Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slanted him a scornful glance . |
| 2 | She flung him a savage little smile . |
| 3 | He advanced towards her and she flung him a look full of wrath , annoyingly conscious of his height and the wide breadth of his shoulders . |
| 4 | She met him a few days after she started the job . |
| 5 | He 'd allowed her closer than anyone else , and when his clothes were off and he was tired she read him the way she read the weather or the mountains or the dust , she ran her fingers over his pale , scarred body and she guessed close to the truth . |
| 6 | She Oh that is that one where she expected you a week early ? |
| 7 | She made him a sandwich and brought it to the table . |
| 8 | He begged her not to miss the party they were invited to on his account , so she made him a hot drink , turned on the TV and , making no bones about it , said she would be back in the morning . |
| 9 | When the man who waited with her crept to her shoulder and whispered in her ear , as he did several times between his nervous pacings about the room , she made him no answer , and never seemed even to be aware of him , though her braced tension made it plain that nothing that passed in this apartment escaped her instant notice . |
| 10 | So I went to a designer , Denise Vaughan of Deni Vee , and she made me a couple of suits which really pleased me and I believed that I was on to something . |
| 11 | Before I left , she made me a present |
| 12 | And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down |
| 13 | Or if your mother had got a say she made you a meat and tater pie in a little dish , if you took this little dish with you , the lady used to er warm it up for you . |
| 14 | that was the first time we had an inkling there was anything , and that was the Sunday before we moved and he said do you mind if I come and bring the shed up and then I can stop in there and I go and have , a , anyway , he came with Alan and she made you a cup of coffee did n't she ? |
| 15 | To teach herself to handle thought , she made it a practise never to permit herself to touch a brush until she could answer these questions , in writing , in the fewest possible words : ‘ What attracted me to this subject ? ’ 'Why do I want to paint it ? ’ 'What is the thing I am trying to express ? ’ |
| 16 | She made it a point to tell people as little about herself as possible . |
| 17 | She envied them the sense of occasion and togetherness that they had . |
| 18 | And I 'm no good at tying laces so she got me a pair of Adidas you know with the velcro , |
| 19 | So she said I think that was damn rude she said she 's just slammed the phone down on Deborah and there 's really no need for that , well she said it 's private between me and Debbie , then we found out she got her a job |
| 20 | He was going out with a silly cow of an art student and she lent him the book . |
| 21 | When I showed her she lent me a silk shawl to drape round my shoulders and over my breasts . |
| 22 | She lent me a couple of hundred quid because I was in financial difficulty . |
| 23 | And Mrs Fawcett came rushing up to the hospital with the perfect solution : she lent me a battery-operated portable radio . |
| 24 | She lent me the money to get my second bike — that Triumph Speed Twin : it had a lot of poke for the size . |
| 25 | But after her shower she asked them a lot of questions about safety in the factory . |
| 26 | Then she asked him a question in Yorkshire dialect , because that was his language . |
| 27 | ‘ Is this a regular haunt of yours ? ’ she asked him a little waspishly . |
| 28 | Perhaps if she asked him a simple , straightforward question she would receive a simple , straightforward answer in return . |
| 29 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 30 | ‘ There , Mr Cottle , ’ Mary Ann was saying to the traveller in jelly , as she passed him the bread and butter , ‘ this 'll put roses in your cheeks . ’ |