Example sentences of "she [vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end she agreed to give him the money for " Jack 's " fare . |
| 2 | But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that . |
| 3 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 4 | ‘ Why she seemed to dislike me the moment she set eyes on me . |
| 5 | This did indeed occur , for when she went to embrace him the bodies of the lover and the beloved merged forever , becoming a double-sexed being — a youth with the breasts of a woman . |
| 6 | So she had to do it the slow way . |
| 7 | Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again . |
| 8 | And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so . |
| 9 | She did n't want Georg back but she wanted to hurt him the way Gesner had hurt her . |
| 10 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
| 11 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 12 | He took her hand , linking his long , hard fingers between hers , joining them in a physical as well as a mental bond , and suddenly Fran knew that she wanted to tell him the one thing that had fashioned her into the woman she was . |
| 13 | She should stop him , should grab that exploring finger , but something within her refused to give him the satisfaction . |