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Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	With growing awareness — and wariness — he had started to notice that Sandra worked at being what he wanted her to be , or at least what she presumed he wanted her to be .
2	Perhaps she thinks I hate her for giving me up . ’
3	She asked him to test her on fielding positions , and he marked out on the sand the two sets of stumps and the ten fielding positions around them .
4	She was afraid he would ask her about herself and to forestall this she asked him to tell her about his training and what he hoped for in the future .
5	‘ She asked me to give it to the lady who had been in court with her child , and to ask if you would take care of her till she could come for her . ’
6	And er you know she asked me to cut it for her so I cut it for her .
7	It never was when she invited him to meet her at the flat ; she was keeping him and Stock out of each other 's way .
8	Leonora whirled round , flushing as she found him watching her from the doorway .
9	She found herself telling him about the Vermeer she had been painstakingly copying , and then with a shudder of its destruction .
10	But it jogged a memory somewhere , and she found herself examining it with a growing sense of unease .
11	Maggie was still not in any condition to argue and she found herself following him to the dark little bar , almost running a gauntlet of greetings from the men standing around .
12	She was so exhausted that she let me help her without protesting , and finally we sat down together near the fire with our cups of tea .
13	It protested at once , so she let him carry her to the living-room .
14	She let him accompany her into the small lounge where the set was kept in segregation from the vocal and gregarious fishermen , and settle her in a comfortable chair , cheek by jowl with a single elderly lady , who seemed pleased to have company , and disposed to conversation .
15	She let him pour it for her while she threw another log on to the fire , smashing a cathedral of embers .
16	Like a zombie she let him lead her from Tivoli , allowed him to fasten the seatbelt of the Mercedes round her , followed him into the apartment , standing motionless while he switched on the soft wall lighting .
17	‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed .
18	And she was so terrified she let him take me to — he said — the women 's hospital .
19	She let him drown her in the deep water , too weak even to raise her hands to cling to him .
20	But she let him help her into a chair .
21	She forbade him to accompany her beyond the door and walked alone over the golden sand past the flower-beds to the gate .
22	She says they condemned her to a lifetime of pain and disability .
23	In a civil action at Wick Sheriff Court , Surria Amin is suing her brother-in-law , Mohammed Hafeez , for the return of money and jewels she says she gave him for safe-keeping pending settlement of her husband 's estate .
24	She says I threw it at him .
25	She noticed he called her by her title , not her Christian name .
26	He tapped her on the shoulder-Excuse me — and when she turned he took her by the wrist and round the waist , holding her close , whisking her on to the floor .
27	As she turned she saw him with startling clarity , brightly instantaneous as a camera flash .
28	Miserably she allowed him to settle her in the taxi .
29	However , she allowed him to squire her to the desk , without comment and with a straight face , told him the number of her key , though keys were almost an affectation at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , more for ornament than use , and let him take it down for her and escort her to the foot of the oak staircase , which wound in slightly drunken lurches about a narrow well , the polished treads hollowed by centuries of use .
30	Rachel 's pulses thundered as she allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor beneath the flashing lights .