Example sentences of "[vb pp] she [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't think what had made her blurt out the goading words . |
| 2 | Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes . |
| 3 | This is done as follows : If the number ‘ one ’ is called she spells out the letters O N E to land on the yellow smartie . |
| 4 | When the horn was robed she threaded back the leather of the necklace and gave it to Dreamer , who put it round his neck and tucked this frail memory of the broken boy into his furs . |
| 5 | With that thought , once Peter had left she switched out the bedside lamp and burrowed down . |