Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] she [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had asked her what was happening and she told him as truthfully as possible . |
| 2 | He presented the music box , which was received with every expression of pleasure by Isobel , and the monkey to Dorothy , who could not help laughing when she saw it , because it was so typical of a craze for stuffed animals amongst the girls she had met in Tollemarche . |
| 3 | Quite out of the blue her sense of the ridiculous erupted ; the parallel he 'd drawn appealed to her , and she found herself actually laughing as she handed him one of the bowls . |
| 4 | The shriek that went up as she sank back on to a wicker sofa drumming her heels on the ground and yelling and shouting that she wished he were dead , and that she 'd been dishonoured , made him quite alarmed . |
| 5 | He strode on ahead of her , rather than waiting for her to join him as he would normally have done , and the slightly calculated rudeness had her frowning as she followed him into his office . |
| 6 | We went on listening as she informed us that she had progressed from the easy-peasies such as Keats and Dickens to the Russian heavy brigade . |
| 7 | Leonora whirled round , flushing as she found him watching her from the doorway . |
| 8 | She was grinning as she said it , but he did n't take that in and yelled at her about Women 's Lib claptrap . |
| 9 | Rune filled her glass , watching her as she half emptied it in one long swallow , waiting until she replaced it on the table before enquiring mildly , ‘ Then what happened ? ’ |
| 10 | Oh that 's very nice of you but I did n't know whether you were or not and she phoned , no I phoned her and she 's going and she said she 'd come for me so |
| 11 | She was n't lying when she told me about him and she lies awake at night crying for him . |
| 12 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 13 | Rachel could sense her father 's anger rising and she knew she had to defuse the situation quickly . |
| 14 | Keep moving till she burned it out . |
| 15 | Her shoes went flying as she kicked them off her feet . |
| 16 | Those letters would be bound to point out to Gina how badly she 'd treated him , telling her to reform and to save her marriage if they were religious , or else saying that she deserved it if he got someone else . |
| 17 | Wolfgang fell into the trap and signed the document , whereupon Constanze dramatically tore it up , saying that she trusted him and needed no written assurance of his intentions . |
| 18 | The gipsies looked so threatening that she thought they were going to attack Angela 's father , but Farmer Yatton stood his ground , and presently the gipsies , grumbling loudly , began to move their horses , which they had unharnessed , back between the shafts of the caravans . |
| 19 | so she said while you 've been doing that she said she 's been sort of gassing to anybody you know , so she said it 's been mentioned by management and they said oh well she 'll be able to sort of hovering while she stood there you know , time , time to natter she could be erm , got time to do that . |
| 20 | They were losing and she knew they were going to lose and their last bloke was coming in and she was cheering them on . |
| 21 | It was as if by revealing a hint of softness to Nutty , knowing that she suspected him of acquiescing in order to save Firelight from the chop , a girlish affection betrayed , he then behaved more churlishly than ever to make up for it . |
| 22 | She claimed he then forced his fingers into her , causing pain and threatened to insert his truncheon — only stopping after she begged him not to . |
| 23 | I thought my friend , Irena , was joking when she dragged me , sloshing and sliding , towards the highway . |
| 24 | Bridget had n't been exaggerating when she warned her of his lack of discretion . |
| 25 | ‘ Of course I 'll come back to the Dordogne to see you , ’ Jenna promised , knowing as she said it that she could never face Alain again . |
| 26 | We then engaged in philosophical discourse , while a servant woman , cringing as she served us , brought a dark drink like tea in earthenware bowls which fitted neatly between Mr White Face 's tusks . |
| 27 | It was messy and tragic and Kathleen wanted to cry for her , but the cameras kept rolling and she shrugged it off and carried on . |
| 28 | and the other chap that brought it round was very nice and we were talking and she said we worked at Panasonic and I said to him said yes , and I , I said oh I know somebody who works for Panasonic , and she said oh they probably know each other and she told me . |
| 29 | Her voice was shaking as she told me that on returning from the cinema a couple of weeks earlier she had been grabbed from behind , dragged into an alley and viciously raped at knifepoint . |
| 30 | Someone brought her a coffee and she smiled vague thanks , noting with the same odd detachment that her hands were shaking as she clasped them around the mug . |