Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] she [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had forgotten that she telephoned to tell Scott the news of the trust . |
| 2 | It 's er er somebody on business is visiting and they the wife has come and she has to entertain the wife . |
| 3 | Look , ’ and she opened her handbag and reached inside , ‘ this was one I 'd been saving for him — ’ Her voice cracked and she began to cry . |
| 4 | In a second phase the baby 's unified perceptions are shattered and she begins to understand herself as a subject disturbingly distant from the external world . |
| 5 | A charge of assaulting the boy 's mother was dropped after she refused to proceed with the case . |
| 6 | There is evidence in speaker A's contributions that what she is trying to say is not very well organised before she starts to speak . |
| 7 | Dorothy opened the oven to see how the dinner was coming along , and her voice was muffled as she tried to avoid the steam from the casserole she was peeking at . |
| 8 | The threat of the soldiers was momentarily forgotten as she struggled to keep her footing and prevent the animal from bolting . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing of the kind , ’ she said , the coffee forgotten as she turned to face her . |
| 10 | He was caught when she tried to pay an 80p supermarket bill with a forged £20 note . |
| 11 | It is only after a long period of counselling that she has at last realised that she has to drop her charge against her father , and to forgive him for not being the person that she longed he should be . |
| 12 | She had decided that she wanted to go to London , take some A-levels up there , and then , she hoped , go on to university . |
| 13 | I 've accepted that she tried to stop me from becoming an artist . |
| 14 | Celia had immediately suggested that she might like to spend the night but , rather to her relief , Alison had said that she had to get back to accompany Geoffrey to some local gathering that evening . |
| 15 | As he watched her eating he knew what would have to be done if she tried to expose him publicly . |
| 16 | I tell ya , so I think we got out , we got our hair done and she wanted to go down to the mission so the hairdresser phoned a different taxi , we have this one up here , he took her down from there to the mission , cos he went down the back ways , you know , |
| 17 | Stories appeared that were untrue , newspapers quoted things she had not said and she began to feel panicky . |
| 18 | She meant what she 'd said and she intended to keep her promise — but how would she survive another two weeks of living in such close proximity to Guido , when with every moment that passed her hopeless love for him grew deeper ? |
| 19 | You have n't said whether she wants to try to keep the marriage together . |
| 20 | The chiefs renege on the deal and she is stabbed as she tries to entice Odoff herself . |
| 21 | Her friend greeted her as if she had never been away , so the guilt evaporated and she began to talk about Nicky . |
| 22 | Aszal refused to leave her until , he says , at 1 a.m. they were told that she had to go to a detention centre where men were not allowed . |
| 23 | Stephani Cook , writing about her experiences in hospital , describes how when told that she had to have yet another in a series of operations , describes how she cried like a child : |
| 24 | I had promised to go round the shops looking for something suitable , since my mother had shown that she wished to accompany me . |
| 25 | She asked for her name not to be used because she wanted to protect her relationship with regular callers . |
| 26 | Her sister , who is still a teenager , was so affected that she attempted to commit suicide two years ago . |
| 27 | The women 's ability to contribute towards the cost is assessed and she needs to know at the outset what she will be asked to pay . |
| 28 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 29 | But he added that the complaint by Mrs Taylor that she was sacked because she refused to work on Sundays was not accepted by the tribunal . |
| 30 | Then , without another word , he hauled himself up the ladder , leaving her wide-eyed , speechless , and so confused that she wanted to scream . |