Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she found she had survived she felt like Lazarus . |
| 2 | This she did , however , rather rapidly and the next moment I found she had overtaken me and was standing before me , effectively barring my way . |
| 3 | It did n't hurt that much , but he pretended she 'd got him in the balls , hoping for a little wifely penitence . |
| 4 | She had a kind thought and she believed she 'd carried it through , and that 's not uncommon , with someone as sick as she was and in pain a lot of the time . |
| 5 | He could n't hear her , but as that was what she always said , he assumed she 'd said it again . |
| 6 | About the third time we went to the beach ( I took them to the one known since 1945 as ‘ Staging Post B ’ ) , as soon as I rejoined the group I realised she 'd told them . |
| 7 | From her encouraging smile I realised she had suggested me for something . |
| 8 | Leith was n't feeling very hungry when she got in , but she made herself a pot of tea and a snack , and , as she realised she had known she would , she worried . |
| 9 | Caroline claimed she 'd bathed him , massaged him and that he 'd had her several times dressed in school uniform . |
| 10 | You heard her say turn it up . |
| 11 | She took the oath and swore she had seen me drunk . |
| 12 | Guilt made her try to bury it deep in her subconscious . |
| 13 | ‘ Inside information , ’ he said with smug satisfaction that made her want to hit him . |
| 14 | He gave her a look of contempt that made her want to hit him . |
| 15 | ‘ Which presumably makes me the better teacher , ’ he returned with a dryness that made her want to pummel him with her fists from sheer frustration . |
| 16 | But the expectation would not be driven out … and yet Harrison was a fine man and there was something about his miserably presented directness which made her want to scoop him up . |
| 17 | I asked her to come to see me on the day after her arrival and at the hour of sunset , the best time for the wonderful view that I then had to offer her . |
| 18 | Well she went she 'd left him with their baggages on the seat at the front of the shop |
| 19 | She felt she had shocked him and his response was to wing slightly out of control . |
| 20 | She felt she had to do it . |
| 21 | They said goodbye and she felt she had let him down , that her unresponsiveness had been noted but not commented upon . |
| 22 | It was all so unreal , she felt she had to write it down to prove it was happening , to have it and hold it to her heart . |
| 23 | She felt she had dreamed it . |
| 24 | Angela is planning a traditional wedding but the dresses she had seen were too romantic and frilly , and she was unsure about what to do with her make-up as she normally wears quite strong colours but felt she wanted to tone them down for her wedding day . |
| 25 | ‘ But I understood she had left you and her children and had gone abroad . ’ |
| 26 | I knew she 'd said it before . |
| 27 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 28 | Left three children there and took the took eleven year old for a wa , dog for a walk , and nobody knew she 'd left them there , cos she did n't come back until Sunday afternoon at three o'clock ! |
| 29 | God knew she 'd thought it , but aloud ? |
| 30 | She winced , surprised to find how much she was hurt by the stinging acid in his voice , even though she knew she 'd brought it on herself . |