Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our vet says we will know if the melanomas spread internally as the mane will lose condition very quickly and in the meantime keep on using her as if nothing is wrong . |
| 2 | Worse , she had been prepared to let him go on using her , had he chosen to do so . |
| 3 | And then , so gently that she was hardly aware of what was happening — as if she was merely swaying with the tide — he gradually pulled her towards the shore , slowly drawing her up against the bare , damp skin of his broad chest . |
| 4 | Tales from Lavender Shoes ( TS405 — two cassettes ; 1 hour 50 minutes ) read by Jill Shilling is from the pen of Alison Uttley , a favourite writer for several generations of children , who enjoy her stories from the age of five or even younger and go on enjoying her for years . |
| 5 | She told Dexter what had happened in the meeting with Spittals and how he had ordered her off the case , and she asked Dexter to go on helping her . |
| 6 | In the flicker of an eyelid the hostility had vanished and he had become a model of charm and smiling good humour , as he politely asked her all about herself and answered her questions in return . |
| 7 | If he went on courting her in absentia it was because he had no choice . |
| 8 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she whispered through dry lips , and only after what seemed an eternity did he slowly lower her to one side . |
| 9 | I 'd rather throw her off the Empire State Building ! |
| 10 | He could n't go on seeing her in the circumstances . |
| 11 | Again more mildly , she added , ‘ I wish I could forbid you to go on seeing her . ’ |
| 12 | The mere fact that Penry Vaughan wished to go on seeing her , however few and far between their meetings , did wonders for her self-esteem . |
| 13 | Ms Wendy Mountford was living in a house belonging to Mr Roger Street , under a written agreement headed " Licence " , in which she expressly agreed she had no Rent Act protection . |
| 14 | And the thought of Leo actually kissing her properly made her feel positively ill ! |
| 15 | Thinking that if he ignored her , did n't show even a whisper of interest in her , she would give up and go home under her own steam , thereby allowing her to rescue some of her dignity . |
| 16 | She told me that the previous year she had confided to an American friend in Rome that the two people who most fascinated her in the world were Albert Schweitzer and Herbert von Karajan ; and a year later she was sitting in an empty hall with Walter Legge , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , and Herbert von Karajan listening to a private recital on the organ by Albert Schweitzer . |
| 17 | But before she could react , Jake went on to assure her , ‘ What 's more , you 're wrong to believe I was prying . |
| 18 | Turning to Omi , skilfully bringing her into the conversation , and complimenting her on the way the venison had been cooked . |
| 19 | ‘ Sarella ? ’ he murmured , shifting his weight a little to enable her to continue her first tentative exploration . |
| 20 | I managed to track her down and eventually got her on the telephone . |
| 21 | Helen 's ability to enjoy herself and express her objections effectively make her an easy person to help , although she is sometimes criticised for being demanding . |
| 22 | Dorinda only knows herself by the mirror : it has literally and figuratively provided her with a self-image . |
| 23 | Her latest ally , Soviet Russia , was reeling under Hitler 's onslaught and it was widely expected she could not last out the year . |
| 24 | She hopped down to the floor , but it seemed further away than she had expected and now suddenly it was rising up crazily to meet her . |
| 25 | She felt it did n't altogether suit her . |
| 26 | In the meantime I tried to find a home for Poppy to go to when ( or if ) we eventually caught her . |
| 27 | Pete was in her form at school and whenever she looked at him little quivers she could not identify started deep inside her . |
| 28 | If you 've got a daughter half your age I 'd rather screw her instead . |
| 29 | She was not there and after running frantically around the garden he eventually found her beside the old hanging tree at the bottom of the path . |
| 30 | Despite the Encomiast 's tale of how Cnut 's men , searching far and wide for a suitable wife , eventually found her in Normandy , it may be , as Keynes has argued , that Emma had remained in England throughout . |