Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] she [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 2 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 3 | He shifted uncomfortably and tried to give her a reassuring grin . |
| 4 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 5 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 6 | We love her so much and want to give her a lovely home . |
| 7 | I tried to ring her the other day as going to a seminar at my solicitors office nearby and had hoped to walk up plus dog , leave Bella for duration of seminar and pick her up again = kill exercise bird with seminar stone as it were . |
| 8 | If the woman says ‘ yes ’ to ( a ) the interviewer wants to ask her a whole list of questions about her life . |
| 9 | I want to ask her an embarrassing question . ’ |
| 10 | Sally-Anne had never before understood the necessity to be absolutely precise in everything she did , and Matey 's training , designed to make her a good maid , was beginning to affect her habits in every other part of her life . |
| 11 | So it was that her charisma and undoubted beauty helped to make her the first lady air correspondent in the world . |
| 12 | When a priest came to give her the Last Rites , she gazed on the crucifix that he held before her eyes and felt her illness leave her . |
| 13 | Among the many friends who came to wish her a happy birthday were , he read a piece written for Miss Laye by the Hon. |
| 14 | Luke Calder turned to shoot her a quick glance , and Fran did her best to paste a suitable expression to her face . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's going to buy her a new typewriter ; that old thing she practises on makes a noise like a candyman 's trumpet . |
| 16 | Ace turned to give her a strange look . |
| 17 | Afterwards , her eight-year-old brother was told to give her a cold bath . |
| 18 | I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 19 | Difficult though it was for her , however , are we entitled to assume that her French upbringing was bound to give her an adverse picture of her Scottish kingdom , and that her view was justified ? |
| 20 | The first of a series of world hunting trips to collect animals for the newly endowed Sherman Field Museum of Natural History — the latest public shrine to celebrate the force and virility of the male Sherman line — had seemed to promise her a refreshing diversion from the dull routine of Tidewater Virginia and the house of political convenience in Georgetown . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't try to give her a good character , Mrs Fairfax , ’ said Mr Rochester sternly . |
| 22 | He decided to do her a pastel sketch of himself having sex with Viola . |
| 23 | To make life easier for us all I started to teach her a few commands , but I found she would obey any order before it was given . |
| 24 | Whether she had or not , he felt compelled to ask her a last question , even if it did annoy or depress her . |
| 25 | Alright , she 'll be expecting she reckons she 's due on the twenty third of March , but the hospital say it 's , it 's the twenty ninth , so it 'll be next week , I 'll have to give a ring , we went to see her the other week , to see how she was , erm we went round er one night , I rung her up to see if she 'd be in , I said right we 'll be round for an hour |
| 26 | Quickly , I thread my way through the semi-darkness high backstage , and turn to give her a reassuring wave . |
| 27 | She had reached that stage in her enterprise when the first fine careless rapture had evaporated and as yet no real follow.through success had appeared to give her a further boost and a second wind . |
| 28 | ‘ Something has happened to cause her a great deal of distress . |
| 29 | If you have children , it will be sensible to tell them how lucky they are to have Granny coming to live with them , and they should be encouraged to give her a warm welcome . |
| 30 | Her alarmed personal physician Dr Michael Roth was forced to give her the stark warning when she refused to rest up completely . |