Example sentences of "she [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she failed to retort he cocked an eyebrow at her , waiting for the sparring to continue . |
| 2 | She expected to see him gazing at Comfort with the admiration she deserved , but in fact he was looking down at Julia . |
| 3 | But then he asked her what she was knitting , so she had to answer him , and after that she agreed to let him tap her chest with his rubber hammer , peer into her ears with his pencil light , and press the back of her tongue with one of Mrs Hollidaye 's silver apostle teaspoons . |
| 4 | " She wants to see you succeed as much as I do . " |
| 5 | When she wants to go you do n't want to let her but when , when you want to let her in she 'll |
| 6 | She wants to make me colour co-ordinated . |
| 7 | It 's not that she wants to make you feel cheap . |
| 8 | She wants to make you feel the cheapest ever Spryly She-She left the room . |
| 9 | cos she 's recording and she wants to hear somebody speaking on it |
| 10 | I think she wants to get something sorted so that when it comes it 's open for her . |
| 11 | ‘ She wants to tell us to sit up straight and not to put our fingers on the nice furniture . ’ |
| 12 | She had no idea what he meant , and if she tried to answer she knew she 'd only cry . |
| 13 | Every time she tried to move he squeezed his grip and she felt herself begin to black out . |
| 14 | PAUL BEDWORTH is small and slightly built but he was strong enough to push his mother down a flight of attic stairs when she tried to stop him using his computer . |
| 15 | ‘ Is anything wrong ? ’ he queried , and Belinda realised that she had been staring at him in silence for far too long , as she tried to decide what to say . |
| 16 | Her voice faded and she felt bitterly ashamed as she tried to control her rising panic . |
| 17 | She was n't going to let him affect her like this — never again ! she told herself desperately , taking a deep breath as she tried to ignore her racing pulse . |
| 18 | She tried to remember she had thought Robert pleasing once . |
| 19 | Attracted to the big ape she had n't been , but she 'd be an all-out liar if she tried to pretend she had n't enjoyed his kisses . |
| 20 | She tried to pretend she did n't know what he meant , but his bantering tone had been deceptive . |
| 21 | I loaded them on , and when she tried to push she found out she 'd got a trolley with a wonky wheel . |
| 22 | I only know because she tried to borrow mine to copy up but I 'm always behind as well . |
| 23 | She tried to give him to kiss of life and heart massage but he was already dead . |
| 24 | Hari 's hands were suddenly still , the leather clinging to the last , while she tried to envisage herself wearing fine crinolines and rich jewels , it was like something out of a dream . |
| 25 | She felt as though she were suffocating in the heat , as though it were stopping her nostrils , sealing her mouth , and when she tried to breathe it forced itself down into her stomach and made her heave . |
| 26 | She tried to imagine herself doing it and then heaved a small sigh . |
| 27 | She tried to imagine herself walking along the corridor , knocking on Luke 's bedroom door and saying — saying what ? |
| 28 | When she tried to imagine herself working in an office or a bank , her mind soon went blank , like a cinema screen when the projector breaks down or the film snaps . |
| 29 | Silas sent her a look she was unable to define , and even as she tried to fathom its meaning their gaze locked for several long moments until he reached across the table to squeeze her hand . |
| 30 | She tried to keep him talking . |