Example sentences of "[coord] she [vb past] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the definition of ‘ informal carer ’ can be so vague , we decided to focus on each person 's principal carer ( if there was one ) , defined on the objective criterion that he or she spent a minimum of seven hours per week ( on average one hour per day ) doing things with or on behalf of the dementia sufferer , rather than rely on the more subjective criterion of who appears to be most responsible for the sufferer . |
| 2 | A duty solicitor had an obligation to provide advice to persons in custody and , if desired , to make a bail application ; he or she had a discretion to provide advice and representation to defendants , whether or not in custody , in cases involving imprisonable offences , and even in connection with non-imprisonable offences in exceptional cases . |
| 3 | The graduate in English was to be to some extent a scholar , in so far as he or she had a sense of the past and the capacity to understand literature in its historical contexts , particularly linguistic ; beyond that , what was looked for was wide reading , an appreciation of masterpieces , and a capacity to write well , attend to evidence , and disentangle sense from nonsense in argument . |
| 4 | ‘ Tell your client , ’ said the voice at the other end of the phone , ‘ that he or she would have a better chance of establishing who is or is not responsible for his or her dustbins if he or she employed a lawyer who did n't address his inquiries to people whose principal concern is pharmacology . ’ |
| 5 | Beginning with the family into which an individual was born , he or she contracted a series of group memberships in quasi-familial institutions or groups , such as school , college or company . |
| 6 | And she discovered a telephone ear-piece extension which allows her to listen and repeat the words of a caller to him . |
| 7 | I smiled at her , and she jammed a copy of Pravda into my hand , her smile still ticking over . |
| 8 | Their bed had a wooden footboard and she saw a flicker of movement behind it in the half-light . |
| 9 | As her silence lengthened a muscle flexed in his jaw and she saw a flicker of murderous rage in his eye for one instant . |
| 10 | She heard a footfall , she pressed herself back , keeping an eye on the street ; in a doorway , further on , a silhouette detached itself for a moment , and she saw a man throw his head back and shake it as if intoxicated , while holding his arms extended , and she fancied she heard him speak to his own fidanzata of that evening , she imagined him murmuring about her hair — as dark as a raven 's wing , perhaps ? |
| 11 | A lot of people came in , and she saw a man and his wife . |
| 12 | Just as she reached it , the light from a lantern spilled on to the square , and she saw a man enter the place behind it . |
| 13 | The door opened six inches and she saw a sliver of dark landing , stairs coiling away to the street . |
| 14 | He waited , and she saw a hint of amusement in his face . |
| 15 | He frowned and she saw a muscle twitch in his jaw . |
| 16 | And she saw a soldier 's face , permanently browned and weathered by sun and wind . |
| 17 | She began to say , ‘ Thank God … ’ then halted , as the door swung open and she saw a figure momentarily silhouetted against the pale evening light . |
| 18 | It had been shapeless and unflattering , and she looked a lot better without it . |
| 19 | But the eight-time Wimbledon champion lost the first set as the Czechoslovak brought her down with her huge serve and she looked a bag of nerves . |
| 20 | For a long moment he lay where he was , and she knew a second 's real apprehension . |
| 21 | The small aircraft bucked and tossed , throwing her forward , then something caught her a glancing blow and she knew a moment 's pain before the blessed darkness closed in . |
| 22 | and she told a lot of other people and so I think we got a pretty comprehensive list actually . |
| 23 | With treacherous defiance , her eyes closed , abandoning her to her fate like the rest of her body , and she felt a despair that her brain was so languid that it was n't helping her to deny him . |
| 24 | Her altered tastebuds tingled , and she felt a spasm of pleasure in her stomach . |
| 25 | He regarded her calmly through dark-rimmed spectacles and she felt a burst of unusual irritation . |
| 26 | He sounded as if he was thoroughly disgusted by the whole business and she felt a pang of dismay . |
| 27 | Then she realised that he must be hungry and she felt a pang of that pity which is akin to love . |
| 28 | It reminded her of Hilda , and she felt a wave of panic , but fought it down . |
| 29 | The familiar blue eyes searched her familiarly , and she felt a wave of colour seep into her cheeks , but there was nothing particularly friendly in his welcome . |
| 30 | He squealed at the intrusion , and she felt a shudder run through his body . |