Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the train stopped she rushed to the window , though she dared not open it . |
| 2 | When we approached she took to the steep places where we could not follow , and so we left her . ’ |
| 3 | She was pleased when Marguerite invited her to help with the evening meal . |
| 4 | One day , when Sam found her weeping in a corner nursing a black eye , he told her she had got to stop . |
| 5 | When Ludovico came back to the apartment with food for lunch and found her stripped to the waist , washing herself in the cracked kitchen sink , he immediately started making love to her , pushing her back until the taps dug into her . |
| 6 | He found her lying with a cold compress on her forehead , the pupils of her eyes strangely dilated . |
| 7 | I walked inside , came upstairs … and found her lying on the bed . |
| 8 | She was seen by neighbours as she made her way along Athelstane Road towards her home , minutes before passers-by found her lying on the pavement . |
| 9 | Isa Blagden , arriving one day to look over the Casa Guidi , called on Wilson and found her lying in a dark room , huddled under the covers of her bed , the Bible in her hand and tears streaming down her face . |
| 10 | Police found her lying in a pool of blood with the murder weapon nearby . |
| 11 | A friend of the dead woman found her lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor . |
| 12 | I found her lying among the Foinmen . " |
| 13 | I went looking for Mathilda and found her working in the buttery with the other maids . |
| 14 | When he came home he found her peering into the well of his top hat . |
| 15 | The next day found her driving round the busy , bustling city of Sheffield , desperately trying to keep one eye on the traffic , and the other on the directions scrawled on a piece of paper . |
| 16 | They found her sitting at the table with the Telegraph , nibbling toast . |
| 17 | He found her sitting at the desk which was quite clear . |
| 18 | She found her sitting on a bench beneath a stark tree in the college grounds , in a snowy landscape . |
| 19 | ‘ We found her sitting in the loo lighting up . ’ |
| 20 | It was an impressive narrative , and impressively narrated ; Clara found her craving for the bizarre and the involved richly satisfied . |
| 21 | I found her standing by the sink , which she was filling with hot water . |
| 22 | I helped her prepare for the date , pressing her nicest blouse , lending her my best necklace and polishing her shoes . |
| 23 | While Kahlo 's art helped her to deal with the vicissitudes of her life , for most audiences it is her life story which allows access to her art . |
| 24 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 25 | Now in receipt of government support ( and offering particular help for people under 30 ) , the Trust helped her apply for a Westminster Enterprise grant . |
| 26 | He managed to keep working , paid for his board and lodging , helped her to look after the handicapped boy and did a few jobs around the house . |
| 27 | Alex recounted her meeting with the young painter and they laughed together . |
| 28 | Isabel stopped her pacing about the room and looked at de Raimes in surprise . |
| 29 | Not that it stopped her talking about the Jesus who was the centre of her life . |
| 30 | The last word contorted to a scream as Merlyn let her go with a thrust that sent her rocking unbalanced in Rain 's direction . |