Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] she [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been ashamed to find that she found it such exhausting work , especially without the broad shoulders of Ross to lean on . |
| 2 | She tried to smile , attempting to indicate that she knew it was n't his fault , that he had n't known what he was doing . |
| 3 | He was amused to observe that she forced herself to be a blank when she picked up the bowl of pus and blood . |
| 4 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |
| 5 | What does it profit us to list the number of times a mother rubs her baby 's back when we really want to know if she did it with affection or out of nervousness ? |
| 6 | The fascination lies in trying to discover if she reveals anything of her true , gentle persona . |
| 7 | Why she had tacked that last bit on , Leith found it difficult to know as she made her way to the car park . |
| 8 | ‘ Only there is a young lady as lodges with me , who asks me every day what Mrs Browning writes and is eager to know for she announces she lives for your poetry . ’ |
| 9 | All in all , you will find that your chances of happiness together under the same roof will depend very largely upon your ability to respect and accept her individuality , to see that she gets her share of family affection , to make it possible for her to keep usefully occupied ( within her limitations ) in the home , and to engage as far as she can in all the outside interests she has always enjoyed . |
| 10 | She got up at night to look at her asleep , to see that she lacked nothing . |
| 11 | Matilda stays where she is and it is up to you to see that she behaves herself . ’ |
| 12 | She began to shiver and she felt her heart hammering in anger . |
| 13 | And she said to me she said , Mrs she said , I like to hear to talk because she said you do n't put no airs on . |
| 14 | In recent years the press has had to challenge such diverse rulings as an order not to name a witness from a famous family lest publicity might interfere with her care for heroin addiction ; an order not to publish the address of a former Tory MP lest his estranged wife should discover his whereabouts and harass him , and an order that reporters should leave the court so that a distressed defendant could explain in privacy the matrimonial problems which drove her to drink before she drove her car . |
| 15 | The type of abortion I am referring to is induced and I believe that the woman should be given the right to be able to choose whether she needs one , rather than certain religious leaders or laws . |
| 16 | It was a test , really , to see if she said anything about the stockings . |
| 17 | I decided to go round to her place to see if she had anything I could borrow . |
| 18 | THE body of Robert Burns 's lover ‘ Highland Mary ’ should be dug up to see if she had his baby , says biographer James Mackay . |
| 19 | When she came out I stood there waiting to see if she noticed anything but she did n't seem to . |
| 20 | Although horrified , she could n't resist having another peek to see if she recognized who it was . |
| 21 | After an hour he went to see how she was doing , and to see if she needed anything . |
| 22 | I felt rather worried about her health , and went to her room an hour later to see if she needed anything . |
| 23 | ‘ I had been invited to Miss Havisham 's to see if she liked me . |
| 24 | Her foot began to tingle and she shifted her position . |
| 25 | Well she thoroughly enjoyed the life , in fact right up , oh till nearly the end she spoke about Pharay and as long as she was able she used to go and she imagined she could see it better with the spy glasses . |
| 26 | Alain carefully ignored her until it was time to go and she watched his car sweep from the house with very mixed feelings . |
| 27 | And the shopkeeper who supplies goods to a married woman without inquiry is not entitled to assume that she has her husband 's authority . |
| 28 | Mrs Browning handed her Ellen 's missive as though it were hardly fit to handle and she took it with equal reluctance . |
| 29 | Somehow the pins in her hair always seemed to escape when she lost her temper and the dark tresses whirled round her shoulders as she walked up and down Oswin 's bedroom . |
| 30 | It was an exhilarating meeting with her , because she was at her best and talking as she writes , and trying not to smile when she made us laugh . |