Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] she [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members of a Cardiff ladies ' rowing club tried to pull her out of the mud , but found the current was too fast , and the bitch ( yes , she is called Eric ! ) , too heavy . |
| 2 | Poppy dissolved into a quivering heap when staff tried to lead her out of the cage , so they suggested that I tried . |
| 3 | Constanza tried to follow her out of the hotel — as she was very very upset , my grandmother — but Constanza was too late . |
| 4 | I understand it was your own stupidity in refusing to accept Silas 's ring until he 'd got her out of the house . |
| 5 | That was all , the slightest touch of his fingers on hers , but she was reminded of that other time he had touched her , when he 'd helped her out of the pool , and now , as then , something inside her responded to his touch . |
| 6 | Marian I know was Marian Anderson , the black singer , she sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday morning in 1939 , it was freezing , they 'd locked her out of the concert hall she had booked . |
| 7 | Actually , I 've heard a little about your relationship from my aunt — like the fact that you refused to accept Silas 's ring until he 'd kicked her out of the house . ’ |
| 8 | You did n't fall in love with someone in the space of a few days , just because you 'd finally succumbed to the lures of sex , or lust , or whatever had overwhelmed her ever since he 'd fished her out of the sea that first night … |
| 9 | Lilian was fast asleep again , and Ruth managed to lift her out of the pram without waking her . |
| 10 | He continued to carry her out of the gate to his carriage , and lifted her up to the seat . |
| 11 | He had hustled her out of the kitchen into the boudoir and kissed her on the lips , slipping his arm round her waist . |
| 12 | Dinah felt herself trembling ; this was the man who had libelled Paul and herself , had made their early years wretched , had hounded her out of the only world she knew . |
| 13 | The year before she had missed some exams because her mother had chucked her out of the house for coming in too late at night . |
| 14 | The preacherman had hauled her out of the Feelgood and battered her face against the road . |
| 15 | He had taken her out one day , her and Mama , and when he had handed her out of the big Daimler , her papa 's pride , he had slipped a note into her hand , inviting her to meet him when his duties were over , and go out with him — perhaps for a ride on the Brooklyn Ferry . |
| 16 | The pub had drawn her out of the cold and fog into warmth . |
| 17 | You just said we had to leave her out of the conversation ! ’ |
| 18 | The next thing she knew , Miss Hardbroom had pulled her out of the pocket and plonked her unceremoniously into a high-sided glass jar . |
| 19 | One of the monstrous hounds had followed her out of the main house and now pressed close to her legs . |