Example sentences of "i [verb] she [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I spare her a bob or two to the end of the week ? |
| 2 | ‘ One day I asked her a question as I was getting on , and she just smacked my face … |
| 3 | There is a wealth of revealing evidence on the attitudes that affect reading : ‘ His daddy always takes him to bed , and he says ‘ Can I have a story ? ’ said an engineer 's wife , ‘ but he 's been told now that he 's getting a bit too old for stories ’ ’ [ ‘ He ’ is four ] ( Newson and Newson , 1968 , p.274 ) ; ‘ Then I read her a story , ’ said an actor 's wife , ‘ and Rupert listens , and then I show Rupert his little book ’ ’ [ Rupert being sixteen months old ] ( ibid . |
| 4 | she was smoking like that so I made her a cup of tea took it in and put it on the stool . |
| 5 | I made her a cup of coffee , she went to sleep . |
| 6 | ‘ I met her a couple of times after shows , ’ said one . |
| 7 | I passed her a cup and then perched on the bed with mine . |
| 8 | I passed her the tissues as I always do . |
| 9 | DAYFLOWER a strong finishing fifth in the Newmarket 1000 gns , may find conditions more to her liking at the Curragh tomorrow and I make her the selection for the Irish ‘ 1000 ’ . |
| 10 | I got her a pair of tough brogues from the plastic bag and all the time I was putting them on her she was looking at me with a vacant stare , her eyes still very wide , the pupils enormous . |
| 11 | Oh I got her a card , yeah . |
| 12 | Erm I got her a couple of games . |
| 13 | I got her a couple of Cindy things and that . |
| 14 | Oh I got her a chocolate factory game . |
| 15 | Oh I got her a lovely cute little teddy . |
| 16 | I got her a nightdress . |
| 17 | And I got her a box of Black Magic so that 's her birthday present sorted out so she can eat and drink then ca n't she ! |
| 18 | She says she did the Byrd show ‘ because I found her a fascinating part of the underground scene in New York , and I felt somebody should expose her to a bigger market . |
| 19 | ‘ Whatever her failings may or may not be , I found her a most agreeable and willing chambermaid — very attractive for that occupation — far more attractive than the common run of girls , did n't you find ? ’ |
| 20 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 21 | I visited her a couple of times in the hospital , and then Mr Browne told me she died . |
| 22 | I helped her a rearrange the Lady Eleanor 's body on the bed , drawing the curtains around it . |
| 23 | ‘ I promised her the best view of Florence from here , Mama , ’ he said over his shoulder as he wrestled with the catch . |
| 24 | ‘ I phoned her an hour ago , and Grandfather . |
| 25 | And I send her a red rose with the same message . |
| 26 | Again , I bore her no personal ill-will . |
| 27 | I told her no messages had been sent and suggested that if Uncle was a businessman — I thought it better not to mention that we already knew he was a multi-millionaire businessman — he might naturally tend to be secretive and that he might also be reluctant to broadcast the fact that he had lost his yacht through what might have been his own fault . |
| 28 | In turn I told her a little about my own background , as though we were out on a first date . |
| 29 | I told her a cut-down ( but not a Bowdlerized ) version of the story , omitting Toby . |
| 30 | Once , when I told her a lie about what I was doing , in order to evade hostile questioning , she said , severely , ‘ You 're growing too like your father . ’ |