Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was when Lizzy was sipping her cider that she realised what the man with the leather jacket was doing . |
| 3 | And then she realised what the porter was really asking her . |
| 4 | The moment she came to the top step , she realised what the matter was . |
| 5 | As this thing got near the end obviously making for her side , away from the door , she realised what the round blob was — ; it was the nub of the umbrella they had bought their daughter . |
| 6 | She envied them the sense of occasion and togetherness that they had . |
| 7 | She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him . |
| 8 | Her tone grew colder as she realized what the sergeant meant . |
| 9 | He was going out with a silly cow of an art student and she lent him the book . |
| 10 | She lent me the money to get my second bike — that Triumph Speed Twin : it had a lot of poke for the size . |
| 11 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 12 | Suddenly she knew the answer , even as she asked herself the question , and realised what she had to do . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | When she passed him the number of her room ( thinking no one else knew she had ) and left to await him , he remained in the ballroom drinking , and when I left at midnight he was still there looking bored and lonely , missing his live-in girlfriend Marie Lisa Volpelierre ( who not long after died so tragically in a riding accident ) . |
| 15 | Their hands touched as she passed him the bottle . |
| 16 | She passed him the tin and the spoon , and lay on the floor looking at the gas fire , and then she went to sleep . |
| 17 | She tried not to imagine his sympathetic brown eyes looking into hers , and his disarming smile when she spoke to him , perhaps their hands touching as she passed him the local anaesthetic — This is no use ! she admonished herself , rubbing energetically at a stainless steel trolley . |
| 18 | And apparently she phoned her the other night at half past twelve and said can you come and pick me up ? said no . |
| 19 | and erm , she phoned me the night before last for the results come through |
| 20 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 21 | Meryl wrote to tell us of Lena 's general kindness , saying she found her the most helpful and patient person she knew . |
| 22 | When she found it the scene was stark . |
| 23 | Having said she would never teach she found it the only way to keep up her Mathematics and bring up a family , so via an evening Technical College Lectureship she slipped into school teaching and has enjoyed it ! |
| 24 | She drew him the length of her body , and he glided into her as she kissed his mouth . |
| 25 | She estimated what the size of the labour force in the United States would have been in 1960 by making two assumptions : ( a ) if death rates had not declined since 1900 , the labour force would have been over 13 million less in 1960 ; ( b ) if death rates had declined from 1900–1920 but remained the same level after that , the labour force would have been 6 million smaller in 1960 . |
| 26 | ‘ Which way ? ’ he asked , when at last the engine spluttered into life , and she directed him the wrong way round so that they might overtake and confront the trio lurching towards Midnight Mass . |
| 27 | While she filled the tank of the lady 's car she told her the legend of the Brownies ' Bridge . |
| 28 | She told her the plain truth . |
| 29 | SHE TOLD me the story , but not before she had advised me that she was absolutely scandalized . |
| 30 | where it , she said it was too big for her and er she wanted something smaller , with a swap , well I did n't swap for the reason mine was overlooking the lake , it was in a better position , and er , then she told me the reason she wanted to swap cos er , she said it was too big cos her husband had died , I started to speak to her about when God 's kingdom comes on the earth , these dead ones will come back , these loved ones |