Example sentences of "she [verb] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Because when Mamma was in Venice last year I think she met the same man .
2 Gloria never sunbathed as she thought it was ageing ; she applied the same effect out of a bottle .
3 She then swept the kitchen floor , knowing her aunt would wish this to be done , and as she swished the few crumbs into the dustpan she heard Silas moving furniture in the dining-room .
4 Cramming her worn , out-moded bonnet on her head , she stuffed the few belongings she had unpacked back into the portmanteau .
5 And never again did she make the same mistake .
6 she has the same name
7 And now they all nodded towards Agnes and Miss Florence said softly , ‘ The moment we got it , dear , I said , ‘ I know who that would suit , because she has the same figure as Mrs Bretton-Fawcett . ’
8 She rings the same number she has been trying all day .
9 She used the same lines over and over again , wearing a fixed smile on her face .
10 And her sister who lives next door but one from her mums , she done the same thing .
11 Now she uses the same techniques to teach other women cancer can be beaten .
12 She had seen that instantly the next afternoon ; in Rachel 's eyes she recognised the same melting joy as she had seen in Lisa 's .
13 With a stab of fear , she recognised the same lack of focus in Connor 's eyes , as if he were looking inwards instead of seeing the world about him .
14 Although she was by now in her late thirties , she recognised the same symptoms as in her previous pregnancy .
15 She telephoned police and as she waited for them to arrive she noticed the same youths approach a man with two young children and drench one of the children .
16 Perhaps he was n't without blame , but had n't she made the same kind of mistake when she had endowed Marcus with the qualities she 'd wanted him to possess ?
17 Does she feel the same way as you ? ’
18 Misfortune struck Sir John when his second wife died ; she received the same treatment as his first spouse .
19 An officer , she has worked since 1987 in Northern Bank , Strabane , the town where she joined the former Belfast Banking Co .
20 He had told Amy none of this but would have happily confided had she shown the least interest .
21 During the course of the next year , she expressed the same view each time I saw her .
22 Yet both Rosie and Victoria had warned her against letting herself fall for him , in case she followed the same fate as his other nurses .
23 By knowing these wild creatures and their attributes , she contacts the same powers in herself , and may learn to use them .
24 They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door .
25 When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ?
26 She walked the few steps towards him , her legs shaking like a toddler 's , and stood in front of him , waiting .
27 Allowing herself a small triumphant smile , she started the same process on the right boot .
28 Looking up to the blue sky , she watched the many birds flying overhead , chattering and screaming as they passed out of sight .
29 ’ Does she have the same effect on everyone ? ’
30 It would be impossible to accuse Lili of being ill-dressed , but if she wore the same clothes for decade after decade while my mother did not , then there was something wrong somewhere and my mother was suspecting that , implicit in the situation , lay criticism of her taste and judgement .
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