Example sentences of "she [verb] [vb pp] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she has taught her new classmates a few words in Serbo-Croat . |
| 2 | Hers may be the problems of a lost or disgraced lover , of fears around childbirth or abortion , of whether or not her family will stand by her in the end , perhaps of a situation in which she has queered her own pitch for continuing fun , and above all , possibly , of the way she is seen by the others concerned . |
| 3 | The centrepiece of her work is a flock of 32 sheep made from wire , a material she has made her own . |
| 4 | ‘ She has given her final view today and although only 15 and a half , she knows her own mind . ’ |
| 5 | The waitress , feeling like she has done her best , storms off with tears brimming to talk to the manager . |
| 6 | Yet at the end of one year all the health-related goals are attained and she has attained her correct weight . |
| 7 | Er she has bought her own surgery in er Smethwick , but she comes from er , sh she 's married , she 's got one son and she 's expecting another baby any day now . |
| 8 | A £1,000 bargain buy from Ireland earlier this year , she has found her best form since switching to the outside . |
| 9 | FOLLOWING two weeks in Romania helping to renovate an orphanage , believes that she has found her true vocation in life and on is leaving her job at the Ipswich Grain Terminal to return to the orphanage and continue the work . |
| 10 | While her husband 's work is seen as one of the landmarks in Western painting of the twentieth century , she has retained her own identity , working with the exquisite finesse of the best , traditional Japanese painters . |
| 11 | Over time she has retained her ideological commitment , and the shortcomings as well as the successes of her government record are invoked by her as reasons to press on with the original strategy . |
| 12 | She has spent her free time researching the book and is now looking for a publisher . |
| 13 | She has trodden her own distinctive path guided by her mission to make The Body Shop ‘ the most honest cosmetic company in the world ’ because she could find no shining example in the retailing industry from which to draw inspiration . |
| 14 | Loops of wiring and cable ran overhead , loosely tacked at intervals to the unpainted ceiling ; it was the kind of Who cares , no-one 'll see it protocol that had applied behind the scenes in the shopping mall where she 'd landed her first Saturday job . |
| 15 | Before she had time to think , she 'd raised her own glass in response and it was only after she 'd sipped her drink that she realised what she 'd done . |
| 16 | The awful discovery that she 'd missed her last period and that , following their night of love and passion she was now probably expecting his baby was making Ross 's silence almost unbearably hard to accept . |
| 17 | She 'd hidden her stolen relic at the back of the bedroom cupboard in the pocket of this dress that she hardly ever wore . |
| 18 | She 'd exceeded her brief with Adolph Brückner and the operation through the clinic would have to be closed down . |
| 19 | Still , she had a sneaking hope that as she 'd reached her lowest ebb , the tide might turn . |
| 20 | A voice told her she 'd reached her chosen number . |
| 21 | She thought it was from her father that she 'd inherited her logical mind and a way with figures . |
| 22 | She had genuinely meant to facilitate my exit from Dili ; at the time she 'd made her little speech to me she 'd been perfectly sincere . |
| 23 | She 'd noticed her last night . |
| 24 | The autumn evenings had started to draw in , there was a slight chill in the air , and as Rachel stepped from her car she was glad she 'd worn her thick navy fisherman 's sweater over her jeans . |
| 25 | The orphanage was where she 'd developed her pert tongue , no doubt about it . |
| 26 | She 'd stripped her senile aunt Lady Illingworth of a fortune . |
| 27 | Meredith felt the memory freeze her bones , remembering how she 'd comforted her paralysed grandmother during the long wait for the ambulance , knowing this was her third heart attack . |
| 28 | ‘ It was our agreement , ’ he 'd said , thrusting the cheque at her , and finally she 'd swallowed her stupid pride and admitted to herself that he was right . |
| 29 | The phrase ‘ as if she 'd lost her only friend ’ bears this out . |
| 30 | And , after being out in the sunshine with the children most of the day , she 'd lost her pale , city complexion , becoming as brown as a berry and looking much younger . |