Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] she [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members of a Cardiff ladies ' rowing club tried to pull her out of the mud , but found the current was too fast , and the bitch ( yes , she is called Eric ! ) , too heavy . |
| 2 | Poppy dissolved into a quivering heap when staff tried to lead her out of the cage , so they suggested that I tried . |
| 3 | Najma 's family tried to talk her out of a singing career as not quite suitable for a good Muslim girl , but she persevered and in 1984 won Britain 's Asian song contest on her first public appearance . |
| 4 | No we tried to talk her out of . |
| 5 | He tried to draw her back into the circle of his arms . |
| 6 | So I went there and cornered her in the canteen and tried to chat her up for half an hour . |
| 7 | The United States broke the unofficial cartel with Canada and tried to shoulder her out of markets . |
| 8 | I tried to force her back to bed , but her fever made her surprisingly strong . |
| 9 | She glared at him , then scanned the road for anyone who might offer help if he turned nasty and tried to force her back inside the car , but , apart from an elderly woman walking an equally elderly terrier along the opposite pavement , the road was deserted . |
| 10 | He approached her outside her Oxford home and held a knife to her neck as he tried to force her in to her car . |
| 11 | He tried to slow her down with gestures which she interpreted as signs of denial , and so she poured it on . |
| 12 | Hell , Nick , I tried to get her out of that place , but she did n't care . |
| 13 | Constanza tried to follow her out of the hotel — as she was very very upset , my grandmother — but Constanza was too late . |
| 14 | What 's more , who 'd have believed he 'd picked her up in a wine bar ? |
| 15 | He was a young Irish American who 'd picked her up in a New York bar a week ago . |
| 16 | His tone suggested he 'd caught her out in some minor misdemeanour , Loretta thought angrily — putting penny coins in a parking meter , or dodging fares on the underground . |
| 17 | He 'd sought her out in her sanctuary , confirmed her belief with the tender , arousing touch of the perfect lover , and she 'd learned enough from him to return his caresses with a woman 's intimate knowledge of how to pleasure the body of the man she loved . |
| 18 | And after that we shipped — me and another feller , an Irish feller , a Belfast man — we shipped in an owd schooner called the Mount Blairie : it was an old thing that had been ashore at — in a little shipyard ; and they 'd done her up during the winter to give them men a job . |
| 19 | Then , deciding she was no political , just another stroppy trucker , they 'd handed her over to the locals , which was a big relief . |
| 20 | I understand it was your own stupidity in refusing to accept Silas 's ring until he 'd got her out of the house . |
| 21 | That was all , the slightest touch of his fingers on hers , but she was reminded of that other time he had touched her , when he 'd helped her out of the pool , and now , as then , something inside her responded to his touch . |
| 22 | Marian I know was Marian Anderson , the black singer , she sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday morning in 1939 , it was freezing , they 'd locked her out of the concert hall she had booked . |
| 23 | Actually , I 've heard a little about your relationship from my aunt — like the fact that you refused to accept Silas 's ring until he 'd kicked her out of the house . ’ |
| 24 | But he could remember the sound of her voice on the phone that morning , when he 'd called her up from the School , too well . |
| 25 | You did n't fall in love with someone in the space of a few days , just because you 'd finally succumbed to the lures of sex , or lust , or whatever had overwhelmed her ever since he 'd fished her out of the sea that first night … |
| 26 | He 'd taken her out to dinner that very night , and now seemed to be practically haunting the place , and obviously very much in love with her friend . |
| 27 | I 'd taken her back with a woolly suit , mitts , hat , booties , everything , in the middle of July . |
| 28 | He had n't meant to say it , but it was the effect of the beer and the movement of the ship and her sophistication , all things he could n't cope with together , so he 'd taken her down to the bar and they 'd had a couple more drinks to restore his confidence before the boat docked . |
| 29 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |
| 30 | A while later , when she was finished and dressed and sitting alone , Charlie came to take her out to the taxi . |