Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By looking for faults in his behaviour , by constantly diminishing him with little criticisms — he neglected their boy ( at school in Randung ) , he was cold , he was selfish , he was an inadequate and clumsy lover ( did she dare ) , he never listened to other people , he had no sense of direction because he was always getting her lost in foreign capitals — she made him feel a kind of leper , different from and inferior to the run of men . |
| 2 | It was only semi-erotic because she made me wear a condom . |
| 3 | At 27 she succeeded in her dream ; her book tells us her story and how she made her dream a reality . |
| 4 | She made you look a bit of a fool in front of anyone else who was watching . |
| 5 | Caro Hunt says that at the age of five he could beat her and it was then she realised he had a lot of promise . |
| 6 | ‘ Interesting , ’ she said , when she realised he expected a comment . |
| 7 | She asked them to donate a collection of drawings , watercolours and sketches as well as etchings , lino prints and engravings on metal . |
| 8 | At twelve she asked her to fetch a salad from the local wholefood bar . |
| 9 | When I had finished she asked me to place a banknote in front of her and say ‘ lesedi ’ which means ‘ illumination ’ . |
| 10 | She asked us to take a seat until called and while Kenneth readied the contents of his briefcase , I studied fellow patients , fabricating their life stories . |
| 11 | She helped them to organise a process of gathering information by drawing up a list of possible sources , and setting them writing letters . |
| 12 | He had first met her in 1938 , when she invited him to give a reading at the Student Movement House of which she was Warden . |
| 13 | Our friendship developed and she invited me to write a Fount book . |
| 14 | She found herself running a comb through her hair , taking a short-hand pad and three pencils instead of the two which should surely have been enough , running a handkerchief over her dusty sandals and easing her left-hand stocking round her ankle a bit to keep the ladder out of sight . |
| 15 | She found herself having a tug-of-war over her best bra , and felt an overwhelming impulse to giggle at the silliness of the situation . |
| 16 | She let him suffer a bit longer , then said : ‘ You and Sabine had a row , I heard it . |
| 17 | While she ate he sipped a Miller Lite , watched her devour the meal as her appetite returned . |
| 18 | Then she noticed we had a child with us in a pushchair . |
| 19 | ‘ They got down to forty-five-second intervals , and I asked Gabrielle if she 'd mind not giving birth until the end of the episode , but she told me to find a nurse — fast . |
| 20 | He did n't understand what Miss Thorne meant when she told him to keep a gesture . |
| 21 | Pressed against a window , she bullied herself to reach a decision . |
| 22 | The old lady was becoming more confused , and often failed to recognise Anne but she allowed her to make a meal for her . |
| 23 | In any event , I have no recollection of ever having had any differences with her except on one occasion when she telephoned me to make a request with which I was unable to comply . |
| 24 | She discovered he had a Plan . |
| 25 | Harker punched and kicked the girl and when she escaped he smashed a window , went outside and began to smash the windows of her brother 's car . |
| 26 | Then , once inside the sitting-room , she bade him take a seat . |
| 27 | Well she taught me to knit and she taught me to do a lot of embroidery and that sort of thing . |
| 28 | As she moved , the fabric clung to her hips , and the skirt was slashed at the front from knee-level down , so that as she walked it gave a glimpse of her dark-stockinged legs . |
| 29 | When she returned she found a letter of dismissal waiting for her and a cheque for payment in lieu of notice . |
| 30 | From her vantage point in Galway Cathedral she watched him ordain a priest into the celibate life . |