Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] her to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | When they drew apart at last Travis carried her to the nearest armchair , cradling her across his lap . |
2 | Endill followed her to the sick bay . |
3 | Julia followed her to the private bed-sitting room , where her child was happily playing in his cot . |
4 | Dieter guided her to an empty chair ; she was trembling violently and he called for brandy . |
5 | Damian led her to a long dark blue velvet sofa and ordered a bottle of Laurent-Perrier champagne , which was brought to their table in a silver ice-bucket . |
6 | ‘ I shall be free tonight , ’ Lubor thought to mention as Ivo handed over Azor and went on his way , and Lubor guided her to a rear door of the house . |
7 | Within weeks of Ms Haslam 's turnaround , Ontario premier Bob Rae reassigned her to a lesser role in the Ministry of Health and appointed Anne Swarbrick , formerly minister-without-portfolio responsible for Women 's Issues , to head Ontario 's newly recombined ministries of Culture , Tourism and Recreation . |
8 | Golding treated her to a scornful look . |
9 | Taking her hand , Roman steered her to a right-hand fork and she stumbled after him . |
10 | It was just coming up to three o'clock when the taxi dropped them off in the old town square and Ven guided her to the old town hall where , with barely a minute to go before the run-through of the astronomical clock , Fabia stood in rapt attention . |
11 | Betty Hawkes took her to the local hop that evening , where they danced to the strict tempo of Victor Sylvester records : a very different world to the music of Miller and Goodman and Basie that she 'd jived to in the States . |
12 | Jessica treated her to a tight , satirical smile . |
13 | Comfort piloted her to the nearest seat and hailed the waiter to order a brandy . |
14 | Desmond subjected her to a spectacular hug . |
15 | Nick took her to a small restaurant a few miles outside Cambridge , where they both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happened . |
16 | Dr Wyn introduced her to a tall foolish-looking man who was pouring whisky at a side table , and whose name she did n't catch . |
17 | the pretty girl victim … four months after The Fox subjected her to a three-hour sex ordeal — and forced her brother and her boyfriend at gunpoint to perform degrading acts with her — the girl crawled into an airing cupboard in a bid to shut out the memories . |
18 | Simmons signalled her to an empty chair on the fringe of the disputatious group , and walked round the back of the table to take a chair opposite . |
19 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
20 | Guido treated her to a long look between narrowed dark eyes . |
21 | VISION OF LIVELINESS : This is the Big Cat that purred along at ninety yesterday … until John brought her to a shuddering halt by blowing up the engine |
22 | Ricky took her to a French restaurant in Rutminster with low beams , scrubbed pine tables , sawdust on the floor , rooms leading one into another and mulberry red walls covered with hunting prints . |