Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end she agreed to give him the money for " Jack 's " fare . |
| 2 | She trembled to think what the Trunchbull would do to her if she did that . |
| 3 | But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that . |
| 4 | Alright , so there 's this interest in what women talk about when they 're by themselves and when Martha comes down , she wants to know what the men have been talking about as well . |
| 5 | The sleeping patient 's eyes were bandaged , just in case she tried to anticipate what the surgeon would do next . |
| 6 | No , however much she tried to dismiss what the astrologer had said , the words kept ringing in her ears until she thought she would scream . |
| 7 | The Queen has been told that she is not to summon anybody to form a Government until she has heard who the new Leader is . |
| 8 | I recently helped one of the Costain girls on some research and she has sent me the final document , which I suspect will one day be of invaluable professional use , so it was nice she remembered . |
| 9 | He is merely expressing a suspicion , and in a sense a hope ( ‘ when she has given him the clap , then he 'll come back to me ’ , to modernize it somewhat ) . |
| 10 | ‘ What matters is that she has given us the most glorious production we have ever had at Hochhauser . |
| 11 | Sherie intends to take Neil on holiday after Christmas to help him over his ordeal — after she has bought him the mountain bike he has set his heart on . |
| 12 | And next year she has set herself the personal goal of raising £500,000 . |
| 13 | There had been no time for a cup of coffee and she 'd eaten nothing the night before , going straight to her cabin . |
| 14 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 15 | How would he be if on one of those Saturday mornings when he 'd hung around the rectory she 'd recognized herself the bitterness beneath his grin ? |
| 16 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 17 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
| 18 | She was sure that at some point she 'd given someone the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing . |
| 19 | She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive . |
| 20 | In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before . |
| 21 | Well , anyway , thought Julia , she could n't be worse at waiting than she was at typing , so she 'd asked what the rate of pay was . |
| 22 | ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more . |
| 23 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 24 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 25 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 26 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 27 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 28 | ‘ Why she seemed to dislike me the moment she set eyes on me . |
| 29 | She craned to see what the man was dragging , it looked like a body . |
| 30 | She enjoyed giving them the slip , as she sometimes succeeded in doing . |