Example sentences of "she [vb past] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pogo never refused any request she made if it was in his power to satisfy her . |
| 2 | She asked whether it could be made to stick as he had been told . |
| 3 | She asked whether it was the same Capron who was in the photograph she had borrowed from Tatyana Nowak , and who Marek had been to see . |
| 4 | But she doubted whether it would work as well once the system , dominated by West Germany , was diluted by other countries less committed to the policy of bearing down on prices . |
| 5 | But she doubted whether it would work as well once the system , dominated by West Germany , was diluted by other countries less committed to the policy of bearing down on prices . |
| 6 | She doubted if it was anywhere near the truth , but clearly it made Miss Beard happy . |
| 7 | ‘ Hmmh ! ’ she murmured when it was over . |
| 8 | She came when it was dark . |
| 9 | She came when it suited her , when she could spare the time from her other work , but she always popped in on Monday afternoons to make a start on the ironing . |
| 10 | She turned after it and a line of his hair , flavoured with night , ran across her lips . |
| 11 | She vowed if it was humanly possible , no other patient would suffer a similar fate through lack of a suitable donor . |
| 12 | Perhaps she heard his steps before he knocked — she opened the door very quickly — and he wondered for a moment if she had been as she had when he last saw her , standing just inside the door , her head on one side , listening , as she had listened to the bombs , and to the siren she heard before it was sounded . |
| 13 | But when Baby came she thought if it was a Nigerian boy it would have been so easy . |
| 14 | That was wiser than she knew since it deflected her aunt from the shock of the announcement and gave her something to pursue . |
| 15 | Which meant that there was a lot of bed left to investigate before she knew if it was safe even to turn around . |
| 16 | She stared until it was hard to know which was herself — the disconsolate woman in the chill room or the other sorrowful face in the night outside . |
| 17 | A cool little breeze was blowing , and she shivered as it ran playfully over her heated skin and ruffled the long strands of her silvery hair so that it spilled like spun gold down her back , tangling with the lace . |
| 18 | She says that she screamed when it happened , she did n't know what to do . |
| 19 | She went where it directed her , tracing a design on the face of the Earth . |
| 20 | She waited until it had stalked away before picking up the remains of the Geiger-Muller counter and dropping them into the holdall . |
| 21 | She waited until it was almost dry before laying a white plastic cloth along its top , and then plates , cutlery and bright red paper napkins , found in cartons on the trailer , were put in place . |
| 22 | She ran because it was impossible to walk . |
| 23 | She said unless it , like with , with that doll she 's bought Carla she said they 're a good thing for collectors for her . |
| 24 | Put it on , design it she said because it dries very quickly . |
| 25 | well she said because it 's good security for the , for the girls . |
| 26 | She said if it 's that shadow on your lung we 'll soon have you on your feet |
| 27 | and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never . |
| 28 | So she said well I 'll put that on the thing , but she said if it goes to Crown Court you 'll have to , I said well |
| 29 | and sort of guarded and slept I do n't I do n't know how she slept because it must have been very uncomfortable . |
| 30 | But he thinks he 's the centre of the world and he was going to make it difficult for Angie to do what she wanted if it would affect his career . |