Example sentences of "she [verb] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An observer of the couple once said of Maud Gonne that ‘ the first resolute man of action she meets will have her at his mercy ’ , and so it proved . |
| 2 | But the moment passed , for there was something in her grasp of his legs that was so awkward , so inexperienced , and the pitch of her entreaties remained so anguished that he knew she was only doing what she imagined might persuade him to help her ; and a wave of self-loathing washed over him , that a woman like her could think of a man like him in such a light . |
| 3 | She waited , forcing back tears she thought might irritate him further , watching his implacable shoulders . |
| 4 | One would have thought that the principle of people living in glass houses not throwing stones would have warned Ivan off a career as a journalist , gossip , and so-called satirist , but it did not seem to occur to him that he was asking for trouble of a kind that she knew would cause him the most intimate anguish : but in fact , so appalling were Ivan 's features and physique that comment on them was rare , even his worst enemies ( and he had hundreds ) not considering them fair game . |
| 5 | Not to thank you , I mean — and Rose — oh , dear … ’ and her face crumpled , but the steely resolution which lay beneath her outward charm prevented her from giving way to the hysterics which she knew would take her over if she allowed herself to show any weakness . |
| 6 | But when Clift confided in her about his homosexual tendencies , she referred him to a colleague whom she felt could help him infinitely more than she could . |
| 7 | By the sound of it he intended to move around anyway , so it was doubtful that any letter she wrote would reach him . |
| 8 | Just before midnight she got up and swallowed two aspirins with some water which she hoped would calm her down . |