Example sentences of "[vb infin] she [adv] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , Mo asked , would tempt her back to the polling booths ? |
| 2 | ‘ We must carry her up to the sick-room . ’ |
| 3 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 4 | Lesley-Jane could not keep her back to the door indefinitely and turned . |
| 5 | Any minute , she was sure of it , he 'd thrust her roughly to the ground . |
| 6 | But behind her is a galley that can burn her down to the waterline , and beside her is Crackbene with a genius for sailing and guns he has hardly used yet . |
| 7 | ‘ Could you not take her up to the castle , sir ? ’ |
| 8 | She would make George take her down to the river , or get Billy to run away with her for hours , never fearing the punishment . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps you could take her back to the auberge ? ’ |
| 10 | When she has somewhat recovered I will take her back to the specialists although you have done more than any psychiatrist she has seen . ’ |
| 11 | All right , I 'll leave her here until she comes to , then we 'll take her back to the camp . ’ |
| 12 | It would be late at night , she would have her back to the door and , when brushing her teeth , Elinor went into a kind of trance . |
| 13 | She would not allow it to open up and expose her directly to the moon , and to the distant but approaching dragon . |
| 14 | So when he bought Sarah Byrne the songbird he did n't deliver her straight to the door of the Bradford house of employment just in case anyone should recognize him and pass comment on the fact that he had taken one of the servants out driving . |
| 15 | She thought the spiral staircase would lead her down to the party . |
| 16 | She walked with him to the bus-stop , would not let him walk her back to the flat , said not to follow her ; she 'd watch , be angry . |
| 17 | ‘ If I ca n't get her back to the sea , I 'll have to become a farmer , ’ he said . |
| 18 | But instead , she had let him drive her back to the flat ; had stood by in mute acquiescence while he 'd ransacked her drawers and cupboards and packed her a bag . |