Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Apart from an occasional tendency to treat me like the ayah she had in India as a child , she 's the perfect landlady . ’ |
| 2 | But I 'm sure that once she joins you in the pool she will find it easy enough to slip into the flow of things . |
| 3 | No matter how hard she protested that The Delinquents was not soft porn , the film transformed her into the sex-siren she secretly desired to become . |
| 4 | It annoyed her even more that his continuing aristocratic demeanour disappointed her after the way she had been thinking about him . |
| 5 | She was gabbling , her voice breathy and barely under control , because she 'd raised her eyes to his face only to find the expression there more disturbing than the casual masculine pose he 'd adopted , and which had already reminded her of the night she 'd spent in his bed . |
| 6 | France and Belgium were the two lesser industrial powers and although France had been a big eighteenth-century producer of coal , her resources were unable to provide her with the fuel she needed for industry on the German scale . |
| 7 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 8 | Amidst the noise of children shouting , women calling across the alley , and dogs barking , Sarah seemed to hear her father condemning her for the way she had behaved these last months , and her misery grew . |
| 9 | Under Lily Laverock 's auspices , she came to Vancouver on an annual concert tour , and when Marjorie Agnew and I approached her on the matter she was delighted to become a sponsor . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're all fine , there 's no damage to the building and we 've been able to continue broadcasting without interruption , ’ she assured him , her voice sharp as resentment rose , and she went on to inform him of the decision she had taken . |
| 11 | ‘ In her mind , she 'd twisted her into the daughter she and Gaston never had . |
| 12 | It was also reported that a new chapter in Andrew Morton 's controversial biography of the Princess would include details of a letter from the Duke warning her of the damage she was causing the Royal Family . |
| 13 | ‘ We would normally do it on the day she moves in . ’ |
| 14 | He took her hand , linking his long , hard fingers between hers , joining them in a physical as well as a mental bond , and suddenly Fran knew that she wanted to tell him the one thing that had fashioned her into the woman she was . |
| 15 | The entire world shrank to the mere fifteen feet separating her from the man she had thought never to see again . |
| 16 | I mean I have n't thanked her for the money she sent . |
| 17 | It was doubtful that Lady Claudia would furnish her with the information she needed , no matter how much the family reputation was at stake . |
| 18 | Beth had a love for children , but how she wished she could have borne them for the man she loved , instead of the man she was indebted to . |
| 19 | As Maggie took the things from the tray and set them on the table she said , ‘ I know what you 're thinking : we 're slightly barmy . ’ |
| 20 | She rang erm a le , did she tell so , did , mum tell you about the time she had erm some calls about two in the morning ? |
| 21 | The following evening , when Kathy came to check on her , it was obvious that Clare blamed her for the shape she was in . |
| 22 | He said it lightly but as she followed him from the staff-room she was aware that her heart had begun to beat very fast . |
| 23 | When we followed her into the bedroom she ordered us out , saying it was no place for kids . |
| 24 | Now , to confound her , there was that man — if she truly had recognised him in the wreck she had seen . |
| 25 | Rescuing a piece of the frill from the dress , Ellie cut it to the shape she wanted , attached it with pins to the back of the headband , laid it down , picked up Terry 's brush , backcombed the other girl 's hair so that it stood further out from her head , giving a similarity of the style she thought she should have , carefully arranged the head-dress , and turned Terry back to the mirror . |
| 26 | If she was depressed for a time , he blamed it on the illness she had had , and was sympathetic . |
| 27 | It hardly seemed fair to keep them in the cage she had made out of an old claret case she had dragged up from the cellar . |
| 28 | She got me she had to kiss me on the arse she fucking she had to be there thirty seconds to get the points and I farted at about ten seconds |
| 29 | And her suppliant 's face , round and even in this twilight , thickly flushed in the hectic way that he had seen before , repulsed him and made him take her by the arm she had raised and move it like a detached limb back to her side . |
| 30 | One thing she had to say about Dad , at least he had prepped her for the world she was going to have to live in . |