Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] she [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did cross my mind that she might actually get across the damn thing and hit land before the wind dropped , but I reckoned that even if that happened I had done my best , and honour was satisfied . |
| 2 | I let her share my house because she could only afford a tiny flat of her own , and she bosses me around as if she 's the one with the money . |
| 3 | But there was a secret smile beneath the bland expression , and she worried about his intentions , feeling in her heart that she could never entirely trust Lucenzo . |
| 4 | It came into her mind that she should just run away , off along the waterline like the dog , and leave this nightmare situation far behind her … . |
| 5 | He was her sole reason for getting up at all , the only incentive to clothe and feed herself and drag herself from her bedroom where she would much prefer to stay . |
| 6 | He observed that his authority and influence were likely to have put her still more off her guard than she would naturally have been from her age and inexperience ; that a fear and awe of the prisoner might check her resistance … ’ |
| 7 | She was sure the neighbourhood would initially be outraged at her living alone , despite the presence of more servants than she knew what to do with , but she was proof against their opinion and she would only be a nine days ' wonder in any case . |
| 8 | Her remark that she could always have stayed home and made cookies has discomfited Republicans , not least Barbara Bush . |
| 9 | The previous evening they had insisted on taking her to the cinema , ignoring her protests that she would rather see the Molière play at the Comédie Française , to watch Jacques Prévert 's film Les Enfants du Paradis . |
| 10 | The words rang so clear in her head that she could hardly believe she had n't spoken them aloud . |
| 11 | Old Mrs Rogers has lost a lot of her marbles but she 'd surely know if it was someone actually living along there . ’ |
| 12 | Going to help to develop her things if she can already do it ! |
| 13 | While she knows that Prince William will one day become king she is firm in her belief that she will never become queen . |
| 14 | Martha watched in silence , unconsciously rubbing her palm on her dress because she could still feel the crisp impact of Nana 's hair against her hand . |
| 15 | Her heart was pumping so violently against her breastbone that she could hardly breathe . |
| 16 | There was little enough in her life that she could honestly say was exciting , but that morning she was a little nervous , and , yes , a little excited . |
| 17 | Well , this was the greatest challenge of her life and she would damn well face it if it killed her . |
| 18 | What Eileen had done , of course , when she reached the stage in her life when she might naturally have been considering starting a family , was subconsciously to ‘ invent ’ her illness in order that she might be spared the horrors of it all . |
| 19 | The events of her childhood that she could really call happy . |
| 20 | It had started when they discovered she was meeting Rob , and they had asked for her promise that she would never see him again . |
| 21 | When he touched a gentle knuckle to her cheek , she started ; her breath lodged somewhere in her throat and she could only stand helplessly as he untied the ribbon securing her hair . |
| 22 | As it was , Clare had acquired a taste for reading , and had her nose constantly in a book ; and it occurred to her mother that she might very well undertake the tuition of Olivia , to save the cost of hiring another governess . |
| 23 | Merrill had the distinct feeling that he had noticed her distraction and she could only hope he had n't guessed the reason for it . |
| 24 | It 's his daughter and she 'll always be his daughter , and God Almighty Himself wo n't dare put a spoke in between them , or else . |
| 25 | Occasionally he talked in his sleep but she could never make out what he was saying . |
| 26 | She bridled at his tone , irritated hugely by his assumption that she 'd simply drop everything to dance to his bidding . |
| 27 | He 'd dandled her on his knee when she could hardly walk . |
| 28 | and Gary says he does n't want them going round there so I said well I 'll ask your mum if she will then I can |
| 29 | the money that 's built up er in , is put away in that trust to come straight over to your daughter so she would actually get that money . |
| 30 | ‘ He is not of our world and she will finally realise it . ’ |