Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fought hard to get him a part-time playgroup place in the group his older brother attended . |
| 2 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 3 | She 'd even given them the evidence herself . |
| 4 | She 'd even given her a bed in her own place , brought her in like a waif from the streets in a gesture of stern and unsentimental charity . |
| 5 | Pale with shock perhaps ; she 'd just bought herself a mink . ’ |
| 6 | All during the night , over and over again , she had found it absurd that she 'd ever considered herself a happy woman . |
| 7 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 8 | She 'd only known him a few hours yet every cell of her body seemed sensitised to his presence . |
| 9 | Of all the people in the world to expose her seething mass of fears and insecurities to , Guy Sterne would have been her last choice … yet she 'd told him about Mortimer , she 'd carelessly made him a gift of her virginity , she 'd wildly announced she loved him , and now she was baring her soul over the painful anguish of her mother 's death … |
| 10 | She turned slowly to give him a long , searching look and decided he must have become expert at keeping his emotions on a tight rein . |
| 11 | Her composure regained , she turned back to hand him the long tall glass of iced tea , managing with an effort not to flinch visibly when his fingers touched her . |
| 12 | She decided not to offer him a gin and tonic before his performance . |
| 13 | Davide caught his start when she leant over to give him a clean plate , how he set his chair straight and then , after a falter , flowed on , hammering the air with his clenched hands as he made his points , as if determined not to notice her . |
| 14 | Curious , she went over to see what the paper said . |
| 15 | And since she shared Humber 's and my attitude to our job , she did not give me the kind of pep-talk Aline would have come up with in these circumstances . |
| 16 | She did not offer us a tour of the house . |
| 17 | But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister . |
| 18 | She did not tell him the price or the amount of shares involved , but did say that an announcement would soon be made . |
| 19 | She did not know what the message was : Lee in this state was no longer a lovelorn friend but a trauma . |
| 20 | At first Dinah did not understand ; the way he talked was strange to her , and in any case she did not know what the term meant . |
| 21 | She did not know what the matter was but knew instinctively that this was the right thing to do . |
| 22 | Rose said it as if she did not realize what a strange but interesting thing she had said . |
| 23 | I said to her if she did n't make it the first time , let her lend you my hammer she said do n't you talk like that and do n't you let e Geoff hear you ! |
| 24 | I do n't know why she spoke to me , what was special about me , why she did n't ignore me the way she ignored everyone else . |
| 25 | She did n't tell him the rest about her father and Camille , or the thoughts that had tormented her that long night . |
| 26 | But she well she did n't , I mean she did n't tell me the intimate details or anything I do n't even know whether she has , she wo , she might have ju ge , been getting over dramatic or something ! |
| 27 | She did n't send me a Christmas card . |
| 28 | The worm-eaten stairs were only a few paces from the open door but she did n't give them a thought . |
| 29 | And she did n't give me a chance to explain my case at all . ’ |
| 30 | Cobalt said : ‘ She did n't give me a name , but she said her friend was killed by ‘ the Americans ’ . |