Example sentences of "and [vb past] she [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote to Mary admitting the ‘ ardent attachment ’ he had so long felt for her , and asked her to confirm a rumour that she too was now engaged . |
| 2 | ‘ However , he did show me his dogs ' pedigrees , so I rang the breeder and asked her to send a description of the puppies which she had sold . |
| 3 | Jane closed her eyes and made her mind a blank ; Lucinda sighed tremulously , and from her seat in the window Vi coughed nervously , yet the glass remained stubbornly still . |
| 4 | So now you 're imagining that he , whoever he is , popped this through the letterbox , waited till she had had time to read it , then rang the bell and invited her to take a stroll with him . |
| 5 | On descent he met Wanda at 8,300 metres and helped her arrange a bivouac . |
| 6 | I gave her a rope , and told her to catch a horse and join the others who were cut off from the camp . |
| 7 | Why had n't she told a white lie and claimed she had a licence ? |
| 8 | Joëlle Pesnel , you may recall , gained the trust of the rich heiress Suzanne de Canson and persuaded her to sell a number of works from her collection . |
| 9 | And did she do a tape or said |
| 10 | And we went round this estate ca n't remember where it was and erm thought knock on the doors and se , ask people had seen it and then later in the day this woman phoned up and said she saw a couple of kids walk down the road with it and sort of ca , called them over and said oh I heard that his , his . |
| 11 | This time she made sure Maggie ate the meat and the pie herself , and forced her to drink a cupful of milk . |