Example sentences of "[verb] she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a reeve has mated she departs from the lek to lay her eggs and rears her young by herself . |
| 2 | Has she changed over the years ? |
| 3 | ‘ You say she went to the Skein of Geese on the tenth of September . |
| 4 | As the train stopped she rushed to the window , though she dared not open it . |
| 5 | When we approached she took to the steep places where we could not follow , and so we left her . ’ |
| 6 | The threads that a woman holds she weaves into the fabric of daily life . |
| 7 | The body of Elizabeth Page-Alucard , 41 , was found on Saturday by her boyfriend , Peter Hook , 25 , after he had reported her missing to the police . |
| 8 | Her brain raced over and over what her mother would say , how awful she would feel , what she ought to do , until she felt that the movement in her head would spin her off the bed and send her whirling round the room . |
| 9 | Whoever she was living with , roused by the smell of burning , had come downstairs to discover her slumped across the hearth with her head pressed up against a glowing electric fire . |
| 10 | She was pleased when Marguerite invited her to help with the evening meal . |
| 11 | As we saw in chapter two , the number and variety of messages with which the main character is bombarded causes her to reflect on the role they play in her daily life . |
| 12 | I lit a cigarette as I waited and turned to find her leaning on the doorway , arms folded . |
| 13 | He forgave her , and then a week later he and Keeley came home from the Beaux Arts Club to find her sitting on the basement steps , smiling nice as pie . |
| 14 | From Dennis 's drunken hints that memorable evening in Ramillies Drive I had gathered that the reason for this was Karen 's sterility , so I was somewhat surprised to find her going on the offensive . |
| 15 | She 'd been sitting motionless for over an hour , conducting an inner battle over the need to alert the board of Chester 's about Guy 's perfidy , with the stubborn hope that somehow she might be wrong keeping her glued to the spot , torn with indecision … |
| 16 | I expect her to preside over the abolition of wages councils and to be strong on industrial training . |
| 17 | September 10th was the Saturday following Heather 's visit to Oxford and thus just when Harry would have expected her to proceed to the Skein of Geese . |
| 18 | He watched her walk away without speaking and enter the hall again ; he had expected her to come to the table to supervise Mary packing up the food . |
| 19 | When Ludovico came back to the apartment with food for lunch and found her stripped to the waist , washing herself in the cracked kitchen sink , he immediately started making love to her , pushing her back until the taps dug into her . |
| 20 | I walked inside , came upstairs … and found her lying on the bed . |
| 21 | She was seen by neighbours as she made her way along Athelstane Road towards her home , minutes before passers-by found her lying on the pavement . |
| 22 | I found her lying among the Foinmen . " |
| 23 | I went looking for Mathilda and found her working in the buttery with the other maids . |
| 24 | When he came home he found her peering into the well of his top hat . |
| 25 | The next day found her driving round the busy , bustling city of Sheffield , desperately trying to keep one eye on the traffic , and the other on the directions scrawled on a piece of paper . |
| 26 | They found her sitting at the table with the Telegraph , nibbling toast . |
| 27 | He found her sitting at the desk which was quite clear . |
| 28 | ‘ We found her sitting in the loo lighting up . ’ |
| 29 | It was an impressive narrative , and impressively narrated ; Clara found her craving for the bizarre and the involved richly satisfied . |
| 30 | I found her standing by the sink , which she was filling with hot water . |