Example sentences of "she would [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally burst into such a fit of giggling , Jess thought she 'd explode from the tight lacings of her bodice . |
| 2 | Posh Porky seemed to be torn between going along with her old man to the synagogue and staying put at the shop , where she 'd sit by the window and start scoffing cream buns the moment he was out of sight . |
| 3 | It might be part of her job to parade through the ballroom but she surely did n't want to have to prattle facts and figures for what she was wearing now , a skin-tight concoction of bugle heads and sequins that probably cost more than she 'd make for the entire year . |
| 4 | She 'd make for the kitchen , she thought , and let herself out through the back door . |
| 5 | Leonora dreamed of the fierce rapture they 'd shared on the island and began to long for Penry to want her violently , to stop treating her like a younger sister , and sometimes after he 'd gone she 'd stare in the mirror in discontent , wishing she were tall , or voluptuous , or blonde . |
| 6 | Although she 'd protest at the mere notion , she sacrificed a possible future career as a contralto — to put marriage and the family first . |
| 7 | What she 'd do to the unions , dole scroungers , the unemployed ? |
| 8 | Robyn gave a small cry of frustration and wrapped the gown close around her naked breasts , cursing the flush of embarrassment that surged upwards until she felt as if she 'd burn with the intensity of it . |
| 9 | And she 'd go on the demonstrations in it too , I 've seen her at a rally in a park dragging that beaded hem through the mud . |
| 10 | She 'd go to the shops , then have a bath , change into — what ? |
| 11 | So she 'd go to the chemist not to the doctor then ? |
| 12 | Or she 'd go to the pictures perhaps . |
| 13 | Rella would point to the sixth dot and say solemnly : ‘ This is here , ’ and she 'd point at the floor , to make sure I understood . |
| 14 | One thing that he noticed ; every now and again she 'd glance at the uncurtained window , as if she was checking the progress of the oncoming darkness . |
| 15 | ‘ Poor exploited things , ’ she 'd say of the couples who entered , hand in hand , full of pleasurable anticipation . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ she 'd say to the daffodils and tulips when they had stopped flowering , ‘ I 'll see you again next year . ’ |
| 17 | " You take after your father , liking sex , " she 'd say in the regretful tone you might use for a hereditary disease . |
| 18 | She 'd come in and do the washing in the morning , and if it was a nice bright day she 'd iron in the afternoon . |
| 19 | ‘ Whether she 'd approve of the people who 'll be living here I do n't know . |
| 20 | He did n't tell anyone about her visits ; he had a kind of superstitious fear that if he spoke of her , she 'd vanish like the fairy folk . |
| 21 | The two girls were rescued from the car by their mother uninjured … she 'd run after the car in a vain attempt to pull on the handbrake . |
| 22 | They 'd exchanged one brief glance only since she 'd run from the stable that morning . |
| 23 | She had n't seen Luke since the afternoon when she 'd run from the office , having confined her windsurfing to early Saturday mornings , safe in the knowledge that his tuition of the children took place later in the day . |
| 24 | Of course , she 'd get at the boy if she could . |
| 25 | She knew that much from the English-language books she 'd read during the evenings , sitting in the Sabatini library . |
| 26 | It was a month now since she 'd left Heymouth , and she 'd read in the newspapers that a great deal had been accomplished there . |
| 27 | I had no idea how old and crotchety she 'd become over the last few years . ’ |
| 28 | And yet … the thought crept back just before she drifted off to sleep … it had been rather nice that he had actually noticed her in the past , and noticed her to such an extent that he was now in a position to compare the woman she 'd become to the girl she 'd once been . |
| 29 | She was seeking the next angle , the next approach , knowing that she 'd have at the most a couple of minutes to make her pitch . |
| 30 | If they refused we were to let her know and she 'd write to the bishop . |