Example sentences of "they had [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had broken her . |
| 2 | They swore that they had turned her down at first , but that she had behaved in such a bold manner — sitting on their laps , kissing them and fingering her body — that they could not hold back any longer . |
| 3 | The cleanliness and order were her life , they had cost her everything . |
| 4 | In her lifetime , nobody had said dear Faith , though they had loved her . |
| 5 | They had made her feel so confident that , from the moment Shine On had jumped off , she had been utterly convinced that she would win . |
| 6 | They had made her realize that even with proved adultery it would be a long and uncertain fight before she would be allowed to take away both children as the Italian courts would be reluctant to let the prince 's son be brought up outside his own country . |
| 7 | But they had made her feel restless with their talk and it was in that mood that she 'd let the landlord get close to her by the open landing window as he was bringing up some more beer . |
| 8 | As they had worried her . |
| 9 | She held her breath until they passed by , but once they had gone she felt safe . |
| 10 | When they had gone she went to the phone and she said , ‘ I must see you . |
| 11 | But when they had gone she turned and said , If I was going to die tomorrow I should be mad . |
| 12 | When they had gone she felt fulfilled , emptied , at peace . |
| 13 | She had gone to St Ebba 's antenatal clinic and they had kept her there . |
| 14 | But they had kept her too long and she had n't wanted to appear rude because they were nice people , and now she was very , very late . |
| 15 | They had not approved of the baby ; they had thought Phoebe negligent at best for getting pregnant and not taking appropriate action ; they had chivvied her through the later months of her pregnancy with a mixture of indulgence and irritation , cross both that she was pregnant and that she was n't taking it seriously . |
| 16 | ‘ Sexy ’ Lexy , they had called her . |
| 17 | If only they had insisted she come home earlier . |
| 18 | For the hurt they had caused her . |
| 19 | Presumably his parents had told Vincent that they had invited her . |
| 20 | That meant they had connected her with Puddephat 's disappearance before the discovery of the body . |
| 21 | They had followed her up the path meantime , and were coming into the room ; her uninspiring sons , Paul the lawyer , George the insurance broker , Hubert the medical student , his eyes strained with reading . |
| 22 | But after they had eaten she would take his head in her lap and comb his hair , or she would play sweet tunes on her pair of bone pipes . |
| 23 | The following day I asked the young women of an all-girls ' school I was visiting if they had seen her , and what they thought . |
| 24 | Such as Agnes and Flora , two " unknowns " who sent her a postcard because they had seen her on " telly " and were sorry to hear she was poorly ; eighty-year-old Phoebe who kept them awake one night when she was in a distressed state ; the flower lover who treated the ward as a potting shed taking clippings from the various plants ; the " blether " of women she was invited to join round one of the beds when she was fit enough to take a short walk . |
| 25 | She talked in brief spurts in between which her eyes became glazed , probably as a result of whatever drug they had given her . |
| 26 | Everything they had given her ( except the finger-plug that jacked her into infinity ) fitted into one bag that did n't seem to belong to her . |
| 27 | They had given her a list . |
| 28 | But had it not been to rid herself of her aura of wealth and privilege which had created her feeling that she was the darling of the gods — although the same gods knew how brutally they had treated her — that she had come to the East End to work , and to live as though she really needed to , and to survive on the pittance which she had earned , without bolting back again to luxury and comfort ? |
| 29 | They had grasped her by the wrists and feet and dragged her to the neighbouring room . |
| 30 | Well , they had said she was witty , and Havvie frequently got the benefit of the wit — as well as the beauty — and , of course , the future benefit , if all went well , of her money . |