Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] she in a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I met her in a big line-up of people and it was very difficult for her . |
2 | I found her in a large day-room where groups of elderly ladies sat in plastic-covered armchairs . |
3 | ‘ I screwed her in a hot-air balloon . |
4 | ‘ The trouble is I love her in a different way . |
5 | When I put her in a small paddock while I muck out , she licks the soil for about ten minutes . |
6 | ‘ She also told me she is going to ask you to help her in a little project , ’ he said , grinning mischievously . |
7 | ‘ Well , she went just for a lark , y'know , but this Mabel , she 's very serious , never got married , y'know — not surprisin' either when you see 'er in a strong light . |
8 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
9 | they put her in a bloody trolley and oh course she said , this woman said erm |
10 | The same social worker eventually , quite inappropriately , arranged Part 3 accommodation for Mrs X and they placed her in a residential old people 's home . |
11 | He enveloped her in a large towel and began a vigorous and painful rubbing . |
12 | He found her in a small kitchen . |
13 | He helped her in a two-year battle against cancer and to come to terms with her double mastectomy . |
14 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
15 | He fixed her in a maddened stare and she saw the blood running from his gashed hand . |
16 | ‘ The only way you 're going to hurt me is by running away from me , ’ he told her in a rough voice . |
17 | ‘ I would n't bother coming back , ’ he told her in a detached voice . |
18 | ‘ It is a lucky man or woman , ’ he told her in a soft voice , ‘ who is blessed with the privilege of being able to pick and choose the challenges he or she must face in life . |
19 | Fernando smiled thinly as he cocooned her in a fluffy towel and rubbed her back to dry her . |
20 | It finds her in a maximum security prison on a far-off planet . |
21 | During their conversation he watched her in a worried way . |
22 | He put her in an open boat , with no oars , at the mouth of the River Aberlessie which , the chronicle says , was called ‘ The Mouth of Stench ’ because of the thousands of rotting fish cast on the sands . |
23 | But having left till the morning when she was due , I could n't even let Cathy know because it puts her in an awkward position , suddenly turn up on the day . |
24 | After several hours Matron managed to calm him down but he left her in a terrible mood . |
25 | Once inside he left her in a dim , dingy room where she sat with her bundle and the firm belief that the cruel joke would soon be over and she 'd be taken back to her ward . |
26 | His face set grimly , he wrapped her in a warm , dry bathsheet , then sat her on a stool and sponged her face , smoothing the tangled curls from her pallid face . |
27 | He wrapped her in a scarlet blanket , and carried her up the outside area steps . |
28 | Oh , there was still sex , but what astonished her in a distant way was that he did n't notice any difference . |