Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] she [vb past] on " in BNC.

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1 The woman turned and looked at the speaker , and there was scorn in her expression , but she said nothing until she turned on Agnes again and said , ‘ How bad is he , lass ? ’
2 and saying , what do you think cos of all the qualified ones at least she cos she worked on the elderly side .
3 I grinned then , I recall , and brought the stunter down fast and acute across the weeds and the water , the sand and the surf , scudding it in across the wind to jerk and zoom just before it hit the girl herself where she sat on the dune top holding and spasmodically jerking the string she held in her hand , connected to the sky .
4 Yet she would n't be able to live with herself if she informed on Papa .
5 And so , during the holiday , Millie was again invited to tea , and on this visit she amused them , together with their other children , a twelve-year old son , and a five-year old daughter , when she gave them an imitation of the nuns , excelling herself when she touched on Sister Mary .
6 Not only was Mrs Funnell startled , but Victoria was too , and even Peggy herself as she rounded on the old woman , crying at the top of her voice now , ‘ Like all men of his ilk , with a bloody big moaning mouth , yelling off , I , I , I , all the time , his wants .
7 At least , she consoled herself as she slipped on her jacket , her mother was n't really expecting her .
8 High heels would have elevated it to borderline evening wear but she had n't brought heels with her so she decided on gold leather flip-flops .
9 He was interested in her and she felt on top of the world …
10 It vanished completely as Alec opened the door for her and she stood on the threshold , looking into the dark , listening to the wind whining away outside the house .
11 The joint that Joey had rolled was passed to her and she drew on it gratefully .
12 A cow lashed out at her and she slipped on the wet floor .
13 Hopefully as well as affectionately , he did so ; undressing her as she lay on the too-large hotel bed and stroking her shoulders and upper arms .
14 Jezrael felt hemmed in ; her snow-suit felt heavy , the air-bottle on her bicep dragging at her as she sucked on it .
15 Guilt gnawed at her as she pulled on a high-cut navy and white striped swimsuit , with a printed fuchsia flower breaking the uniform stripe over her left hip .
16 He stood before her as she sat on a low chair , and drenched her with his urine .
17 He stood looking down at her as she sat on the grass , clutching the ring .
18 She dragged the heavy tome along with her when she went on tour to Japan to give her plenty of bed time reading on her favourite subject .
19 He was a little way behind her when she knocked on the study door .
20 but er , a lot of them got on the twelve six , you goes the twelve thirty one any way we waved to her when she got on it the coach you see was full at Bart Green , you got , at Redditch
21 Nevertheless , it awoke an unexpected flood of tenderness towards him in her , because it made him so very human , this man of whom she had once been so deeply in awe and whose power over her still unnerved her when she reflected on the realities of their relationship .
22 Right , it 's about this erm lady , I 'll make it that she lived on Dartmoor with her erm grandson erm and her moth and he sa daughter and she is a gran , she was a grandlady a grandmother .
23 It is known that he and she spoke on the telephone at about the time the power of attorney was executed .
24 She said she slept in it because she worked on a computer that was only available to her at night and there was no point in going home after 2am .
25 They 'd been in it only a year , but Mrs Yardley had lavished as much effort on it as she had on her beautiful cake .
26 ‘ You say that every time , ’ said Ilsa , winking at me as she pulled on white gloves : I 'll see you tomorrow and tell you everything ! ’
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