Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , ’ Carrie promised and remembered she had once said ‘ Do n't laugh ’ to him . |
| 2 | Lizzie grumbled and said she was getting thin and doing too much , but then Lizzie would have grumbled if she had done too little . |
| 3 | Wexford winced and hoped she had n't seen . |
| 4 | In the main , it was a time of misery which unknowingly strengthened her character and at the same time introduced her to a friendship which resulted in her opening her eyes to another way of life , a life that she recognised and knew she could fit into ; for it was during the first summer holiday that she was invited to spend a day with Annabel at her home . |
| 5 | Mandy brought out a make-up box , and while Charity squirmed and complained she dusted on eyeshadow and mascara and blusher and lipstick . |
| 6 | and erm and that 's what erm , the teacher came and said she 'd fallen out of erm one of the , er I think she said bogeys or something ? |
| 7 | And then somebody else came and said she was er I think |
| 8 | As he ate and drank she found herself chattering away to him out of nervousness , a stream of things that went through her head , the small happenings of a day . |
| 9 | Sturdy as the white blancmange that Léonie hated and thought she had left behind in England . |
| 10 | We were informed that the Prime Minister had set aside an hour for us , and she arrived on the dot , nicely accoutred and coiffeured and saying she was ready to go when we were . |
| 11 | Isabel sighed and decided she was going to remain hungry for a while longer . |
| 12 | And then , dismissing himself , he asked if she were well and happy , and she lied and said she was . |
| 13 | Her representative rang and said she was n't coming on . |
| 14 | Finally , he swore and said she was a bad wife and if another woman of greater warmth came his way , no one could accuse him of adultery in taking her . |
| 15 | ‘ But the immigration officials and security men just laughed and said she was pretending because she did n't want to be sent back . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And when she noticed I had two other children with me she laughed and said she knew what a handful they could be . ’ |
| 17 | She described the revelatory information they contained and said she was prepared to make them available . |
| 18 | On and on she heard herself ranting ( could it be that she heard echoes of her own past self , the speaking , ranting , resurrected ghost of that ephemeral figure Liz Lintot ? ) and heard his vague , evasive grunts and answers : yes , he said , he and Henrietta would marry as soon as possible , Henrietta wanted to go to New York with him , she 'd had a thin time herself lately , he needed her in New York , Henrietta had n't been well , needed to settle … and as Liz spoke and listened she was aware of a simultaneous conviction that this was the most shocking , the most painful hour of her entire life , and also that it was profoundly dull , profoundly trivial , profoundly irrelevant , a mere routine , devoid of truth , devoid of meaning : nothing . |
| 19 | Blanche smiled and said she did not mean that , but the reference to Colombian cocaine barons and the mafia . |
| 20 | Celia smiled and said she could . |