Example sentences of "[subord] she [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she did show me that and then she 's got it like straps on it where she can take it off but er oh she |
| 2 | Spun me a good story about her husband , Malcolm , and how he 'd died , and she was going to stay with a friend in Birkleigh until she found a living-in job where she could keep you . |
| 3 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
| 4 | She noted everyone in the choir , indeed , as part of a determined effort not to gaze all the time at Giles Carnaby , who was in the back row , in the middle of the tenors , straight ahead of her , where she could consider him in detail — silvery hair , grey herring-bone tweed jacket , greenish shirt , paisley patterned silk tie ( so much for not gazing … ) |
| 5 | There was probably a night service bus , but she had no idea where she could catch it , or where it stopped in Yonder . |
| 6 | Anyway , Mrs Aggie had been very sorry she had struck her and she had taken her into the town and bought her a real new bonnet , although she would allow her to wear it only on a Sunday . |
| 7 | Zelda West-Meads of the marriage guidance counselling service , Relate , believes it 's perfectly acceptable to change your partner in the way Madeline and Judith have done , although she would recommend you using more tact than Judith did . |
| 8 | She spent the greater part of her working life trying to understand people 's needs , but the need for a God who would comfort and console and right wrongs — in the next life if not in this — although she might understand it , was something she could not uphold . |
| 9 | Although she could see he wore pyjamas , he had on his head as usual his old straw hat with its black band . |
| 10 | ‘ Mrs Frere is less strong than she would have us all believe . ’ |
| 11 | Ace was n't willing to trust Dubois further than she could throw him , since he seemed to use much the same methods as their enemies ; perhaps that meant he was no better than them . |
| 12 | Amy 's three tomorrow , so she 'll give them to her tomorrow , she |
| 13 | And she 's got to come past us anyway , so she 'll see us wo n't she ? ’ |
| 14 | ZEUS was the lover of a mortal maid , Semele , who foolishly asked the god to appear before her so she might identify him . |
| 15 | The ambulance would leave through that area , Ashley reasoned , so she would waylay it there and travel to the hospital with Simon . |
| 16 | ‘ What 's wrong with you ? ’ she repeated , resting her forearms on the coach roof so she could hide her trembling hands . |
| 17 | Probably she had some old typing paper of Walter 's still around in the attic , so she could make them look convincing . |
| 18 | And our had loads and loads of stuff and because it 's it was red hot so she could fold it up and say |
| 19 | Can you imagine a woman trying to get two men into bed so she could watch them ? ’ |
| 20 | Into Lucy 's keeping , so she could give it to him and with it , he could challenge the system that had tormented him and millions of the innocent . |
| 21 | His light eyes swept in quick appraisal from her new hairstyle to the sandals which graced her nyloned feet , before he opened the door leading to the patio , standing back so she could precede him . |
| 22 | To gather signatures for the petition was a formidable task indeed , because it had to be back in Helen Martini 's hands by the following Thursday , so she could present it to No. 10 Downing Street on Friday 15 March . |
| 23 | She turned round so she could twist it and run . |
| 24 | It was extremely likely that she was pleading with him to escape so she could lead him straight into a trap which would result in accusations of spying or some such thing . |
| 25 | the Lenten 's appeal at the schools that Mrs was supposed to let Miss know so she could get it off to the parents to get the money back so that they bought the scanner . |
| 26 | ‘ Philip , ’ said his Mum , turning round in the car so she could see him , ‘ Joyce is asking if you 'd like to stop here with Barry instead of coming back to work with me . ’ |
| 27 | Her father 's ship was on convoy duty in the North Sea , and her mother had gone to live in Glasgow so she could see him when he came into port . |
| 28 | She turned in his arms so she could see him . |
| 29 | ‘ What pleased me most about that , ’ he said , ‘ was that my mother knew about it before she died , so she could see I was getting somewhere . ’ |
| 30 | For some reason I thought it would be better just to go to her so she could see I was all right . ’ |