Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] she to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If he 'd got her to that state , why was she drinking coffee ? |
2 | For Rachel , who had never before experienced such intensity of feeling , it was as if he 'd transported her to another world — a world where every sensation was heightened , every touch the prelude to yet more delight as he explored and worshipped every inch of her body before taking her to the peak of fulfilment . |
3 | Everything was peaceful — everything but the man who 'd brought her to this place . |
4 | Her whole adult life was a triumph of determination over a body that could have condemned her to permanent invalidism . |
5 | She was no longer in the habit of being late : her life had schooled her to temporal accuracy , perhaps to being considerate . |
6 | Once , a fortnight later , when Simon had invited her to another test day , and then in July at the British Grand Prix . |
7 | Earlier he had driven her to two tennis clubs to discuss membership . |
8 | Pity for Alain 's mother had driven her to this gesture and she knew she would regret it . |
9 | He had introduced her to physical passion , and at the same time ignited a fire in his own sensual , earthy Taurean nature that had proved impossible to quench . |
10 | For the first time in her life she faced the truth of her past , clear-eyed as her formidable father 's daughter ought to be , devoid of pride and love of self , and inspected what had brought her to this pass . |
11 | The conclusive Senate vote was scheduled for Oct. 8 , but had to be delayed for seven days following revelation of new evidence from Anita Hill , 35 , a black University of Oklahoma teacher of law , who alleged that Thomas had subjected her to sexual harassment with explicit , pornographic suggestions when she worked for him at the Department of Education and the EEOC in the early 1980s . |
12 | And then , unexpectedly , she was assailed by the strangest feeling that a greater force than Aunt Bertha had sent her to this place . |