Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] her " in BNC.

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1 She found she could wave her arms as she ran .
2 She estimated it would take her 11 years to pay off the debt .
3 At times she believed she could make her hard man into a piece of putty , but not when he spoke of duty .
4 Nor did she feel she could approach her own family for assistance .
5 Rain wanted to say she would phone in the morning , or later that evening perhaps , to check that he was all right , but she guessed he would reject her concern .
6 It would also be better from the point of view of traffic — she had n't yet looked up Hallborough on a map , but she guessed she would need her car to get to it .
7 She claimed she must get her breath back .
8 For ten years , Anne who ran a G P practice from her home at Wallasey , tried to obstruct her daughter taking cannabis because she thought it would do her harm .
9 She thought he might take her hand as they left the floor , but he did n't .
10 She thought someone might ask her questions , but she was saved by the arrival of their director .
11 She knew she could close her eyes and still remember every line with perfect clarity .
12 She knew she should keep her mouth shut , that people — especially daughters-in-law — hated being told what to do but she could n't help it .
13 She described how she walked around for months ‘ with a pain , almost a physical pain , in my heart ’ ; of how she avoided friends and pulled her hat over her face if she met them in the street ; of how , at last , she knew she must express her thousand emotions about her little grandchild in the way she knew best , in clay .
14 For a second she imagined that she detected a bleary look within his own eyes — and she knew it must match her own — but then it was gone as fast as summer lightning and she shivered beneath the old familiar expression , that brooding , storm-filled one that she knew boded no good to her .
15 She knew it must hurt her mother thinking that her only daughter was living with a man , a man , moreover , that she did n't like .
16 She knew now how attractive Miguel could be when he wanted to be , and she knew he could manipulate her feelings .
17 Sarah is a member , but as an HIV positive mother of 3 , she feels she must protect her family 's identity .
18 Once again he was ignoring Mitch and she felt he could read her mind .
19 The momentary lapse gave Donna time to edge away and she pressed so hard on the accelerator she feared she might shove her foot through the very floor of the car .
20 The now familiar palpitating flutter in her heart made itself felt and the blood drummed unpleasantly in her head so that she feared she might lose her senses .
21 She wished she could fulfil her search for this singular man from her bed , by the power of her mind alone .
22 And when the train started she wished she could close her cars too , because Nick stood at the window and sang .
23 She wished she could see her better .
24 She wished she could take her son and Maisie 's children , and go from this place .
25 She wished she could share her glee with Adam .
26 I told her we were Baptists and she said she would tell her husband because he thought Gran was an amazing woman having such a large family , but she had told him that we probably belonged to ‘ one of these odd religions ! ’ .
27 She said I could have her tenancy . ’
28 But they could find no food so she set out to walk to Trnopolje , where she hoped she could feed her baby .
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