Example sentences of "her [coord] [vb past] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his absence she 'd been as nervy as a wildcat , jumping a mile every time someone spoke to her or touched her on the shoulder , expecting him to turn up out of the blue as he 'd made a habit of doing . |
| 2 | I do not know whether we dragons loved her or hated her ; her will was like iron , as fast clad as our scaled hides , but her heart was like a songbird in the morning and she was as lovely as the lilies of the field . |
| 3 | You may have loved her or hated her , agreed with her or violently opposed her , but not even her worst enemy could have accused her of spinelessness or a desire to be shielded from life 's little unpleasantnesses . |
| 4 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |
| 5 | ‘ Nobody cared for her or wanted her , she was alone and forsaken like a worthless rag . ’ |
| 6 | Yes , her brother-in-law had beaten her and treated her cruelly . |
| 7 | Whenever she thought of James Halden a shameful wave of physical longing washed over her until she remembered he had used her and discarded her . |
| 8 | One man who admired her and followed her everywhere was the unpleasant Bentley Drummle . |
| 9 | He 'd loved her and left her once , and if she gave him a chance he 'd do it again . |
| 10 | ‘ It was terrible for her and left her very shaken up . |
| 11 | They think you raped her and killed her . |
| 12 | and some car came through out of control , went straight into the wall , the wall collapsed on top of her and killed her . |
| 13 | Granny plucked her and stuffed her and basted her and served her to the table , golden and gleaming . |
| 14 | Aunt Margaret spoiled her and adored her . |
| 15 | He lay down on her and penetrated her again so that she gave a cry of relief . |
| 16 | But a few instants later , she needed no other support than the strong arms that seized her and gathered her to a broad chest , the lips in her hair uttering the words that sent the blood rushing through her veins . |
| 17 | The twins were demanding — in the first few years she thought she would go mad from lack of sleep and overwork — but at least they touched her and hugged her and kissed her and loved her . |
| 18 | I put my arms around her and hugged her , but I did n't kiss her again because I thought I might cry . |
| 19 | With this , he suddenly threw his arms round her and hugged her so tight she could hardly breathe . |
| 20 | Lisa caught her and hugged her gratefully . |
| 21 | He put an arm round her and hugged her to him in the familiar , easy fashion she was used to . |
| 22 | He gripped her and swung her over , reversing himself along her body . |
| 23 | She had never met Naomi in her life , but in death she grew to love her : she had taken her into herself , had learned her likings , had read her books and tried ( although not herself musical ) to listen to her music , she had spoken much of her to the children , had insisted upon treating her as an ally , as a friend beyond the grave , had reinvented her and kept her close to them — oh , not without awareness of the dangers , of the necessary distortions and consolations , but then all life is danger , and Liz had embarked willingly upon its full tide with those three small boys , with that ambitious , importunate widower and that friendly ghost . |
| 24 | and was ashamed of her and kept her down |
| 25 | She had worked for the Underground movement , involved in forging passports and papers for people trying to escape across the Channel ; had been discovered but saved from death by a German , who had raped her and kept her as his own prisoner . |
| 26 | She had written to them at once after Mr Renfrew 's visit , encompassing them in the great outpouring of gratitude that had flooded her , and received from her father in reply a letter that had shocked her and alarmed her . |
| 27 | I spoke to him like a mother but he was determined to put an end to her life , so on 11 January 1987 , when Paulette was leaving the home of her friends on the way to her own home , [ the defendant ] stopped her and shot her and then placed a call to my home to inform me of the murder . |
| 28 | Her lungs were racked with fever and the doctor took one look at her and sent her to the isolation hospital . |
| 29 | I felt very proud of her and read her the letter . |
| 30 | That seemed all right , but over dinner Alison began to act oddly — as if she was enjoying herself — so I scowled at her and asked her what the problem was . |