Example sentences of "she [coord] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Summer ‘ 91 , I had just retired and I was so looking forward to it when , one week ‘ into it ’ , told us that she & had parted company . |
| 2 | [ Philip Leapor ] informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way , as soon as she was capable of it ; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably , which , as he remembers , was at about ten or eleven Years old , She would often be scribbling , and sometimes in Rhyme ; which her Mother was at first pleas 'd with : But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up , when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment , she endeavour 'd to break her of it ; and that he likewise , having no Taste for Poetry , and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her , join 'd in the same Design : But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , he had of late desisted , and left her more at Liberty |
| 3 | KATE could n't make up her mind all through dinner whether Ace was playing a deep game with her or had decided that as she was available , so to speak , he intended to continue making love to her . |
| 4 | Ariel heard her and managed to decipher the words : ‘ Adesangé , god of the mountain , do not abandon me ! ’ |
| 5 | Ms Alexander , calling on Mrs Bottomley to meet a delegation of parents , said : ‘ Although it was Beverly Allitt who committed these crimes , my concern is that the hospital management failed to spot her character defects , failed to supervise her and failed to act on numerous clues , and delayed inexcusably before calling in the police . |
| 6 | And suddenly she felt fierce anger flare up inside her at the way he continually misjudged and denied her and seemed to reject every good and decent thing about her . |
| 7 | Pen , coming once more at a run to see his mother , was stopped and held by her and persuaded to come instead and play with Pilade . |
| 8 | She immediately felt sure that it was all over her and began to shiver and tremble . |
| 9 | Retired school secretary Anne Stern , 73 , was on her way to spend Thanksgiving with relatives when two shabbily-dressed youths pulled in front of her and began trying to force her off the road . |
| 10 | He had no recollection of her and began to flirt mildly . |
| 11 | He swung away from her and began to stride off . |
| 12 | He rolled on top of her and began to tickle her ribs . |
| 13 | She took a seat and drew a piece of paper towards her and began to write , the Grenfells were n't beaten yet , not by a long chalk . |
| 14 | David took the towel from her and began to dry her back . |
| 15 | He turned away from her and began to walk in the direction of the house , and after a moment 's hesitation she followed . |
| 16 | She picked up a small piece of paper lying beside her and began turning it over and over in her fingers . |
| 17 | When she saw him approaching , she lowered her gaze to the canvas before her and began to dab at it with the brush . |
| 18 | He opened his eyes , saw her and struggled to sit up . |
| 19 | With a groan , Harry tightened his arms around her and struggled to keep control of himself as he felt her response . |
| 20 | Because he knew he could n't speak of what was in his mind , he pretended he had n't heard her and continued to stare out of the window . |
| 21 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
| 22 | She sat watching him for a moment , hoping he would look around and smile ; but he kept his back turned to her and continued to gaze abstractedly out the window . |
| 23 | It was Lou — frantic , almost incoherent , reporting that Rick had vanished along with his passport , that the police had been to see her and had asked hundreds of questions . |
| 24 | He had not noticed her and had gone on his way . |
| 25 | After Aunt Emily 's death , he had informed her that he wished to speak to her and had proposed that he journey to Bishopstow for the purpose . |
| 26 | After the third visit he had , without invitation , walked home with her and had shared her tin of tomato soup and her fish fingers . |
| 27 | He had built his whole existence round her and had known more joy than he could have imagined . |
| 28 | Belinda had the case-file in front her and had handed it over without a word almost before he had realised who she was . |
| 29 | He 'd agreed to ring her and had omitted to leave a phone number . |
| 30 | Inchbad had moved across to sit beside her and had taken her hand between his finger and thumb and was exclaiming what a pretty little thing she was and it the shame of the world that her brother had had to ride of land leave her all alone . |