Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] she [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 3 | Dr Rossdale said he tried to wean her off the sleeping tablets . |
| 4 | She is pictured with boyfriend , operations supervisor at the computer centre , who invited to join her on the two-day trip . |
| 5 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 6 | His touch seemed to burn her through the thin cotton of her white blouse . |
| 7 | I arranged to meet her in the tiny port at Tala-Tala where she was waiting for me . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As the sow came at him he allowed her to run her head into the bin then , bent double , he began to back her towards the open door . |
| 10 | It was raining and he decided to drop her outside the front door , sheltered as it was by the portico with two columns . |
| 11 | War was declared and , more or less at the same time , her mother , who wished to distance her from the rough and ready children at the village school , arranged for her to have piano lessons . |
| 12 | If he was to save her from a lifetime 's retreat from life and love he had to move her along the right road as quickly as he dared and as quickly as she would let him . |
| 13 | I wanted to drive her to the very edge of despair . |
| 14 | In my view that course of conduct by the landlord seriously interfered with the tenant 's proper freedom of action in exercising her right of possession , and tended to deprive her of the full benefit of it , and was an invasion of her rights as tenant to remain in possession undisturbed , and so would in itself constitute a breach of covenant , even if there were no direct physical interference with the tenant 's possession and enjoyment . |