Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They got 'er took away in the end . |
| 2 | As he jerked she launched herself , and stood beside him , his arm around her , his face in her stomach and her breasts . |
| 3 | When she arrived at Lynx some hours later she found that the door to the office was propped open , and as soon as she entered she understood the reason . |
| 4 | She took the lift up to the sixth floor and came to the room one O nine , which was her room , as she entered she noticed cobwebs and dampness on the walls , she flung her bed , bags on the bed and went downstairs to supper , after her supper she went to report , she went to the reception desk to report the cobwebs and dampness , she rang the bell a few times but no one answered , she was just about to go back to her room when she heard Mr Sandy the receptionist in the back room talking to her assistant , I put the body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe , Jane ran upstairs and sure enough there was a body , Jane rang the police then straight away , please could you come to the Riverside Hotel , there 's something I think you should see , there was a knock at the door and Mr Sandy answered it , hello , oh hello we 've just had phone call from here , are you sure this is the right hotel ? |
| 5 | I remember how he described the messages Mme Guérigny maintained she received from Montaine . |
| 6 | When her husband rose she lay a while , dreaming . |
| 7 | Suddenly she put her arms out and pulled the young girl to her ; and when Jessie 's sobs rose she warned her quickly , ‘ Be quiet ! |
| 8 | All at once she had to notch her belt tighter , found she had hipbones , cheekbones , found her breasts were round and firm . |
| 9 | She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week . |
| 10 | He looked round for Catherine and found she had vanished . |
| 11 | By listening to the story , Dot found she had become brave . |
| 12 | This she did , however , rather rapidly and the next moment I found she had overtaken me and was standing before me , effectively barring my way . |
| 13 | But one major turning point came when she started going to carpentry evening classes and found she had real talent for do-it-yourself . |
| 14 | Dr Nick Walters , exercise physiologist at the University of Westminster , tested Margaret on his Futrex 5000 computer , which analyses body muscle , fat and water , and found she had a fat proportion of 28 per cent — well above her recommended level of 22 per cent . |
| 15 | Cecilia found she had clenched her fists and was driving her nails into the palms of her hands . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , when the time came to devour the cakes , she found she had difficulty in eating hers because of its hardness . |
| 17 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 18 | Perhaps the cultural divide was emphasized by being lovers and she quickly found she had nothing to say to him . |
| 19 | Because she had no man , Clare also suddenly found she had no public identity and was not likely to get asked to dinner parties , for society seemed to move only in couples . |
| 20 | When I visited Estella 's London home , I found she had gone to stay with Miss Havisham , and so , leaving Magwitch in Herbert 's care , I went by coach to the town I knew so well . |
| 21 | She found she had torn most of the mourning band away from her sleeve and there was nothing for it but to pull it off entirely . |
| 22 | When she found she had survived she felt like Lazarus . |
| 23 | She had originally intended to resell them but found she had grown attached to them and had built shelves in her sitting-room . |
| 24 | We were therefore very disappointed when Ms de Jonghe found she had to cancel everything at practically the last minute . |
| 25 | Her fingers began to move over the sheet of paper , but when she had finished drawing the circle of standing stones , she found she had also sketched in the figure of Julius . |
| 26 | Rachel found she had to almost bite her tongue to prevent herself making some comment . |
| 27 | Suddenly Rachel found she had a lump in her throat . |
| 28 | But on receiving no reply , he seemed hellbent on goading her , and she found she had no chance to be passive , meek and mild , when he went on to taunt , ‘ You 're paid well , I 'll grant , but even so … ’ his eyes flicked over her good quality suit which , while not drawing attention to her figure , had been costly ‘ … |
| 29 | When she saw his hands at his sides clench into aggressive fists , ‘ No , ’ she found she had answered truthfully . |
| 30 | She secured her garage door and , having decided to walk round to the front of the building to find out what Naylor was so furious about , she turned around — and found she had no need to go anywhere . |