Example sentences of "she [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 2 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 3 | She met me in London wearing a wide-brimmed hat , khaki shorts and a loose white top ; she says she loves showing off , feels her legs are her best feature and that short skirts suit her . |
| 4 | She seated me on her right , and I made my first direct pass as soon as we sat down . |
| 5 | ‘ And so , she repaid me by paying a great deal of attention to you tonight , signore . |
| 6 | The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll call back at noon , ’ he said to the buttons on her breast pockets , and she led me to a changing room full of paper nighties before turning to greet the next chicken on the conveyor belt and rewinding the tape to : ‘ Hi there , welcome to Surgicentre . |
| 8 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |
| 9 | I waited in the office for an hour before she led me into a darkened side ward . |
| 10 | She led me into a bed-sitting-room . |
| 11 | She led me into a parlour . |
| 12 | She led me into the kind of large room that Americans call studios . |
| 13 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 14 | She led me through the throng . |
| 15 | I went to Hemel Hempstead er a school called in Hemel Hempstead that was only from the August till December when I left school and then the erm then the Headmistress , cos we had a Headmistress there cos it was a mixed school , and she recommended me for this here errand boy 's job , his name was . |
| 16 | She drives me in my car and we do not say much . |
| 17 | Clad in a sparkly jacket and a long black skirt , wreathed in silly string and clumps and strands of paper streamers from party poppers , her long hair bunned , she enveloped me in a very friendly kiss , breathing whisky and wine fumes . |
| 18 | She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman . |
| 19 | At once she bereaves me to money and cunt . |
| 20 | I had a wife once , and she got me into trouble … |
| 21 | She got me in here under false pretences , tied me up , stole my cat and went to the display in my place . |
| 22 | Without taking hold of me , she forced me to stand in one spot of my own will , while she whipped me on all sides . |
| 23 | only your mother was n't sure she asked me on the phone |
| 24 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 25 | She asked me about Mr Forster on the cruise and I told her about the salt . |
| 26 | She asked me about your novel . |
| 27 | She asked me about her sisters . |
| 28 | She asked me about him , and I must have said it was a boy , and he was resting . |
| 29 | She asked me about my love-life ! |
| 30 | The most beautiful moment was when she asked me for my recipe for Pavlova cake . |