Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She met him on board ship ? ’ |
| 2 | She knew that , as long as she applied it with care , she had great power over Bernard . |
| 3 | But she made it to daylight in one hell of a hurry . |
| 4 | She had to face the handicaps of severe diabetes but , true to Greek ideals , she endured them with stoicism ; only on four occasions in 30 years did she break down under these cruel burdens . |
| 5 | When the children were ill , she dosed them with herb teas that she brewed herself . |
| 6 | I had a wife once , and she got me into trouble … |
| 7 | She was frequently appalled at her own ability to lie convincingly , thought that perhaps she got it from Papa , one of the world 's great tricksters — not knowing that on occasion her apparently innocent mama had the gift as well . |
| 8 | She asked them for identification . |
| 9 | Johnson did not drink her proffered dram , but Boswell and the two guides did , and when she asked them for snuff , her great luxury , they had none , but gave her money instead . |
| 10 | He seemed distracted when she asked him about Island Trading 's reliability . |
| 11 | But she provided him with loyalty , sensible advice and a closely shared experience of life for over fifty years . |
| 12 | During the summer and early autumn she helped me with Government aid and guided me in the direction of private aid . |
| 13 | She helped me with advice , support and encouragement to bring humanitarian aid to the Shias who have escaped and are in the camps in south Iran . |
| 14 | When he was imprisoned in 1768 for sexual sadism he managed to secure an early release by the devious means of getting his wife pregnant while she visited him in jail . |
| 15 | She regarded him without warmth . |
| 16 | She invited them to tea . |
| 17 | Then she invited me to dinner . |
| 18 | Immediately Alex thought : so that 's why she invited me to dinner , to try and match me up with her semi-alcoholic brother . |
| 19 | She caught it in time , and had them dwindle a little . |
| 20 | She had forced him to live against the grain of his own nature which was weak and pleasure-loving and stubborn with it , so that when she beat him for laziness or lying , he became more determinedly idle and sullen . |
| 21 | She tried it in English , then returned to her story . |
| 22 | She found him in Reception talking on the telephone . |
| 23 | She stopped me in town funny enough erm oh a good couple of weeks ago like , she says to me oh have you heard , cos I was saying about oh we 'd seen something in the shop , it was ever so nice , I said oh I 'm too fat for that she said ooh have you seen , she must be erm infat you know bloody infatuated with dieting |
| 24 | She pronounced it like Doktor with a ‘ k ’ . |
| 25 | In 1576 , she insisted that her new Archbishop of Canterbury , Edmund Grindal , should suppress prophesyings , and when he disobeyed and challenged her right as supreme governor to decide on the matter , she suspended him from office . |
| 26 | Sultry looks had been a speciality of hers for some years , so much so that Matthew sometimes wondered whether she practised them in front of a mirror for ten minutes each day . |
| 27 | She had worked strips of gold braid into the weave , and now she secured them in place . |
| 28 | Most mornings she woke him with coffee and the newspapers . |
| 29 | And she leaned down towards the child , her thick arms going out and around her , and she lifted her into bed , saying softly , ‘ There now Is n't that nice and comfy ? ’ |
| 30 | She lifted it to silence . |