Example sentences of "she to do [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what was she to do next ? |
| 2 | ‘ First get her to do all the cooking ’ |
| 3 | Well I think , I think she 'll be that fed up being here all that time , she 'll be glad to get back to America to be quite honest with you Chris , what is there for her to do all that time ? |
| 4 | Only when I keep getting her to do all this typing for me . |
| 5 | I says you 're taking them whether you like it or not , I said you promised , you think , you know it was really difficult you know , I do n't ask her to do much |
| 6 | Can I really expect her to do that for the rest of my life ? ’ |
| 7 | He did not want her to do that , to draw the attention of his colleagues . |
| 8 | Her own feelings swung so violently between attraction and a very real fear and hate of what he 'd forced her to do that she was still as prickly as a porcupine in his presence , unless they were talking about work . |
| 9 | Luke Calder 's presence at the station was a fact of life , and she had to learn how to handle it or give up her job , and pride would never allow her to do that and let him know he had won . |
| 10 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 11 | Why had she felt so — so vulnerable , so edgy with him , that , when Cara was so desperate for her to do that interview , she had by her uppity manner just about said goodbye to all chance of that . |
| 12 | Well she ought they could I mean I want her to do that . |
| 13 | Not like her to do that . |
| 14 | On page eight , item one three two , can I draw committee 's attention to , says she , feverishly flicking through the pieces of paper , to a letter that John Patten has written to us , you 'll see what we asked Amanda to do on our behalf , Amanda Root , Women 's Sub also asked her to do that , and John Patten , surprisingly enough has written back , his private secretary has written back , she continues to say , ‘ Mr Patten is used to getting communications from Chief Officers conveying the views of committees , he has never had any correspondence from Sub-Committees through other officers ’ . |
| 15 | What he was asking her to do required a degree of trust that he had too little time to earn . |
| 16 | What probably happened was that she suddenly decided the time was right for her to do some publicity and she had something to talk about , her book , Elizabeth Takes off . |
| 17 | When her father died it had been necessary for her to do some kind of work and the training in librarianship had seemed the most suitable . |
| 18 | Then her hairdresser persuaded her to do some modelling . |
| 19 | She said she wanted to warn the Shah , but her husband forbade her to do any such thing . |
| 20 | Mrs Marsh already helps out but I really could n't ask her to do any more . ’ |
| 21 | Ben forbade her to do any such thing . |
| 22 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 23 | He wanted her to do more than dig and weed . |
| 24 | Jess uncurled slightly and hooked an arm round the leg , hugging it to her side , scarcely enough breath left in her to do more than murmur : |
| 25 | Realising that it is far too late in her life to expect her to do more than make an effort to modify this trait in her character , you should see if you can direct it away from the home . |
| 26 | They 've just asked her to do more hours , she 's to stay till five at night . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He knew he could get away with asking her to do this — she had a bit of a weakness for him . |
| 29 | The motif cam set is the accessory which will enable her to do this . |
| 30 | Teaching her to do this when she was moving , however , was a different matter altogether , yet another stage in the patient , painstaking training . |