Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] she [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She gave a tiny shrug , hating the weakness in herself that pushed her to probe for details . |
| 32 | Putting down his glass and removing hers , he gripped her shoulders and propelled her to stand in front of the mirror . |
| 33 | Whilst Zborowski was still in the south of France Modigliani met Madame Zborowska in the street and asked her to pose for him . |
| 34 | The following afternoon Heather called for Shirley , who was in her Six and who lived two doors away from her , and asked her to go with her to Olinton Farm to get some butter . |
| 35 | ‘ After a few weeks he told her he was going home , and asked her to go with him . |
| 36 | He was away that weekend hang-glinding , and asked her to go with him . |
| 37 | She rang Sylvia in New York , and asked her to come to Washington . |
| 38 | That 's why I telephoned Eleanor last night and asked her to come to the house this morning . |
| 39 | The builder should be summoned to scrutinize the small growth on the pantry 's outer wall , and her husband had informed her that the bank had made another balls-up and requested her to deal with it . |
| 40 | , And much as she had disliked the old women when they were grasping at her and joking about her , she did notice that they comforted her mother , talking about her two lovely clever daughters , and made her join in a bit of a singsong and made her laugh . |
| 41 | He lit the gas-fire and made her kneel in front of it to warm herself . |
| 42 | Instead he was extremely magnanimous towards Anna which irritated her further , and made her repulsed by everything to do with him . |
| 43 | Dr Neil registered how withdrawn she was , and once they were back home hot , sugary tea was poured down her in a constant stream , and then , despite the warmth of the day , Matey put a shawl around her shoulders and made her sit near the fire . |
| 44 | He clasped her arm and made her get to her feet , but she shook herself free immediately . |
| 45 | She took Alice to the sitting-room , and made her get inside the sleeping-bag . |
| 46 | The ensemble gave her a slinky , model-like elegance and made her feel like an actress playing a part … a nightclub scene , probably … instead of her normal self . |
| 47 | All the same , I insisted that we should pay our share of the electricity , heating , et cetera , and made her agree to that . |
| 48 | It was only when Maisie emerged from the back kitchen , wearing her third headscarf of the morning ( this one was in Liberty print and made her look as if she was about to go out to watch titled men shooting grouse ) , that he felt emboldened to get close enough to hear what they were saying . |
| 49 | There was a tone in his voice that Breeze had never heard before — a tone that startled her , and made her look at him with wide , bewildered eyes . |
| 50 | When she turned her head away he captured her face between strong hands and made her look at him . |
| 51 | Bending down , he stared into her face , his long fingers strangely gentle as he cupped her cheek and made her look at him . |
| 52 | Right at this moment she would have given anything for a sight of Shirley and endured her fussing with pleasure . |
| 53 | Ginny smoothed her hands on her dress and got her breathing under some sort of control . |
| 54 | He suddenly looked up and caught her looking at him . |
| 55 | He turned and caught her looking at him as they strolled idly along by the whispering dark Mediterranean , and impulsively he stopped and pulled her into his arms for a quick hard hug . |
| 56 | He looked up suddenly , and caught her staring at him . |
| 57 | He looked up and caught her staring at him . |
| 58 | Prince Richard approached then and invited her to dance with him , and she smilingly accepted , feeling like one in a dream . |
| 59 | He spread his hands wide in a gesture of incomprehension and invited her to make of this unexpected turn of events what she could . |
| 60 | He pulled his craft over to the ferry wharf and invited her to jump aboard which she did . |