Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been very astute and successful , and everyone wished her well . |
| 2 | Then one day , when she came out of school there was a car waiting to take her for a screen test , and something magical happened as soon as she stood in front of a camera , and she became an actress , a real actress not a washed-up joke like her mother , and everyone admired her . |
| 3 | She went to a dance alone with hope and a new set of clothes , but all they saw was a fat woman and no-one asked her to dance . |
| 4 | So I came out with my speech about this weirdo , nothing in it et cetera et cetera , and then the money ran out and I got her to ring me back and I said it all over again ( nothing in it … ) and she hooted and said , ‘ I 'll bet . |
| 5 | And I got her two strips of Elastaplast . |
| 6 | And I got her a box of Black Magic so that 's her birthday present sorted out so she can eat and drink then ca n't she ! |
| 7 | ‘ And I noticed she 's brought a lot of work with her . |
| 8 | While I was lying there staring at the ceiling counting the number of tiles I heard a girl going ‘ ouch , ouch that hurts ’ , when I looked over she was having difficulty with the needle going in and I noticed she was barely gripping the nice bit of perspex . |
| 9 | ‘ No , but I went down to the quay one Sunday and I heard her . |
| 10 | They embraced briefly and I heard her say quietly , ‘ Remember I shall always love you and if there 's anything I can do or that you want , do n't be afraid to come to me . ’ |
| 11 | I heard him ask her to pass the salt and I heard her tell him to fill the van with petrol and unpack the crates — nothing more than that . |
| 12 | Benjamin whispered to her and I heard her hissed reply , followed by silence . |
| 13 | I , I did n't know him that well and I heard her saying oh I do n't know what 's happening , you know , and she 'd like |
| 14 | Jamila asked me to touch her and I rubbed her between the legs with Vaseline according to her instructions , like ‘ Harder ’ and ‘ More effort , please ’ and ‘ Yes , but you 're making love not cleaning your teeth . ’ |
| 15 | So she knew where we lived , and I expected her to turn up and claim you . ’ |
| 16 | She screamed and I stabbed her . |
| 17 | She smelled of booze and I adored her . |
| 18 | She turned round and stormed out and I followed her as she marched down the street to Mr Kiniver 's ‘ hire shop ’ where you could rent a horse and cart for two hours for one shilling . |
| 19 | She smiled at me and gave me two small ones and I followed her to their house . |
| 20 | We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door . |
| 21 | She tried hard to remember , and I realised she was a touch drunk . |
| 22 | And I believed her . ’ |
| 23 | And I believed she died , did n't she ? |
| 24 | Paul adds , ‘ I liked Marcelle from the moment we met and I married her because she 's a really lovely person . |
| 25 | It was entirely our responsibility and that evening to well past midnight Leon and I took her through the changes until she was satisfied that she knew the policy thoroughly . |
| 26 | The programme was a shambles and I took her out to dinner to cheer her up . |
| 27 | She was hysterical and distraught and I took her through for my wife to comfort her before telephoning the police . ’ |
| 28 | had to have one for a short while , she was quite young and I , we 'd only just moved here and I took her to the vet the used to be in Sandhurst , they said it was a bee sting , they put purple stuff on it |
| 29 | It did n't get any better and somebody told me about and I took her down there , oh Mrs she 's picked up mange , I said mange , I know she said you feel just like when your child 's got nits in their hair |
| 30 | I had this other dream once , of me , and there 's this girl I used to like , right , and , and the weird thing was that in , in our group of churches , you used to sort of like , got one guy who 's , more senior , and erm , he had this daughter and my mum sort of fancied me marrying this famous preacher 's daughter , you see , and I took her out a few times , erm |