Example sentences of "she [vb past] [noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the bottom of the stairs she met Ianthe coming out of the dining room with some leaves in her hands . |
| 2 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 3 | Apricot waited until her exams were over and then went down to the Catholic church and hung about until she met Bernard coming out of confession . |
| 4 | She met Theodora coming up . |
| 5 | She made Maggie kneel down and lean her head over the bathtub , just as she had when Maggie had to have her hair washed as a little child . |
| 6 | In as tactful a way as she could contrive she asked Shildon to hurry up with what he wanted to say . |
| 7 | She told Dexter what had happened in the meeting with Spittals and how he had ordered her off the case , and she asked Dexter to go on helping her . |
| 8 | She helped Caspar to spread out the map and , together , they traced the road from Tara along the sides of the Wolfwood and down through a couple of tiny villages . |
| 9 | Rapidly clearing away some bric-à-brac — a fan , a mandolin , a rusty bird cage — from a velvet throne , she invited Ruth to sit down , and settled herself on the edge of a dress-basket . |
| 10 | The one she invited Franck to sit in and her own are side by side against the wall of the house — backs against this wall , of course — beneath the office window . |
| 11 | She frowned with irritation but spoke with her usual friendliness as , walking round the side of the house , she found Constance propping up her bike against the porch . |
| 12 | She found Juliette bending over an ironing-board , busy with sponge and pressing-cloth . |
| 13 | Penelope went hopefully into the vicarage where she found Sophia smiling over a letter which had just come by the evening post . |
| 14 | She let Cleo slide over her thigh and down on to the floor . |
| 15 | When Ruth 's hair had been washed , she noticed Gloria getting out the curling-tongs and stopped her . |
| 16 | She told Pam to keep out the shop . |
| 17 | It just breaks my heart , honey , to think of your poor , dear cousin in such pain , ’ the other woman murmured sympathetically , her eyes glistening with tears as she begged Laura to sit down and make herself comfortable . |
| 18 | She discovered Jackie curled up behind a bale , the blue eyes shut . |
| 19 | When she finished David let out a low whistle . |
| 20 | ‘ Shall we swim now ? ’ she heard Fernando call out from afar . |
| 21 | She was still awake when she heard Rosie coming in . |
| 22 | She heard Comfort pick up the sketch pad again and simply lay , letting her draw whatever she liked . |
| 23 | She heard Oliver stump out of the room and the sound of water running . |
| 24 | Dot woke when she heard Gloria coming down the clanky metal steps outside , heard her stumble her way across the room , and then felt herself being pushed to the far side of the bed . |
| 25 | Sarah was basting the turkey when she heard Benjamin come in . |
| 26 | Retrieving a comb from her bag , she was seated by the fire , attempting to restore order to her hair , when she heard Travis come back . |
| 27 | She heard Klift cry out under the shattering din of the falling rock . |
| 28 | She dreaded Alan waking up . |
| 29 | She watched Pilade run around laughing and trying to catch butterflies and heard Pen shrieking in the distance as he urged his pony to a faster trot and she knew she did not care a jot for Garibaldi or Cavour or any other Italian hero . |
| 30 | She watched Ben bend down and examine the pipes beneath the sink . |