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Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1	As the train stopped she rushed to the window , though she dared not open it .
2	When we approached she took to the steep places where we could not follow , and so we left her . ’
3	She was pleased when Marguerite invited her to help with the evening meal .
4	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 .
5	I walked inside , came upstairs … and found her lying on the bed .
6	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 .
7	I found her lying among the Foinmen . "
8	I went looking for Mathilda and found her working in the buttery with the other maids .
9	When he came home he found her peering into the well of his top hat .
10	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 .
11	They found her sitting at the table with the Telegraph , nibbling toast .
12	He found her sitting at the desk which was quite clear .
13	‘ We found her sitting in the loo lighting up . ’
14	It was an impressive narrative , and impressively narrated ; Clara found her craving for the bizarre and the involved richly satisfied .
15	I found her standing by the sink , which she was filling with hot water .
16	I helped her prepare for the date , pressing her nicest blouse , lending her my best necklace and polishing her shoes .
17	While Kahlo 's art helped her to deal with the vicissitudes of her life , for most audiences it is her life story which allows access to her art .
18	My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club .
19	He managed to keep working , paid for his board and lodging , helped her to look after the handicapped boy and did a few jobs around the house .
20	Alex recounted her meeting with the young painter and they laughed together .
21	Isabel stopped her pacing about the room and looked at de Raimes in surprise .
22	Not that it stopped her talking about the Jesus who was the centre of her life .
23	I had never seen a bank nurse before and assumed she came from the Natwest .
24	He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it .
25	He said , it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police told her when you come back we 'll have all this typed out , your statement but we 'll need you to sign so tell the coach driver to stay at , stop at the police station for you to sign it and I , I said to her , how , how did you manage to stop that boy ?
26	In the Australian bush in the early 1930s , my mother-to-be was the daughter of a locomotive driver who watched her like a hawk and forbade her to go to the crasser ends of town .
27	Harriet noticed her looking at the groceries and said cheerfully , ‘ I took one of those cordon bleu cookery courses .
28	I noticed her hanging around the bar , staring through its window , while I ate my fish and potatoes .
29	His blue eyes implored her to take off the gag .
30	A movement in the room beyond caused her to fly along the corridor , and as she was passing the kitchen door she blew out the candle and groped her way to her own door .