Example sentences of "and she [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would throw paint imitating a comet ; and she would paint a part of the milky way . |
| 2 | Freedom , if only for a short time , and she would have a chance to speak to Rose , whom she had not seen since their evening out together up West . |
| 3 | We told her when they said her transplant was looking good and she would have a future after all . |
| 4 | Never before had she held a conversation with anyone like this , and she would begin a sentence and not know how to finish it . |
| 5 | And she would bake a chocolate mousse torte . |
| 6 | In cricket they used to put her at ‘ long leg ’ where the ball hardly ever penetrated , and she would take a book and lie down to read in the long grass . |
| 7 | Claudine is on the phone and she would like a word with you . ’ |
| 8 | And she would spear a piece of chicken and carry it high in the air towards that great black hole of a mouth and , still talking about her therapy , her plans for the future , his inability to understand her as a woman , his crude , male-orientated sexuality , she would munch , munch , munch … |
| 9 | And she would provide a substitute for the two weeks she reckoned it would take her , an English maid called Phoebe Crabbe with whom she had become friendly . |
| 10 | So somebody had told her to apply and she would get a grant , to help towards her special diet . |
| 11 | She wants a family ; I 've heard her say so , and she 'll have a family , and I hope it 's a big one , ten , twelve … |
| 12 | All she had to do was push that door and she might find a friend , someone who could understand . |
| 13 | Yesterday , hospital on-call administrator Alan Kennedy said Mrs McIntyre 's complaint would be thoroughly investigated and she could expect a reply within ten working days . |
| 14 | Mary wanted Rufus to drive her all the way back to London but he said Colchester was his limit and she could get a train from there . |
| 15 | Sir yes , I represent the County Council with respect to these objections sir , and I shall be calling Mrs to give the evidence , and she will produce a proof and a bundle of appendices which consist of two plans . |
| 16 | It is a fair assumption that the CBI knows at least as much about manufacturing as the hon. Lady does , and she will see a commendation of the Government 's policy in the 1980s and a firm recommendation that it should continue . |
| 17 | The sufferer 's height becomes lower and she will have a stoop . |
| 18 | And she can spring a surprise . |
| 19 | Johnson met Mrs Riddoch 's little niece , Stuart Dallas , and , with his voice deliberately booming and hollow , told her he was a giant , that he slept in a cave , ‘ and had a bed in the rock , and she should have a bed cut opposite it ’ . |
| 20 | And she must have a name . |
| 21 | Not until er when was it , ooh , I think not until er me brother and I were married and her and me father were together and she used to do a bit of homework er making these er kind of leather bags , |
| 22 | Mm and it used to be all around her mouth and she used to have a bit here sort of one of those old ladies who had whiskers on her chin and it 'd be all white . |
| 23 | She lived in a top flat ‘ up a hell of a lot of stairs , and she used to have a parrot on top of the stairs . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We used to go and sit in the park , on the river bank , and she 'd have a book and I 'd have a book … |
| 25 | She could have it out and she 'd have a lot of fun with it and on it . |