Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we walked she told me how she had always resisted her brother 's attempts to persuade her to emigrate to Pakistan . |
| 2 | The shock of hearing such an expression in the accents of Hollywood gangsterese come from Antony 's lips pulled her up sharply . |
| 3 | Tallis sat quietly , Scathach 's words frightening her . |
| 4 | But the images of violence and tragedy evoked by Nathan 's words chilled her , and gooseflesh pimpled her arms . |
| 5 | Charlotte was aware of Golding 's eyes watching her closely to gauge her reaction . |
| 6 | Its yellow-black devil 's eyes haunted her . |
| 7 | Thomas 's eyes forced her to take account of something different in herself and to begin to value it . |
| 8 | Russell 's eyes followed her every move as if he were looking through the sight of a gun . |
| 9 | Jack 's eyes followed her in admiration . |
| 10 | Luke 's eyes devoured her . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's no need — ’ Sophie began , but once more the look in Helen 's eyes checked her . |
| 12 | The cab driver looks at Jenny 's legs like she was a whore or something . |
| 13 | And so after a month or so 's arrears accumulated she got the inevitable form — an eviction notice . |
| 14 | Amy 's experiences turned her into a radical activist as a teenager . |
| 15 | Eva 's parents wrote her the news . |
| 16 | ‘ No , Mother 's parents told her , not knowing of course why Phena wanted to know . |
| 17 | This prevented the girl 's parents taking her away from the home of her 18-year-old boyfriend . |
| 18 | Fiona 's parents need her today — |
| 19 | Suddenly she put her arms out and pulled the young girl to her ; and when Jessie 's sobs rose she warned her quickly , ‘ Be quiet ! |
| 20 | After 20 minutes Smith , who had put the telephone outside , used his victim 's keys to lock her in and made his escape almost two hours after the ordeal began . |
| 21 | In gratitude for what I thought God had given me , a second chance , I ignored Leon 's boredom as I talked him through the files — just as I was ignoring Muriel 's messages to call her — and I ignored his rarely appearing at meetings with agricultural reps and men from the Milk Marketing Board ; ignored his non-involvement with any of the humdrum things essential to the running of a place like Sleet . |
| 22 | Jessica 's grandparents took her out for the day as father-of-four Mr Egerton , of Enfield , north London , recovered from Friday 's ordeal . |
| 23 | Her aunt 's antics embarrassed her and she could feel herself blushing . |
| 24 | Her resistance to Generalissimo Franco 's Nationalists endowed her with legendary status . |
| 25 | Her strong commitment to women 's rights led her to write the first Salvadorean publication on the oppression of women , The Condition of Women in El Salvador , published in Mexico in 1961 . |
| 26 | With her egg laid , and with the bonus of one of the host 's eggs to sustain her , the female cuckoo 's maternal role is at an end . |
| 27 | I felt the miserable decline of my happiness as I imagined the girl 's innocence and the futility of her mother 's efforts to save her from a cruel death . |
| 28 | Israel 's neighbours attacked her and eventually after lots of fighting Israel gained control of the West Bank . |
| 29 | They had already started to look at houses — not any close inspection , just murmured approval as they had been driving , Glyn 's comments warming her . |
| 30 | When one of Ken 's friends told her he had just bought a new television set — a 17-inch console — she commented : ‘ Seventeen inches ? |