Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the old man had wandered upstairs again , with a book under his arm , Clara whispered " Who Was that ? " and even as she Whispered she realized that it could be no other than the book shops owner , and added hastily , " That must be A. I Warbley , I suppose ? " |
| 2 | She admitted there had been excesses . |
| 3 | She admitted she had come from London to gain recruits for the Communist Party , but denied any attempt to stir up strife . |
| 4 | She admitted she had made a dreadful mistake and appealed for a reconciliation . |
| 5 | She admitted she suffered some gentle ribbing when she first joined the all-male contingent but was now accepted as a member of the team . |
| 6 | She could n't finish because that would be pushy if she admitted she expected him to ask her to stay with him as he had done once before . |
| 7 | Kim was caring and sensitive but she admitted she did n't know her daughter could drink so much . |
| 8 | But she admitted she has been thrilled at the response the records bring and the millions of fan letters she has been sent over the years . |
| 9 | How would Jennifer react if she admitted she loved David ? |
| 10 | ‘ Entertaining the proprietor was n't part of the job description , ’ she offered , her tone creamy as she nerved herself to continue the debate if necessary . |
| 11 | Finally she nerved herself to go and have a drink . |
| 12 | She flung herself crying on to Mrs Hollidaye 's lap , knocking Mrs Hollidaye 's afternoon hat sideways . |
| 13 | She met him emerging from their tall block of apartments as she was returning from work on the Friday evening , having stopped to buy groceries on the way home , her mind flying ahead to Luke 's arrival and all that she planned to say to him now that she had made up her mind to end their affair . |
| 14 | In life Kelly set herself the toughest challenges , and she met them head on . |
| 15 | She presumed he meant they had not expected her , but she liked the ambiguity in his English . |
| 16 | With growing awareness — and wariness — he had started to notice that Sandra worked at being what he wanted her to be , or at least what she presumed he wanted her to be . |
| 17 | She presumed there had not been enough news in the letter to compensate for its late arrival . |
| 18 | She had deliberately left off her knickers , so when she dragged the dress over her head she revealed herself standing nude . |
| 19 | She empowered him to get the tank , the section of drainpipe , the guttering . |
| 20 | With Betty against a wall and I pressing her lips with mine , she requested me to put my tongue into her mouth ‘ the French way ’ she said . |
| 21 | And she drunk herself to sleep . |
| 22 | She expected everyone to live up to her own high moral standards and there was an overwhelming feeling that if you did not , you had somehow failed . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 24 | She could not see why her mother wanted her , nor what she expected her to do in Northam , and whenever she mentioned the subject to others they exclaimed in horror , commiserating with her , telling her that she must be firm , never for half a moment assuming that she could or would really do it . |
| 25 | Whatever Laura 's motives — Moira believes she expected her to take injections or pills to dry up her milk supply entirely ; Bernard believes she was opposed to mothers returning to work so soon — the atmosphere was charged . |
| 26 | He was n't sure what she expected him to do . |
| 27 | Edouard , moved by her words , lifted his hand gently to touch her arm and , to his horror , she flinched as if she expected him to hit her . |
| 28 | She could n't finish because that would be pushy if she admitted she expected him to ask her to stay with him as he had done once before . |
| 29 | She expected him to take the opportunity to cross-question her about the murder . |
| 30 | She said nothing , but hungrily returned to the carrion to take what more she could , as if she expected him to take the rest from her . |