Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] she the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 2 | ‘ But the driver told her the cost had risen by 1p the previous day . |
| 3 | The action gave her the moments she needed to adjust , to assess her own feelings . |
| 4 | A sudden drop in the wind told her the worst was over . |
| 5 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 6 | There was no answer to her gibe , and , despite the fact that the fumes in the room told her the substance on her hair was likely to blind her if it made contact , she sat up and risked opening one eye . |
| 7 | Funny , but even though she knew Delaney , Lawton and Forster were engaging Mahon — she could hear gun fire — the empty shadowy corridors of the place gave her the creeps . |
| 8 | The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity . |
| 9 | Her unique closeness to the king gave her the influence of a special potens , to whom others appealed that she " suggest to the king " on their behalf . |
| 10 | Burnett 's favourite preparation for the treatment of uterine tumours was Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum so not having the LMI gave her the 6C potency in a 10ml dropper and within 3 days she was relieved of the discomfort on walking and standing which it seems reasonable to assume is due to the fibroid shrinking . |
| 11 | The sight of the handbag she 'd caught up as he 'd carried her from her flat and which he had tossed on to the bed gave her the glimmering of an idea . |
| 12 | Beneath the shirt , the mirror showed her the small fine flowers of her delicate bra could be seen . |
| 13 | She had scarcely seen the Mercedes that had swung into the drive just as she 'd been about to go out , but by sheer instinct she had swerved to miss it , sparing only a glance in the mirror to tell her the other car was safe before speeding on her way again . |
| 14 | The maids found her the next morning hunched up in the laundry cupboard on the landing , dozing lightly . |
| 15 | The driving force behind the Plazas was undoubtedly Ethel ; to some extent she relished knowing that the Girls called her the slave driver behind her back : |
| 16 | You see a woman see a woman and your man did n't know where he was , and then she walked out one night and put her hand through the window and she ripped it from there to there and she said the doctors told her the only thing that stopped her the arm from coming off was the bone . |
| 17 | Rosita was a bit old but she kept her body in good condition and the men liked her the best . |
| 18 | She had owned good horses such as Manicou ( who had won the King George VI Chase in 1950 ) and Monaveen ( who had finished fifth to Freebooter in that year 's Grand National as his royal owner 's first runner in the race ) , but in Devon Loch she had a chaser who apparently had all the attributes to win her the greatest steeplechase in the calendar : he was a big horse , strongly built and bold yet intelligent enough to look after himself in the hurly-burly of four and half miles and thirty fences . |
| 19 | The Oakley gave her the brush of the only fox they broke up that day . |
| 20 | The book gave her the academic credentials she needed , and from 1914 to 1945 she combined her local social work with acting as tutor in economics at St Anne 's and tutor-secretary ( 1914–19 ) for women students at Barnett House , Oxford 's centre for training in social work . |
| 21 | She probably could never have afforded a stairgate , so Save The Children lent her the equipment from its safety loan scheme . |
| 22 | A contract is a bargain and the bargain was that the Company made her the promise in the advertisement and she in return bought one of their smoke balls from a retailer . |
| 23 | The officer gave her the kiss of life for five minutes before she showed signs of life . |
| 24 | But the collapse of the City of the Horizon gave her the chance to escape . |
| 25 | Or maybe the gun gave her the guts . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'll want to let the Eladeldi give her the once over ‘ |
| 27 | Actually , both garments fitted her very well , and the boater gave her the same kind of perky look it had given Annie . |