Example sentences of "[vb pp] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Rhoda had to give up work , and no sickness benefit was available since Ken had never let her succumb to the system and pay national insurance . |
| 6 | Instead she 'd accepted his suggestion to show her more of the island of Zealand , and had been enchanted by everything , painfully aware that the spell which had entrapped her emanated from the powerful persona of the man beside her as much as the natural beauty of the surrounding countryside . |
| 7 | She reminded me that I was a married man — forbade me to approach her or speak to her again in that way , but at the same time I knew I had made her think about the old days — the attraction we 'd had for each other which she could not deny . |
| 8 | Maureen had met her returning from the photographers ' room , discovered the keys and taken them . |
| 9 | An officer who worked alongside her for many years interpreted the fact that he had seen her kneeling at the mercy seat more than any other officer as a sign of her close relationship with God and the constant need for the kind of realignment which requires a certain humbling of oneself . |
| 10 | Carlie believed everyone was out to do her in , and she had disliked Mrs Mason , the foster mother , as soon as she had seen her standing in the doorway . |
| 11 | The friar was sure he had seen her lying in the graveyard amongst the tombs with Simon the tiler , and he a married man with three children . |
| 12 | The slightly fatherly attendant said he was sure she was safely asleep , as he 'd seen her returning from the washroom at the end of the car and climbing up to her bunk . |
| 13 | He had seen her sitting at the high table among the other ladies of noble birth who served the Empress . |
| 14 | Emily knew that her beautiful daughter had a dozen friends at school , she had seen her walking down the street when classes were over , surrounded by other girls . |
| 15 | Rose said she 'd seen her walking in the direction of the milking sheds , and with a little nod Ellie went out into the grounds . |
| 16 | Once the birds were enclosed she leaned against the low coconut tree behind the house and examined her arms in the gentle afternoon light , wondering what colour they were . |
| 17 | The minute the door was closed she sat on the edge of her bed , covered her face with her hands and wept . |
| 18 | Damn you , she wanted to say , suddenly hating him as she hated realising that while he had watched her reading from the Palmer & Pearson file that night — she had been oblivious that she had n't been wearing her spectacles — but not so him ! |
| 19 | So , he 'd watched her go from the hotel , and then contacted Directory Enquiries from the phone-booth in the foyer . |
| 20 | I sent a junior nurse in there with them to referee , but I expect by now they 've got her pinned to the wall , ’ Kath told him . |
| 21 | It should have calmed her , gazing down at the burbling river , should have helped her to think about the problem uppermost in her mind ; but it was impossible to concentrate , knowing that he was close by . |
| 22 | These are the people who have seen her through the difficult times , who have helped her adjust to the life before her and who have kept her in touch with the real world . |
| 23 | Tammuz had told her to relax into the fire , swim with it , let go . |
| 24 | She 'd already seen Il-Maltija , a country dance which Roman had told her began in the royal courts of the eighteenth century . |
| 25 | The Contraalmirante had invited her to dine at the C-in-C 's residence . |
| 26 | Judges have occasionally commented on her melanomas but it has never affected her placing in the show ring . |
| 27 | She recalled with surprise the energy which had yesterday enabled her to race about the house . |
| 28 | Mr Popple had found her lying on the bathroom floor upon returning from the Lamb and Flag . |
| 29 | Ruth had heard her boasting to the Carsons . |
| 30 | She went , and Alice sat still until she had heard her go up the stairs , and the closing of her door . |