Example sentences of "she [vb past] [indef pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumours have suggested Susan Hill was given a million pounds for writing it , she says she got nothing like that amount . |
| 2 | He awkwardly unlocked the door and carried her to the sofa , laying her down as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 3 | Jenna began awkwardly , and he suddenly gave a shout of laughter , vaulting the fence and then reaching to lift her over as if she weighed nothing at all . |
| 4 | He flung the guitar on to a chair , and bent down to pick Shelley up bodily instead , lifting her as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 5 | Aye , but you know like you se she mentioned one in particular , like |
| 6 | Given that she 'd nothing in particular to gain , the chances seemed to favour the first of these options . |
| 7 | I meant to ask her about it this afternoon , but she 'd lots of other people there . |
| 8 | In fact , she told nobody until many years later , after her mother 's death , when she confided in Louise . |
| 9 | She guessed someone in Special Branch or the intelligence services had objected to her enquiries and that Spittals or the commander had simply capitulated . |
| 10 | At school lunches she showed none of this nonsense , nor was it displayed at home when she ate informally in front of the television in the evening . |
| 11 | I asked Ivy if she owed anything to Greek tragedy . |
| 12 | She heard nothing at all . |
| 13 | She loved everything about this man , and when he took her she tried to stifle the cry of pain . |
| 14 | ‘ She knew nothing about any document she was to sign until it was brought to her by her husband . |
| 15 | Aha That 's right , it would be somebody of one rung down perhaps from and half a rung down from if you can put that in context I mean is an absolute beginner she knew nothing about this business two and a half years ago |
| 16 | She knew nothing about either and in the dream wept bitterly from shame and impotence . |
| 17 | She knew nothing of financial matters and had acted quite reasonably in placing her trust and confidence in a motor trader who had a good reputation in the area . |
| 18 | But she knew nothing of these things . |
| 19 | He was as sensitive about his body as a proud owner of its pet 's and was perpetually asking her to look inside his ear to see whether there was something amiss — she saw nothing but pink perfection — and wondering about the freshness of his lungs in the atmosphere — she assumed that they were like his ears — and surveying the immaculateness , the flatness of his belly in her long wall mirror with its carved , wooden frame . |
| 20 | If she kept everything on this level there would be no danger of his probing into her background . |
| 21 | Maybe she treated everyone like this . |
| 22 | MOTHER had a wonderful phrase if she felt something on That Was The Week That Was was too outspoken or perhaps a little too daring . |
| 23 | She felt nothing at all . |
| 24 | She did everything with quick , darting movements in which violence was barely restrained . |
| 25 | ‘ She did nothing at all . |
| 26 | And she said she baked everything for that men . |
| 27 | She had nothing at all to go on , I thought , except that phone call , and she naturally would n't admit to having listened to that . |
| 28 | Sharing a small spartan room with two other girls — Northerners whose accent Paula found almost incomprehensible and with whom she had nothing in common , making breakfast in the communal kitchen , queuing for the bath , adhering to a strict curfew after which time the doors were locked and bolted — none of these were restrictions Paula had the slightest intention of enduring for long . |
| 29 | Conversely , most other students , as well as former ‘ women 's libbers ’ , with whom Laura might have thought she had nothing in common , warmly welcomed her clothes . |
| 30 | And he said , ‘ I asked the librarian if she had something with big print so she gave me your book . ’ |