Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] it [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That she 'd removed it to look at , I mean . |
| 2 | Coming early downstairs long before the others , she had seen it lying on the floor inside the door . |
| 3 | She had seen it happen to others many a time . |
| 4 | From where she stood it shimmered in silver under a glancing sun , though upstream at the inn , where she had seen it close to , it rolled darkly brown and turgid , and laden with the debris of bushes , for the spring thaw had come late and violently , bringing down an immense weight of snow-water from the mountains of Wales . |
| 5 | She had also been surprised at how easy she had found it to talk to him , about all the private , intimate failures and successes of her life ; fascinated to hear about his problems with the privately owned Wyndham International Banking Corporation , which he had recently taken over from his father . |
| 6 | Her mother had played war when she had had it done like that . |
| 7 | The next day Julia woke with all the trivial but uncomfortable symptoms of a developing cold , and she wondered whether she had caught it dawdling by the edge of the icy lagoon . |
| 8 | All at once she became achingly aware of the thinness of the cotton shirt that skimmed down over her thighs , the way the deep V where she had left it unbuttoned at the neck gave glimpses of the top curve of her breasts , and she immediately backed away . |
| 9 | She had left it sitting on the table in her flat , she remembered , thinking back . |