Example sentences of "she 'd [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the church she 'd ended up in the cliche/1 situation of being frozen out by Marius ' relatives . |
| 2 | She 'd moved over into the makeup chair and had been studying her own face in the mirror . |
| 3 | She 'd moved over by the window and had been reaching for a chair , but now she stopped . |
| 4 | Once she 'd stepped on to the platform , there was nothing to do but turn , step , step , turn and nowhere to look but straight ahead . |
| 5 | Nobody knew much about her , she 'd turned up in the town as a sort of companion-housekeeper to an old lady who had a house in Morrab Close , a Mrs Armitage — a widow . |
| 6 | Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end . |
| 7 | Strange that David should be coming along at that very moment that she 'd emerged on to the main road . |
| 8 | She 'd stayed down in the lane with a sullen look on her face . |
| 9 | Close-to and without their performance wigs , these two hardly seemed to connect with anyone that she 'd seen out on the stage less than an hour before ; then they 'd been all front , carnival vamps , not so much real human beings as fantasy figures with hidden human operators . |
| 10 | She 'd gone back into the house to fetch something and his Dad was all ready in the car waiting to drive Uncle Walter back to his house . |
| 11 | She 'd gone down to the seashore with the dogs and there he 'd been , following her . |
| 12 | Well she 'd gone out through the door and the wind took her down the bloody street ! |
| 13 | June Roberts said she 'd gone out in the car , saying nothing except that she 'd be back in time for cocktails at the Clarkes ' as she had promised , a business thing for Samuel . |
| 14 | After all the signals of rejection she 'd sent out at the apartment — despite Marlin , despite the dangerous streets , despite the hour , despite their bitter history — she 'd come , bearing the gift of her body to his bed . |
| 15 | She was cracking those damn peppermints in her back teeth to disguise the fact she 'd called in at the Oyster Bar on her way up . ’ |
| 16 | As he moved away , Shannon sent a silent stream of curses after the mischievous imp in her soul which had landed her in this , desperately trying to remember the instructions she 'd skimmed through in the beginners ' ‘ learn-to-ski ’ handbook Kelly had given her . |
| 17 | Pete , thinking of the Venetz sisters ' reputation for efficiency and attention to detail , asked her if she 'd hit any problems over having no social security records or documentation ; she currently had the status of an illegal immigrant , after all , and had even dumped her hot French passport as she 'd walked out of the 78 air terminal . |
| 18 | They sat around one end of the work table , which now seemed vast and empty , and Alina Peterson explained how she 'd walked down to the village to look around and , where it seemed appropriate , to introduce herself . |
| 19 | Yet Mrs Blakey continued to sense the unease she 'd been aware of on the telephone , which she 'd first of all sensed when she 'd looked out of the landing window and seen the boy with the children in the garden . |
| 20 | And she 'd passed out in the phone box . |