in the day , after the Christmas meal , alone in her room for an hour 's rest , she unpacked it with all its effects . |
| 14 | It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand . |
| 15 | And erm then of course she told me about this so my mother went to see him . |
| 16 | ‘ She told you 'bout that ? ’ |
| 17 | When she told us about this visit , she hoped it would be centred around a seminar , funded by the Romanian government , at which tutors would be trained to teach machine knitting to young people whose chances of employment near their own homes were otherwise remote . |
| 18 | She needled him with such venom from behind her thick lenses that Seb was visibly squashed . |
| 19 | She informed him of this conclusion , and with his usual calm he accepted it . |
| 20 | She never noticed it when she was in there and when she turned it over that was all green , all the way round . |
| 21 | She paid me for this week and she said well I you 've got ninety pound here |
| 22 | The truth was there in his eyes , and she hated him for that , too . |
| 23 | She blamed him for all this . |
| 24 | She blamed me for that . |
| 25 | She thanked him for that as well . |
| 26 | Years later , she acknowledged the debt she owed him for those early lessons in self-determination . |
| 27 | She walked them towards each other , their clawed feet bent stiffly inwards , on the cold slate shelf : " How did you get shot , little brother ? " each asked the other in a high child 's squeak of imitation . |
| 28 | As Philippa disentangled herself she heard them on some well-worn tale . |
| 29 | She heard it from that dry old stick , Simpson . |
| 30 | ‘ I was a bit overwhelmed when she kissed me like that because we 'd never met before and it was in public . |