Example sentences of "[to-vb] she [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She refused the cold remains of the fish and chips , so he took the whole package out to the dustbin at the front of the house ( no need to worry her about the Sweet murder if she did n't know — and it appeared she did n't ) . |
| 2 | She 'd firmly resisted her mother 's oft-repeated efforts to tempt her with the power-packed vegetable which she 'd seen the singing sailor-man so often greedily guzzle straight from the can . |
| 3 | In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent . |
| 4 | Alice Perrers 's intimacy with the king began in the 1360s , and she received lavish gifts of jewellery and clothes , together with enough property to establish her as a substantial landowner in her own right . |
| 5 | ( II.iv.42 ) — but proceeds to proposition her with a debased contract , that she should exchange her chastity for her brother 's life . |
| 6 | The story of Gilly Hopkins is very sad : Gilly has the opportunity to gain everything she 's always wanted — someone who cares about her and forgives her and is willing to provide her with a loving home , but Gilly throws all this away simply by writing a letter when she 's feeling very upset . |
| 7 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 8 | Therefore , three and a half years after the accident , Dawn accepted the amount offered , which was sufficient to pay back the £70,000 her father had spent on her treatment and a specially adapted car , and to provide her with an ongoing income to cover her living expenses . |
| 9 | In 1989 , the wife of the " Yorkshire Ripper " was awarded £600,000 by a jury to compensate her for a false story in " Private Eye " , published eight years previously , to the effect that she had been prepared to sell her story to newspapers . |
| 10 | " If that 's the trouble , you could n't do better than to entrust her to the skilled understanding of the Sisters . " |
| 11 | I arranged to meet her in the tiny port at Tala-Tala where she was waiting for me . |
| 12 | It seemed to be the only real thing in the universe ; the temple , the city , the motorspeeder , all of these were illusions devised to distract her from the important issues , the real business of life . |
| 13 | As a lover , he had bored her , but she liked the idea of his having to steel himself to visit her in the filthy venue she had chosen for their affair . |
| 14 | The words in fact are intended to reflect her night-time , miserable feelings but they only reflect Masefield 's failure to render her as a human being : |
| 15 | Right wing soldiers in the Philippines have written to national newspapers saying they intend to launch a bloodless coup against President Corizon Aquino , and to replace her with a military junta . |
| 16 | Mrs Smith needs someone to help her with the practical side of caring , to arrange respite breaks , coordinate the nursing input and ensure that the hospital and local authority services work together with her . |
| 17 | ‘ A few seconds , ’ she replied , allowing him to help her onto the adjacent bar stool . |
| 18 | ‘ She also told me she is going to ask you to help her in a little project , ’ he said , grinning mischievously . |
| 19 | Surprisingly light and nimble , he jumped out and extended a hand to help her from the rocking boat . |
| 20 | By now Kelly needed extensive physiotheraphy several times a day to rid her of the excess mucus that clogged her lungs . |
| 21 | The Countess of Essex had employed the magician , Simon Forman [ q.v. ] , to secure the love of Robert Carr ( later Earl of Somerset , q.v. ) , the king 's favourite , and to rid her of an unwanted husband . |
| 22 | The cat began to stalk her through the blade-broad iris leaves with such solemnity that she laughed and paused even longer , to play with him , and was cheered . |
| 23 | The crew tried to sail her through a narrow gap at a bridge in Purton . |
| 24 | Enya claims to be stubborn , sulky and contrary where her composition is concerned , but she knew from unfortunate personal experience the natural anarchy and entropy of bands and very rationally allowed Nicky and Roma 's professional advice to guide her in the right direction . |
| 25 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 26 | Of course the Palace ca n't afford to leave her as a loose cannon . |
| 27 | God knows , I have little enough to give her in a worldly sense . |
| 28 | How ever , there is no doubt in my mind that it would be quite wrong to confine her in a geriatric home among seriously deranged patients . |
| 29 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
| 30 | ‘ We do n't want to put her under a great deal of pressure after what she 's been through . |