Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] she [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , after all , it was not humility that restrained her from believing herself to be at first sight infinitely interesting , for she believed herself to be the equal even of Clelia Denham : it was simply a deference to the law of probability . |
| 2 | I did ring Agnes away back in January and thanked her for having you ; I was ringing her partly to tell her that , strangely , one of her Hungarian friends from Southampton ( called ) is now the computer expert at Chambers , whose services I 've been using recently to accomplish the final formatting of my questionnaire and piece of sample text . |
| 3 | His lips continued to hold her captive , weaving some dark spell around her that seduced her senses and lured her into sharing a virgin part of herself with this man … this man , with whom , of all the men she had ever met , she wanted least to share these secrets of herself . |
| 4 | " Say " Goodbye " nicely to Miss Nicandra and thank her for coming to pay you a little visit . " |
| 5 | Increasing financial difficulties became another problem when Rotha Lintorn Orman 's mother cut her allowance , believing that the BF had been taken over by disreputable elements , who lived off her daughter 's money and manipulated her by making her increasingly dependent on alcohol and drugs . |
| 6 | When she was released she had gained some weight , but it was fear of rehospitalisation rather than a true recovery that kept her from losing all the weight again . |
| 7 | Her tests confirmed my diagnosis , so I prescribed some mild medication , a strict diet and bullied her into taking more exercise . ’ |
| 8 | The servant also said Mick phoned Jerry on Monday and blasted her for discussing their marriage in public . |
| 9 | During his convalescence he met the girl who was to become his wife at the local hunt ball and married her before returning to France . |
| 10 | IN FEBRUARY the High Court in London heard how a Sussex-based antiques dealer knocked on the door of an elderly spinster 's Knightsbridge flat and talked her into parting with an art collection worth more than £30,000 . |
| 11 | The magistrates fined her £130 and disqualified her from driving for 19 months . |
| 12 | Her first series on the Munros drew strong reactions from people who either loved her approach or criticised her for including ‘ flip ’ material . |
| 13 | ‘ Boats and women , ’ he said in a voice that reminded her of melting dark chocolate . |
| 14 | Mr Burrows said Smith then made his victim lie on the floor and raped her before ordering her to have intercourse again by sitting astride him , threatening to stab her if she refused . |
| 15 | Her safety-valve , the thing that prevented her from going round the bend , was the fun of devising and dishing out these splendid punishments , and the lovely thing was that they seemed to work , at any rate for short periods . |
| 16 | Between June and September , his mother , Margie Coleman , in Birmingham , Alabama , received about 20 calls on her unlisted phone from men threatening to kill her son , to kidnap his wife and children and to harm her for taking them in . |
| 17 | You 've just said that you took one look at Lotta and wanted her without knowing a thing about her , and now you 're telling me exactly the same thing . |
| 18 | He said ‘ goodbye ’ to our neighbour and thanked her for 'everything ’ , and he squeezed her hand . |
| 19 | June welcomed Kay Evans and thanked her for sparing time once again to attend our training day ; also Rita Quick who had made the long journey south from Newcastle to assist with the training . |
| 20 | Then he drove for 45 minutes to a deserted spot and raped her before dumping his sobbing victim in the village of Cheriton , near Winchester , Hants — 10 miles from where he first struck . |