Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a stroke she could make them vanish , but she 'd still see them . |
| 2 | Later , in the privacy of her bedroom she could gnash her teeth and let the anguish flood out . |
| 3 | She would set the table with the best glass and cutlery she could lay her hands on , and her meals always had something a little different about them . |
| 4 | It was Smarties that made the coloured hand prints on the wall ; with Smarty ‘ buns ’ she would charm all the grown-ups , and with Smarty ‘ prezzies ’ they would encourage her performances and tricks ; with Smarties she would entertain her invisible friends ; Smarties bribed her to bed , to bath , to the toilet . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll survive , ’ said Sendei , with an optimism she could tell he did n't feel . |
| 6 | Nevertheless few other aspects of caste are maintained , and during the daughter 's long engagement she will spend plenty of time with her fiancé , giving her plenty of opportunity to reject him . |
| 7 | It was n't as if Rick was a dangerous psychopath who might kill again , she reasoned , and Lou had as good as agreed that after their talk she would tell them what she knew . |
| 8 | So if he starts coming the old soldier she can bung him out . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not going to get into what kind of therapy she might find herself in , but clearly she would need all the help she could get from whatever source was available . |
| 10 | Long after he should have turned away out of politeness she could feel his dark glance pricking all over her , sparing nothing . |
| 11 | Richard avoided looking at her , for fear she should think he meant anything particular by it . |
| 12 | She greeted us with a cheerful smile , and whereas we had been anxious to avoid her for fear she should forbid us to bring our tree into the house , she astonished us by saying : " Hullo , dearies . |
| 13 | But so many people all her life had told her how wrong it was to hurt others , so Jezrael penned inside her the rage that crushed its poison outwards through the walls of her veins , not knowing the harm she would do herself , knowing only that if she killed Zulei she would be as bad as Zulei was . |
| 14 | With that luminous cheek of hers , that flame she used to enslave me . |
| 15 | For the remaining eight months she will continue her TV production work with FCEI , which has been a member and partner of WACC for several years . |
| 16 | By leaning her back against it and pedalling with her feet she could move it forwards inches at a time . |
| 17 | My granny could speak it well and my great granny she could speak it and read it . |
| 18 | But as they crossed the sand she could see it was true . |
| 19 | It was conceivable , she supposed , that if she remained in the village she might see him from time to time , and if she was lucky , she thought bleakly , he might even speak to her . |
| 20 | For aches in limbs she would hand them Epsom salts . |
| 21 | if we got ta wind someone up sort of like one of the girls fancies a bloke she 'll tell it to his face , but in back slang so he do n't know she 's saying they go er , what ? |
| 22 | Out of the window she could see her father sitting in the plastic chair by the pool . |
| 23 | Beneath her curled fist she could feel his heart pounding , feel the heavy rhythm of his life ticking away in so many years , so many days , so many hours . |
| 24 | Indeed , if Diana were to ring her tomorrow and ask for her help she would give it willingly and warmly . |
| 25 | In the deafening silence inside the gallery she could hear her heart thumping madly against her ribs . |
| 26 | Madame imagined that while she was doing this to Boy she would tell him everything she knew , she would talk to him quietly each night whilst brushing his hair before bedtime . |
| 27 | Under the gruff tones she could feel his sympathy for her at being placed in such an awkward situation , and she made an effort to summon up some anger at his being sorry for her , but she could n't . |
| 28 | If she 's not in the mood she 'll say nothing all night . |
| 29 | No if you have a plain lady she 'd give you looks then it 's nice |
| 30 | Apparently as a child she used to do it quite often . |