Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] she [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I knew Ellen hated the cold , and I tried to warn her of the conditions we might expect in those latitudes .
2 She looked at her daughter 's lovely face , and tried to warn her of the dangers of love , but the girl did not listen .
3 In two long strides , Guy abandoned his leaning position by the fireplace and came to take her by the shoulders , shaking her roughly .
4 She leant in and stooped to take her under the arms ; like a peach tree blighted by leafcurl , Sycorax lay tinder-dry in a narrow crescent , her body hardly filling the hammock 's web .
5 He weighed up what he needed to tell her about the shapechangers and theft of the nuclear device .
6 Beryl was poorly this morning and I had to run her to the doctors .
7 He continued to hold her by the arms for a few seconds longer , studying her face .
8 Mrs Martin , 38 , says doctors failed to warn her of the risks that her sterilisation operation might not work forever .
9 Unionist leaders organized a demonstration against her visit and the Lord Mayor of the city refused to meet her on the grounds that she represented a state which laid claim in its constitution to jurisdiction over Northern Ireland .
10 Naturally she had not wanted to go out with him , but both her mother and father stressed how nice it was of him to take such an interest in the fact that she was going off to university and wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat .
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