Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 31 | She had decided that her friends had forgotten to pick her up . |
| 32 | I admit that I 'm as much to blame , I should have come to visit her , but I understood her mother was never off the doorstep , so I left her to it . |
| 33 | Mrs Hellyer 's sister had come to visit her , turning up as she often did , without warning and in tears . |
| 34 | Thinking of Rosemary had triggered off memories of that fateful day about a year ago when her brother Sebastian had come seeking her out to say he had just bumped into Rosemary Green — Rosemary Talbot as she now was — in Hazelbury 's high street . |
| 35 | It is not recommended to exercise her in this condition , because of the unwelcomed attention she will receive , and the risk of her becoming pregnant . |
| 36 | One of those weeks had been spent at Thomas 's house and then her father had come to fetch her home . |
| 37 | The fact that she was known to be on a special complex carbohydrate diet designed to help her regain weight did n't help matters . |
| 38 | Her work on the project is strongly tipped to win her a place among the nine finalists of the competition , whose work will be developed at at National Theatre workshops involving members and patrons in July . |
| 39 | Courtiers who had come to expect her barely to acknowledge them were suddenly treated to radiant smiles and cheerful banter . |
| 40 | When news came of Robin 's death , it was at a weekend ; she shut herself away , and saw no one , not even Nathan Holland who had come to console her . |
| 41 | He 's come to help her . ’ |
| 42 | Charles had considered parking her on Frances in Muswell Hill , but the incongruity of the thought of the two women together was too great . |
| 43 | As it was American atomic attitudes in this period hardened British resolution not to be bullied out of the business and not to acquiesce in an American monopoly ; it encouraged her determination to be a nuclear power for the sake of the influence this was expected to give her in Washington ! |
| 44 | They had considered sending her to youth custody and said if she gets in trouble again she 'll be lucky to stay out of prison . |
| 45 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 46 | Perhaps then I might have come to understand her , and instead of just doing my duty ( as I thought ) , to love her … |
| 47 | A buffet lunch was organised to send her off in style at which was presented with a variety of gifts for her new arrival . |
| 48 | Some friends and neighbours had come to accompany her home . |
| 49 | Madonna has often talked of her Ten Year Plan , a route to megastardom designed to keep her in the manner to which she has quickly become accustomed for years to come too . |
| 50 | He had come to question her in the manner of someone who comes to peer at a freak in a sideshow . |
| 51 | Perhaps it was because she was American , but all this supposition failed before the one fact that mattered to him : he had come to love her passionately , wanted to fulfil that love , and he did not know what to do about it ! |
| 52 | He 'd been so busy that afternoon that he 'd completely forgotten to call her . |
| 53 | And almost before he had finished speaking , his mouth forced itself over hers in a kiss that was clearly designed to punish her for that last remark . |
| 54 | She could not possibly have known the misery such a revelation would cause him , because now he was forbidden to call her by any other name and he knew from painful experience that Tom Fish would not relent until he had his way . |
| 55 | He had come to realise she was no puppet to be manipulated . |
| 56 | So this woman she was lost , not because of what she 'd done , but because , simply , she had never ever been found , and Jesus had come to find her , he had come to rescue her , he had come to save her . |
| 57 | I am now expected to lift her , helpless as a fool that she is , out of that great bed , daily , across the room , into a chair , and back again , and to run up and down when she catches a chill , when her back aches from being pressed against the chair . |
| 58 | The rapid fire of questions was deliberate , she knew , designed to scare her into blurting out the truth . |
| 59 | She was the Major 's gundog and had pined so badly when her master died , Blanche had considered putting her down . |
| 60 | Avril Waters was devastated to learn she had breast cancer . |