Example sentences of "[vb base] she [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggest she opened the window for someone else , and did n't expect her own fingerprints to be taken . |
| 2 | ‘ And I expect she wears a new pair of knickers every day , ’ little Kitty whispered in my ear . |
| 3 | I groaned , ‘ I expect she has a cold ’ . |
| 4 | Say she had a win on the bingo and sent me my fare — God knows she 'd never have the money else . |
| 5 | Dr Howe … an Oxford graduate … had been a tutor in English at the Open University based at Foxcombe Hall in Oxford for the past two years … she 's recently published her first book … through Cambridge university Press called the First English Actresses … colleagues say she had a bright future . |
| 6 | gone , say she had a limit of eight hundred and think oh well I 'll do some more shopping oh can you up it another three or four hundred |
| 7 | She belongs to the South ; some say she personifies the best of it . |
| 8 | Her friends say she did the right thing . |
| 9 | But — you see — I want her to marry a Jew . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And we want her to get a nice lot of money for it so that she can afford to go and visit her nephew up North , ’ added Mary . |
| 11 | I know she 'll learn in time but I want her to avoid the pitfalls . ’ |
| 12 | You want her to feel the pleasure you know you 're going to feel : but you play your body at the pitch and rhythm you sense in hers . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , let 'er have the rope , Dick . |
| 14 | She would lift a corner of curtain up now and again , imagine she had a blaster with sights attachment , and use her would be playmates for target practice as they leapfrogged and hopscotched around the courtyard below . |
| 15 | ‘ I imagine she caught the bug from someone in her class at school . |
| 16 | With her track record , attitude and given right support she has the potential of seeing the reality of her aspirations bearing fruit . |
| 17 | I hope she speaks the language of France as well as you do ? " |
| 18 | Oh , lord , I hope she feels the same way about him ! |
| 19 | He parked two hundred yards from the precipice and let her walk the rest . |
| 20 | If , for whatever reason , a husband initially commands higher rates of pay than his wife it makes economic sense for him to ‘ specialize ’ in paid work and let her shoulder the brunt of the partnership 's unpaid chores ( Becker , 1981 , 1985 ; for a critique see Owen , 1987 ) . |
| 21 | Instead , I let her discover the advantages of a demon lover : no sharp elbows , no ragged fingernails , no limits to the reach of hand or tongue . |
| 22 | Then eject her from the taxi , propel her on to its bonnet , and let her do the business from Singin' in the Rain . |
| 23 | Let her make some splendid new beginning , let her start a new line ( in all but name ) . |
| 24 | ‘ They are obviously regretting that they let her start the paper round , but there seemed to be no reason for them to object to it . ’ |
| 25 | let her think a little longer because and then she 'll say , oh ! |
| 26 | Let her study every syllable of Talmud , pour her heart out to some kindly old bubbeh in a headscarf , learn to kosher a boiling fowl , or do a Esther Williams swan-dive into a ritual bath . |
| 27 | ‘ Let her ask the Advent . |
| 28 | I 'm standing behind her feeling nice and cold and angry , but I let her ask the questions so I can see how this game is played . |
| 29 | ‘ Let her have a bit of enjoyment . ’ |
| 30 | Let her have a maid , for example . ’ |