Example sentences of "she had [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she had planned it the blow could not have been more accurate . |
| 2 | So she had to do it the slow way . |
| 3 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 4 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 5 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
| 6 | She glared at me , dug beneath her cloak and pushed a purse ( much leaner than the one she had given me the night before ) into my hand . |
| 7 | ‘ If she had seen you the night of the Giants she might have thought differently , ’ Ratagan said gently . |
| 8 | She wondered about the bruise on his cheek : she had noticed it the evening before when he came back from his Tuesday round . |
| 9 | She had learned it the hard way and she never let her guard slip at all . |
| 10 | Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again . |
| 11 | She was in a mindless world where she had forgotten everything about why he was there , mindless that not half an hour ago she had thought him the most hateful of men when , abruptly , shatteringly , he suddenly stilled . |
| 12 | She had told me the tunnels had now been connected up and the workmen used the subway constantly as a private short cut . |
| 13 | But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth . |
| 14 | Then he smiled , and it was as it she had told him the best news there was to tell ; and when she thought about it , she supposed that she had . |
| 15 | She had told him the truth , she discovered , staring at the polished beauty of his shoulder . |
| 16 | The Concorde ticket to New York was where she had left it the night before . |
| 17 | Early in their walk she had handed him the usual tenpenny piece , and now she heard a faint tinkle and watched while he stuck his candle in the socket , and reached for the matches in their brass holder . |
| 18 | When he returned , bearing a brand new dress in a rich burgundy shade , she had shown him the blue one . |
| 19 | She had shown him the book where it was illustrated . |