Example sentences of "[prep] she [verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was childish of her to rip up the picture , ’ says Nuala O'Connor . |
| 2 | She had long ago stopped resenting their original professional clashes , and these days their disagreements tended to be over minor details , with her ending up the victor as often as he did . |
| 3 | I was n't really listening , just waiting for her to pick up the phone . ’ |
| 4 | Since Rita has been sent to Coventry , she has not been told that it is physically possible for her to open up the incubator herself and put her hands in . |
| 5 | While studying spinning in Huddersfield ( as part of her degree course in textile design at Middlesex Polytechnic ) there had been no time for her to try out the machine , so the then sceptical technician told her to come back later . |
| 6 | I waited for her to bring up the subject of Graham 's murder because I knew she would have been very upset . |