Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [v-ing] she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | PWL 's managing director David Howells entered the debate on Kylie 's future by insisting she had the qualities to see her endure in the same way pop 's Peter Pan Cliff Richard had . |
| 2 | She had badgered her parents into letting her join the Women 's Auxiliary Territorial Service after her eighteenth birthday . |
| 3 | If she responds favourably to this ( which , if you are wise , you will have conveyed more through your attitudes than your actual words ) , you and her other helpers should try to create various circumstances or events which may stand a chance of helping her to break the habit of mourning : an interesting holiday , perhaps , or some new and mildly challenging experience which calls for her to look beyond herself to someone else in trouble , who will make her feel ‘ needed ’ . |
| 4 | That he was regretting his impulse in inviting her to spend the weekend with him was obvious . |
| 5 | It 's just so great to be on this beach at last ’ — Ffyona Campbell at Tangier after completing her walk the length of Africa . |
| 6 | Preparing potatoes at the sink with her back turned to the child can be a helpful way of encouraging her to ignore the child during eating . |