Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animal began to gnaw at the ropes binding her to the altar . |
| 2 | We 'll be going now , ’ the mallards told her . |
| 3 | It appeared that she 'd been right about Harry Martin 's being behind the attempts to intimidate her . |
| 4 | This would enable the men on the bank to keep her head up and give more time to spend on the attempts to raise her from the quagmire . |
| 5 | The woods received her , closed over and around her , dense green water . |
| 6 | The night became a blur of faces , trees , light and dark , the scents of the woods enveloping her as she stirred the warm night air with her urgent flight . |
| 7 | For health reasons she returned to England in 1883 , but her husband 's appointment in 1886 as Italian and Greek correspondent for The Times drew her back to Italy , where she lived in Rome until 1897 . |
| 8 | Indeed , so pressing were the requests to see her , and no doubt her eccentric widower as well , that Martin Van Butchell was obliged to place an announcement in the St James 's Chronicle on 21 October 1775 , restricting the hours for viewing and putting conditions on those who wished to view . |
| 9 | Her lack of caution led the trackers to sting her with rubber bullets , and since the summer , she has been much more shy . |
| 10 | Pedrosa was convinced that this average track runner could be transformed into a top marathoner. he eventually persuaded the authorities to allow her to run the 1982 European Championships marathon in Athens but they insisted she must run the 3000m as well . |
| 11 | There may still be time to persuade the authorities to relocate her rather than remove her from the wild . |
| 12 | Now the authorities say she has little chance of getting them back . |
| 13 | The evidence at the inquest had vindicated the struggle by the dead woman 's father , John Ward , to make the authorities accept she had been murdered . |
| 14 | The inconsistency is striking : unwilling to see Athens put down Thasos , a rebel subject , Sparta nevertheless calls on the Athenians to join her in putting down her own rebel subjects . |
| 15 | The Fontanellatesi called her la Contessina ammuffita , the musty princess . |
| 16 | According to the NCC , the offer was refused and she claimed that the bailiffs told her that they would kick her door down . |
| 17 | ‘ The manufacturers let her have things , you know . |
| 18 | The parentheses gave her a sense of not existing , un-being perhaps was not too strong a word . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm Mrs Morey , the rector 's new wife , ’ said Sarah , going towards Peg with an outstretched hand as the housekeeper did n't have the manners to introduce her . |
| 20 | Not that the journalists let her get away with quite everything . |
| 21 | With a small , helpless moan she surrendered to the muscular arms tightening like a vice about her , gazing up at his hawk-like features thrown into sharp , dramatic relief by the pale moonlight , and trembling at the dangerous gleam in the eyes devouring her from beneath their heavy lids . |
| 22 | With all the bedrooms allocated she had nowhere to sleep . |
| 23 | If we now compare the fortunes of a girl apprentice in the same firm ( and the wage-books describe her as such , rather than a " learner " ) , Miss Whyte , she began in 1901 probably at 55 . |
| 24 | He reached out , catching her by the shoulders to jerk her back towards him and give her a hard shake that made her head spin . |
| 25 | She closed her eyes , enjoying the sensations flooding her as his hands parted her legs , and his breathing became as erratic as hers . |
| 26 | Though sometimes , the gentlemen chucked her beneath the chin absently , or gave her a sixpence , and one , even , pushed her for a whole quarter-hour on the swing . |
| 27 | All the gentlemen admired her , not only for her beauty but also for her musical skills . |
| 28 | ‘ Since she can tell us no more , I will give the order for the embalmers to take her . ’ |
| 29 | Just as the size of the winnings amazed her , so did the size of the losses terrify her . |
| 30 | The misery was shared by France 's Ville de Paris , who collided with Nippon and lost both the umpire 's verdict and most of the her bow , and New Zealand , who came from behind to cross the line 2ft in front of Il Moro di Venezia only to have the victory overturned when the umpires ruled she had brushed the finish-line buoy. 6univ |