Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tired and confused after the journey , I followed the servant into a large building , where she left me in a sitting-room . |
| 2 | She put the sheet of paper in an envelope , addressed it clearly , added the word ‘ Urgent ’ and carried it down to the office , where she left it for collection and received instead the original and the photostats of her article . |
| 3 | Mildred slid him carefully into her pocket and raced up the stairs to her room , where she transferred him to a small box with holes in the lid which she had prepared specially for the journey . |
| 4 | Clare levered the coins off the counter , and carried her cup out into the small enclosure , where she balanced it on an unsteady iron table , her feet cushioned by a carpet of litter . |
| 5 | He might have been cut out of cardboard , she thought , as she led him across the hall and into the dining -room , where she introduced him to Susan . |
| 6 | After her father 's death she moved to Petersfield , Hampshire , where she supported herself by washing clothes , brewing , and other types of manual work . |
| 7 | Sometimes , although she chided herself for the thought , it seemed as if in trying to be unselfish and giving him what he wanted , she had allowed herself to be turned into a sacrifice . |
| 8 | She also wore large red-frame glasses , although she wore them on top of her head , as if to keep in place the shock of ginger-red red hair which she 'd rubber-banded into a pony tail down most of the length of her back . |
| 9 | It was then that she told me about the hysterectomy . ’ |
| 10 | Earthy type , she used to say , but it was all talk with him and he never gave her any trouble that she told me about . ’ |
| 11 | and I know something that she told me about you that I know that she do n't , she do n't know that I , I know that , you do n't know that , I know |
| 12 | It was two months later that she told me of her problem and the discomfort it had previously caused her . |
| 13 | She had to make sure that she avoided him in the future and never gave him the chance to pull any more stunts like that ! |
| 14 | She had lean flanks and no tummy , and I could see from the way her breasts moved slightly when she walked that she wore nothing underneath her blouse ; I also had the feeling that she knew instantly that I knew . |
| 15 | She would cook them all a good breakfast and make it clear that she expected them to be at the table on time . |
| 16 | He did n't love her , of course , not that she expected him to , but he had n't been backward in the lovemaking department , had he ? |
| 17 | And why did the impact of his presence provoke such an undeniable response in her when , earlier , she had felt that she had everything under control ? |
| 18 | Ellen was sure now that she had him for her own and most likely thought it a fair return for her investment of time and trouble . |
| 19 | Ronni smiled a small smile , grateful that the subject of Jeff and Silvia had been left behind , and enjoying , for once , the fact that she had him at a disadvantage . |
| 20 | Nicklaus , sensing that she had something on her mind , offered an encouraging , ‘ Do n't be afraid to speak up ! ’ |
| 21 | Not for sustenance , but so that she had something on which to focus her attention while she thought about her response to him . |
| 22 | But , when nothing she could do from inside the car would make it go again , she began to realise in her non-mechanical mind that she had something of a problem on her hands . |
| 23 | And she once again had the strong , peculiar feeling that was coming over her more and more often : the feeling that she had nothing in common with those two-legged creatures with a head on their shoulders and a mouth in their face . |
| 24 | ( Not that she had anything against Greenpeace . |
| 25 | It was n't that she had anything against him personally ; he was a charming and clever man , dedicated to his school , an entrepreneur who was using the fruits of his success to fulfil a lifetime 's dream — and good luck to him , she thought . |
| 26 | Not that she had anything against him . |
| 27 | Not that she had anything against the vicar personally , though it had been hard to forgive his refusal of her request for an ‘ Animals ’ Sunday' to which people might bring their pets to be blessed . |
| 28 | Tallis was idly aware that she had none of these organs left . |
| 29 | Iraq would be much more justified to say that she spent lots of money on military equipment so that she could invade other countries like Iran to gain more land . |
| 30 | He could tell by the look on her face that she counted herself among them . |