Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] she [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilful and wasteful of such innocent , joyful music , Mordkovitch wrenched at the tempi , disregarded the dynamics and , showing a wanton unfeelingness for the orchestra 's commendable attempts to accommodate her in a notey accompaniment , trailed Yuasa reeling in her wake . |
| 2 | The fact that he had never asked the man if he 'd been able to fix the problem , Folly suddenly realised , was proof enough that the supposedly leaky tap was just an excuse to provide her with a chaperon . |
| 3 | He smiled encouragingly , and Juliet was gratified by his attempt to include her in the conversation . |
| 4 | She did n't care about anything ; she just wanted Meredith to see her on the back of the Prince 's white charger . |
| 5 | Jake leaned forward in his seat to fix her with a look . |
| 6 | You 'd like that , would n't you , Leith ? ’ he had the unmitigated nerve to put her on the spot . |
| 7 | I am also writing to at the South Side Association to notify her of the developments . |
| 8 | When Annie Besant was prosecuted with Charles Bradlaugh for publishing The Fruits of Philosophy , a book of contraceptive advice in 1877 , she faced public abuse and insinuations about the immorality of her private life , culminating in the successful attempt to deprive her of the custody of her young daughter . |
| 9 | They enjoyed teasing Liz about her pretensions , and rarely had an opportunity to tease her in the presence of Charles . |
| 10 | She had also found herself a sponsor to support her to the tune of £100 a year . |
| 11 | Luke came round the car and took her arm in a firm grasp to lead her through the gate and up the path to the front door . |
| 12 | For this reason above all others she had come very close to declining Philip Swallow 's proposal to nominate her for the Shadow Scheme . |
| 13 | At 2200 the casualty refloated herself under her own power , but as the rudder was jammed the lifeboat came in again to secure a towline from the casualty 's bow to keep her off the sand . |
| 14 | Her friend Angela , who worked for Tiller every year in pantomime , asked Jane to accompany her to the stage door of the Hippodrome Theatre , Manchester , to pick up a contract . |
| 15 | Over the years it had become apparent that Constance considered Brian a person of little consequence and that , this being the case , she would not have minded if he had hired the Albert Hall to denounce her as a barbarian and certainly cared nothing for his kitchen sulks and drawing-room sarcasm . |
| 16 | The driver was given directions to take her to the doctor that Julius had contacted . |
| 17 | She did n't need Maggie to remind her of the odds against a baby 's survival in the alleys , and she loved this one enough to make the ultimate sacrifice . |
| 18 | A patrolling MTB picked them up , and Bob Smith later launched the battered canoe to paddle her across the harbour to the submarine base . |
| 19 | With his usual lightning-swift reactions he took advantage of the moment to pull her from the bed , and as she stumbled against him , his arms tightened about her involuntarily . |
| 20 | Rain wondered whether she had the cheek to install her in the Antibes flat borrowed from her newspaper colleague . |
| 21 | I remember when she took us to the pantomime in town , and we saved up all our sweets for three weeks to give her as a present . |
| 22 | As baby Odessa 's condition deteriorated they were forced by the war to leave her in a hospital in Belgrade . |
| 23 | The first thing to do , if you are embarking on helping an elderly parent who lives alone , is to make sure that she ( or he ) knows that you have a genuine desire to assist her in every way possible ; and then respect her right to make either a positive or negative response to your overtures . |
| 24 | It was my job to bury her in the church . |
| 25 | She used Rosalind 's flashlight to take her across the kitchen 's frayed linoleum to the corridor . |
| 26 | No matter what undercurrents had passed between them last night , it had been true enough that it was la Principessa who 'd sent her grandson to collect her at the Sala dell'Arte . |
| 27 | The war was just over , and she was climbing aboard an RAF transport to take her to the demobilisation centre . |
| 28 | And then , after I 'd gone round to Tesco 's I went to see to collect grandma to take her to the train . |
| 29 | Nor was there the slightest need to tell her of the thoughts that were uppermost in his mind . |
| 30 | Mr de Klerk telephoned Mrs Thatcher at the Conservative conference in Blackpool to tell her of the decision before it was announced in South Africa . |