Example sentences of "she [verb] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , she admitted that she had felt very miserable for 3 or 4 months . |
| 2 | ‘ When I tackled Didi about it she admitted that she 'd taken it upon herself to bribe one of the hotel chambermaids , a girl she knew , to do both . |
| 3 | So Babushka trudged through the snow , asking everyone she met if they had seen the kings . |
| 4 | In 1988 , at a particularly lively , contentious and near-violent writers ' conference in Budapest , Angela and I listened one quiet afternoon to the omnipresent Susan Sontag as she revealed that she had devoured ( her cliche ) the great classics of English literature soon after discarding her diapers . |
| 5 | She was trembling with anger and tiredness , her legs a little unsteady from the effect of the aquavit , as she realised that it had begun to rain again . |
| 6 | She realised that she had imposed on Miss Hatherby 's kindness and she blushed for her lack of consideration . |
| 7 | She realised that she had become increasingly frustrated and dissatisfied with her life with Nicky … maybe even with Surrey … perhaps even with Maison de Levantière . |
| 8 | Too late she realised that she had let her defences down . |
| 9 | As soon as she thought this , she realised that she had resolved to do the very same every time she killed one of her pigs . |
| 10 | His voice cut into her thoughts , and she realised that he had turned to look at her . |
| 11 | Then she realised that he had gone , and she had n't even seen him leave . |
| 12 | She was lying on an examination couch before she realised that he had undressed , as well . |
| 13 | It took a few seconds before she realised that he had pulled himself away from her . |
| 14 | Then she saw how the Oxo boy on the advertisement hoarding smiled and she realized that they had come a different way by a different route and that she was nearly at Mrs Parvis 's boarding house . |
| 15 | He paused for a moment and she realized that she had said something wrong . |
| 16 | But now she realized that she had seen him before . |
| 17 | She realized that she had betrayed her knowledge of Russian by using the feminine version of the doctor 's surname . |
| 18 | Suddenly she realized that she had forgotten she was relying totally on speed speechreading . |
| 19 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
| 20 | On the journey back , she asked if they had slept together — in fact , jocularly , if Jessica had notched up another broken heart — but Jessica shook her head , without the usual laugh . |
| 21 | She asked if I had heard from you and said that she wished to read the novel you were writing , and I 'm afraid I said I thought you were writing it . |
| 22 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 23 | Henrietta came down to lunch , still shivering slightly , in a sweater and jeans , and refused to discuss her experience , telling Jacqueline not to be bloody silly when she asked if she 'd seen crocodiles . |
| 24 | She asked if he had left the boardroom before or after the altercation with his wife at the party . |
| 25 | Cos she understands that she 's got to help God I mean people around her that are suffering . |
| 26 | Citing Paul Wilkinson , professor of international relations at St Andrew 's University and head of the Research Foundation for the Study of Terrorism , as a leading proponent of this view , she reported that he had known about the timer match for almost a year . |
| 27 | Suddenly the door bell rang and she blessed that she 'd blissed the afternoon away . |
| 28 | Every precaution that she 'd taken had proved to have been justified , but she doubted that she 'd managed to do any good . |
| 29 | On reflection , though , she doubted if she 'd got enough crocks or cutlery and ‘ what was they going ter sit on ? ’ |
| 30 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |