Example sentences of "she [to-vb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 2 | How terrible it must be for her to attend this service for Mrs Wright whose baby had survived and while the Padre was speaking the Collector accompanied his words with a silent , sympathetic prayer for Mrs Bennett : " O God , whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful , who makest nothing in vain , and lovest all that thou hast made , Comfort this thy servant whose heart is sore smitten and oppressed … " but the rest of the prayer was no longer in his mind , stolen no doubt by the foxes of despair that continued to raid his beliefs … in any case , it faded into a mournful reverie in which he sought an explanation for the death of Mrs Bennett 's child . |
| 3 | ‘ It devastated her to find this last wilderness was marked . |
| 4 | It 's hard for her to work this out . |
| 5 | I told her to buy this island . |
| 6 | Had he produced a no-hoper , the pressure on her to quit this summer would have started growing on Tuesday evening . |
| 7 | Despite the call of duty , and the deep warm affection she had for her cousin 's little girls , every instinct Laura possessed was overwhelmingly urging her to leave this vehicle ; to put as great a distance between herself and Ross as she possibly could . |
| 8 | It takes time and effort for her to do this : constantly tapping her nose on the typewriter is exhausting , but then so is making her noises understood . |
| 9 | He knew he could get away with asking her to do this — she had a bit of a weakness for him . |
| 10 | The motif cam set is the accessory which will enable her to do this . |
| 11 | Teaching her to do this when she was moving , however , was a different matter altogether , yet another stage in the patient , painstaking training . |
| 12 | Of course , the short leash would not allow her to do this . |
| 13 | I help her to do this , and it takes no time at all . |
| 14 | It was OK for her to do this kind of thing when in a mediumistic trance , but this was n't quite that , was it ? |
| 15 | plus , erm , plus the expenses from us going from Glasgow , I do n't know whether anybody from Edinburgh will have expenses , but erm , what shall , where , where shall I ask her to send this cheque for it , I mean I still , there 's still an account open for it in Glasgow for audio description |
| 16 | A moment 's thought led her to reject this course of action . |
| 17 | In the normal course of her work at Coronation Hospital , she would never come into such personal contact with a man as important as Dr Greene , and she would have to remember that he wanted her to recognise this fact while she was Faye Hamilton 's nurse . |
| 18 | I told her to forget this doctor nonsense and talk more reasonably about the oilman and his petrodollars and what he had her do In the dying moments she made a noise I 'd never heard her make before , a rhythmical whimpering of abandonment or entreaty , a lost sound . |
| 19 | If she gets in touch with you , tell her to ring this number . ’ |
| 20 | But maybe it was the way he was looking across at her with those all-seeing predatory jet-black eyes of his , or maybe it was the way she felt just a bit claustrophobic at being shut up beside him in the narrow confines of the car and the desire that sparked in her to have this ordeal over quickly , but all at once an idea popped into her head . |
| 21 | But the pressure did n't help , and nor did the night air , nor any of the great machinery of circumstance that had , without her realising it , been combining against her to produce this moment . |
| 22 | Common sense , reason , tell her to wash this away down the wash bowl , but thrift forbids . |
| 23 | However , as soon as this female lays her eggs the male deserts her , leaving her to rear this brood by herself . |
| 24 | I do n't know why it had occurred to her to make this observation . |
| 25 | He had n't expected her to make this sort of use of the opportunity he had given her . |