Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He had been Away on a Course when she first joined , and when she met him it was — as far as she was concerned — hate at first sight .
2 Whenever she met me she talked about her as your ‘ fancy woman ’ . ’
3 Then , when she met you she fell in love and wanted to come and live with you .
4 You must be especially proud today , because she liked you so much that despite all the difficulties of her first marriage , when she met you she decided to try it again .
5 ‘ So she met someone who could seemingly give her all the things I was n't able to . ’
6 But she respected what she did not know : when Richard came to visit she always made elaborate — and sometimes embarrassing — excuses to leave us alone together .
7 Yeah , they did it together erm step by step erm it was Okay she questioned if she did n't know what we were saying erm was n't that specific but then she made one herself following his instructions .
8 She made it her business to get on well with the steward , and her pleasure to keep Bartolomeo Zorzi dancing to an almost inaudible tune .
9 She made it her rule that Belfast , the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army , casual atrocities never crossed her lips , not after his last trip away , because the man who had come back to her from Northern Ireland had been frightened of his own shadow .
10 If she was addressing young people she made it her business to acquaint herself with their interests .
11 She made it her business to find out .
12 It 's as if she made it herself , ’ he said , munching happily on the fish ball .
13 If she wore a skirt he would think she cared what he thought .
14 She sold him something simple , one skirt of navy blue , one which she said was autumn brown , and two white blouses .
15 No cos she still owes , if she sold it she 'd still owe the balance between the selling price and
16 As she responded , he increased the pressure of his lips on hers until she realised what he was trying to do , and slowly allowed herself to be pushed back into a lying position .
17 Then , belatedly , she realised what he had said : the whole of what he had said .
18 ‘ None , ’ before she realised what he had said .
19 ‘ Oh , yes — yes , of course , ’ she agreed as she realised what he was saying .
20 Before she realised what he was intending he 'd taken the crutch from her and propped it out of reach .
21 Once she realised what you were up to and told you where to go , you seemed to lose interest in her career .
22 When she realised what she had said she blushed .
23 Then she thought of Miss Clinton , and of her daddy and his white face as he ran to the car to chase Miss Clinton — and of poor Aunt Nellie and her scared eyes when she realised what she 'd done .
24 Before she had time to think , she 'd raised her own glass in response and it was only after she 'd sipped her drink that she realised what she 'd done .
25 She gasped as she realised what it was .
26 Had witnessed her puzzlement and then her shocked surprise as she realised what it was .
27 She was about to turn away , not wishing to disturb the Master of the Inner Chamber , when she realised what it was she had found strange .
28 As Miranda was halfway down the dark and narrow stairwell , she realised who it was who had so disarmed Madame that she had not scolded Marie-Angèle ( for not being downstairs to hand , to run the message up to Mlle Everard ) , or waited to reproach Miranda herself for allowing visitors to call without appointments and cause all this trouble to her hostess in the Hotel Davenant .
29 In January 1899 Gwen John returned to London , where , for the next four years , she lived what she later called a ‘ subterranean ’ existence in various dismal Bloomsbury and Bayswater rooms .
30 She could n't help feeling sorry for Moira , yet she envied her her closeness to David .
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