Example sentences of "she [vb past] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While she was filming in the south of France , she met the writer Colette who insisted Audrey play Gigi on Broadway in America . |
| 2 | Having never seen brown coal before , she presumed the house owner would shovel the load down to his cellar when convenient . |
| 3 | She read the newspaper report of the discovery of the body . |
| 4 | Anna 's voice sank to a note of disappointment as she read the roadside sign with its oak-leaf logo . |
| 5 | She noted the flicker of a smile as he came into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee , but she ignored him , turning her back as she scanned the phone book , desperately hunting for a garage that was reasonably near to this god-forsaken place . |
| 6 | She scanned the wedding invitation , then slipped it into her bag . |
| 7 | She attacked the computer keyboard with renewed vigour . |
| 8 | Last one they had in , ’ said Gloria , and she pinned the tin brooch on to Dot 's cardigan . |
| 9 | She recovered the parish file given her by the diocesan office and spread the meagre contents out on Bishop Julian 's desk . |
| 10 | Murray 's Just Jeremy , on which she led the dressage section from Thomson by less than half a point , has only recently returned to competition following a lengthy lay-off after an operation to cure a breathing problem . |
| 11 | Reaching the middle of the field , she laid the nearside rein on the chestnut 's neck to tell him to go right . |
| 12 | She slung the milk saucepan casually on top of the other unwashed dishes in the sink , unbothered now by the mess , aware that Rachel had seen it all last night and had said nothing . |
| 13 | She made the curry powder herself . ’ |
| 14 | He stood at Rodie 's side while she made the courtyard ring with her eerie yodelling welcome . |
| 15 | Herron , 25 , threatened 20-year-old waitress Helen Calderwood with the sack unless she made the hoax call last December . |
| 16 | Yesterday , she took only 28 putts as she equalled the course record . |
| 17 | Ignoring dividends , she restated the security market line in terms of spot prices as [ E ( S t +1 ; ) - S t ( 1 + r ) ] /S t = [ E ( R M ) - r ] β i , where β i is the beta value of the asset underlying the future , with respect to the market portfolio . |
| 18 | As Eva went into the hostels she realised the Salvation Army was not there to turn people into converts , but that their work must be an extension of Christ 's love : " Jesus Christ did n't say to the man who was filled with many devils — the schizophrenic — " If you follow me I 'll cure you . |
| 19 | She consulted the defendant specialist who performed an operation to free the trapped nerve . |
| 20 | However , she checked the guest register to make sure the day in question was not overloaded with outdoor activities , and in fact it was quite free . |
| 21 | She checked the power level of her blaster , looked up — and saw the three androids simultaneously raise their hands and aim three blasters at the Dalek Killer . |
| 22 | Thus , in our example earlier , Mrs. Jones 's assent can be inferred from the fact that she unlocked the coal house door . |
| 23 | She unlocked the scullery door at seven-fifteen this morning — actually , she was late . |
| 24 | Gina followed his instructions , as he strolled away towards the kitchen , delighted when she got the ringing tone at her first attempt . |
| 25 | ‘ She got the car number — ‘ |
| 26 | Can you spell it for me ? ’ she asked the pub owner . |
| 27 | She gave Charles the address , and looked so happy and excited when she asked the Stage Door Keeper to get her the Wimbledon number , that he quite forgave her for keeping him hanging about in the draughty passage outside his box . |
| 28 | She became the elfin presence , the luck charm , the sweet pet of the forest : and when she was sixteen , she met William , four years her senior , a carpenter just out of his apprenticeship in Lorton — the next village on from Buttermere — who came every week to make the first selection of wood from her father 's stock . |
| 29 | My time at the Housing Corporation was eventful in bringing me for the first , but no means last , time into contact with Mrs Thatcher when , on the fall of the Heath government , she became the shadow Minister of the Environment , in succession to the job she had had as Minister of Education . |
| 30 | She 'd already made a bit of a name for herself , only locally but you know what the Germans are about music , and the district party bosses liked romantic pieces so she became the star turn at their more respectable booze-ups . |