Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shannon felt the bed sink slightly as he sat down beside her , and suddenly realised to her horror that the towel she 'd wrapped about herself had slipped off as she slept . |
| 2 | Not that Luke needed any sartorial props ; he was just naturally sensuously exciting as she had always suspected , and now knew to her cost . |
| 3 | Maybe she would skip dinner and simply go to her cabin , unpack her things and get an early night . |
| 4 | She moved away from the mirror and walked slowly to the door , she would eat her supper , make pleasant conversation with her landlady and then return to her room . |
| 5 | ‘ I worked through the night to get them done and then drove to her house where she was confined to bed , ’ says Alan . |
| 6 | She looked petrified , but was blindly obeying the social workers , and silently appealed to her mother to help her . |
| 7 | She joined in the training sessions , but soon found to her chagrin that in the personal fitness stakes he left her standing . |
| 8 | ‘ All right , ’ her father conceded , but not referring to her apology . |
| 9 | She glanced round as Melissa entered , alerted by the creak of the heavy wooden door , but immediately returned to her task of removing faded blooms and replacing them with fresh ones . |