Example sentences of "she [vb past] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The set was so tacky she expected it to collapse each time one of the characters came through the door . |
| 2 | Alice 's hand shrank a little , but she made it lie steady . |
| 3 | Her confessor having ordered her to use an ordinary discipline and leave off her iron chain , she made it knot three rows and wore it round her body … |
| 4 | Then she let it fall open , and began to read immediately , as if she had known it , ‘ 'Why , [ Mrs Ramsay ] asked , pressing her chin on James ’ head , should they grow up so fast ? |
| 5 | The wind was in the right direction , and she heard it strike ten — and then eleven . |
| 6 | " When I sent photographs to my sister in Canada , she thought it looked beautiful . " |
| 7 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 8 | It was the truth , but she knew it sounded evasive and that evasiveness was not a quality that would appeal much to Guido . |
| 9 | She knew it sounded unconvincing and she could read the continued disbelief in his eyes even as she spoke , but it was n't right , the way he was managing to give a nasty twist to everything she said . |
| 10 | Hari half lifted half pushed him through the window and then she waited breathlessly for any sounds that would indicate that Will had been discovered , but when there was nothing , she moved to the door and to her relief , she saw it swing open . |
| 11 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 12 | She did it as she would have thought Shakespeare would have known people and things , you know , she did it like that . |
| 13 | She did it as she would have thought Shakespeare would have known people and things , you know , she did it like that . |
| 14 | But a few years ago , when they promised us the summer heat would last for months , she had it cut short . |
| 15 | She had it done cheap , promising to wear it in all the right places . |
| 16 | On her way back up the stairs she struck it to make sure it had petrol . |
| 17 | I was talking to her and I said do you work ? and she said no I do n't and she said my children are I V F children In vitro fertilization , so I said how come ? , how fascinating , she said it was n't very fascinating I can assure you , she said it took five years to have them , well she put plainly they pioneered it down there did n't they ? |
| 18 | She intended it to lie flat and silent . |