Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] she [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ate less and less , never venturing outside the villa , the physical aspect of their relationship consuming them both as Damian began to take her beyond her new-found sensuality , smashing barriers as he went , teaching her everything about her body and his until she thrilled to the power of knowing how to touch and kiss him to make him breathless with ecstasy , whispering incoherent , urgent words of encouragement to her until they both fell into their usual sleep of pleasurable exhaustion , completely united by the passion that raged just as highly between them now as it ever had from the very beginning . |
| 2 | Sure enough , Jo leaned over to the driver 's window and said something to someone before she ran up the steps to the house . |
| 3 | Their clothes were an abrasive barrier between them , and her hands were as urgent as his as she peeled off the same black dress she seemed to have been wearing for the past century . |
| 4 | Janice looks ashen with worry , and does n't see me although she appears to be looking hardest of all . |
| 5 | And when , after lunch , she came downstairs in her new outfit , bought from Selfridge 's last week with the money which J. D. O'Connor had paid her for her articles , and with her next two articles in her bag , ready to be handed in to the great man himself before she returned to the rectory to pick up Rose Bailey , whose time off did not begin until four-thirty , both Dr Neil and Matey thought that she looked enchanting . |
| 6 | ‘ She wo n't get away from me like she did from the ‘ palookas ’ who tried to sit on her shoulder in the world championships . ’ |
| 7 | The woman turned and looked at the speaker , and there was scorn in her expression , but she said nothing until she turned on Agnes again and said , ‘ How bad is he , lass ? ’ |
| 8 | You know erm and I if she if she goes to emba cos I think she does it for the purpose really to people |
| 9 | Well she could stop there could n't she if she wanted to . |
| 10 | to Stokesley , who if she screamed through a bloody bullhorn would n't be heard by anybody ? |
| 11 | and saying , what do you think cos of all the qualified ones at least she cos she worked on the elderly side . |
| 12 | " I must admit I never liked the sound of you when she talked about you — which was often . " |
| 13 | Slackening her step , she felt hope renewing itself as she strolled along the pavements past tubs of flowering plants interspersed with benches crowded with people resting their tired feet or simply sitting back and enjoying the sunshine while they watched the passers-by . |
| 14 | It is not merely the gracious bow they give each other before they begin , nor the even more gracious one when she submits to the prince , sinking to the ground with head bent low . |
| 15 | Mind you , I do n't think they 're married either of them because she comes under the name Miss and well her name 's Estelle and he 's Paul , but she 's known as because I 've had two or three people ask me about her because she , she deals in insurance . |
| 16 | A middle-aged woman and mother of three teenage children , she came to consult me because she suffered from a phobia about birds . |
| 17 | I grinned then , I recall , and brought the stunter down fast and acute across the weeds and the water , the sand and the surf , scudding it in across the wind to jerk and zoom just before it hit the girl herself where she sat on the dune top holding and spasmodically jerking the string she held in her hand , connected to the sky . |
| 18 | She enjoys herself cos she chases around all the beds does n't she there and |
| 19 | Yet she would n't be able to live with herself if she informed on Papa . |
| 20 | She can go by herself if she wants to . |
| 21 | She was annoyed with herself since she knew after all that babies were carried inside , and once she 'd heard the news she saw clearly the difference in Belle Maman 's appearance . |
| 22 | She did n't answer : Nick saw in her face the struggle she always had with herself before she went in the water . |
| 23 | And so , during the holiday , Millie was again invited to tea , and on this visit she amused them , together with their other children , a twelve-year old son , and a five-year old daughter , when she gave them an imitation of the nuns , excelling herself when she touched on Sister Mary . |
| 24 | ‘ You know , I gave her that room to herself when she came to us , because I thought it would be better , and she treated me like a servant — well , you saw , did n't you ? — and when she 'd got all the fun and sense of power out of that little game she started coming down with us . |
| 25 | She seemed to be talking to herself as she gazed into the fire . |
| 26 | She was relieved to be out in the cool night air , but the journey home was an awkward one and she felt a little sorry for herself as she waited for her second bus . |
| 27 | Not only was Mrs Funnell startled , but Victoria was too , and even Peggy herself as she rounded on the old woman , crying at the top of her voice now , ‘ Like all men of his ilk , with a bloody big moaning mouth , yelling off , I , I , I , all the time , his wants . |
| 28 | ‘ No matter , ’ she said to herself as she walked into the hall . |
| 29 | Laura smiled to herself as she thought about her scatty cousin and her husband , who never seemed to have his feet on the ground either . |
| 30 | ‘ T'is pity she 's a whore , ’ she said , smiling to herself as she crept along the landing to the second bedroom . |