Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter was now staring at the Van Gogh boats and the milky sea and sky through poppy-scarlet lenses , which Frederica thought was perverse , although she wished she had the courage to ask for a moment to put them on , to see all this . |
| 2 | And David says te shouts er tell her er about er when Dawn was doing her and she says I opened the window she says I says what was that you were gon na say to er Ashley ? |
| 3 | Jessamy had been thinking about it while she had been waiting for Julius to return with the blankets , and she thought she knew the answer . |
| 4 | Anna Grigorevna had been reading Crime and Punishment in the magazine Russian Herald , and she thought she recognized the object ‘ which played such a big part in the Marmeladov family ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you think they 'll mix ? ’ worried Larry , and she thought he meant the food but he meant the people . |
| 6 | If she cried he rocked the cradle and sang to her tunelessly . |
| 7 | But she said it re-emphasised the need for the spaying of bitches to avoid litters of unwanted puppies facing a cruel death . |
| 8 | Yeah , you said , that 's Mrs 's boy , but she said I thought the two big ones wherever |
| 9 | ‘ But she knew you owned the ski-shop . ’ |
| 10 | When she returned she felt the need to explain . |
| 11 | With the legacy she left me when she died I bought the little flat on Fernhill . |
| 12 | When she demurred he said the other possibility was that Holly had tipped them off . |
| 13 | Then one morning on her way to work she was distracted by a commotion across the street and as she crossed she saw the owner of the hand being thrown out of a shop . |
| 14 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 15 | As she finished he took the needle from her . |
| 16 | As she watched he draped the shirt next to hers by the fire before squatting down opposite her . |
| 17 | As she wept she allowed the pain of the loss of her man to become real . |
| 18 | She tried to break from his grasp , but as she spoke he released the arm still pinned at her side and placed his hand on the curve of her neck , fondling it in a way that reminded her of an actor she 'd once seen playing Henry VIII just before a beheading scene . |
| 19 | When she arrived at Lynx some hours later she found that the door to the office was propped open , and as soon as she entered she understood the reason . |
| 20 | She 'd been so caught up in her thoughts that the voice near her side came as a shock , but even as she turned she realised the words had n't been aimed at her . |
| 21 | As she turned he set the horse against her quickly , its strong shoulder nudging her away in another direction . |
| 22 | As she did he saw the ring on the third finger of her left hand ; the large diamond sparkled brightly . |
| 23 | As she collapsed she saw the last of the assassins crumple , his body lifted once then once again as the shells ripped into him . |