Example sentences of "[vb past] she to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blood tests revealed Louise 's haemoglobin level was down and doctors referred her to the local hospital . |
| 2 | A Salvation Army boy who was studying medicine invited her to the Christian Union . |
| 3 | In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest . |
| 4 | She gave her name and address , and P.C. Clifford then drove her to the big office block in Upper Thames Street , just round the corner . |
| 5 | he bound her hands and raped her … he then drove her to the nearby village of Olney … where she was raped again … |
| 6 | He drove her to the very edge of ecstasy and then , as the quivering tide of sensation gathered momentum , he tipped her over and down into the fiery vortex . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Julia followed her to the private bed-sitting room , where her child was happily playing in his cot . |
| 9 | I followed her to the Georgian wing where the rooms were more human size . |
| 10 | Endill followed her to the sick bay . |
| 11 | So now Maggie was not afraid of the dark , even though the great windows exposed her to the full moon and turned her own skin white and pearly — a reflection of reflected light . |
| 12 | Flavia unlocked , let Andrée pass , preceded her to the top floor to light lamps . |
| 13 | They stepped off the kerb and Nicolo slipped his arm around Caroline 's waist as he guided her to the other side of the street . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Comfort piloted her to the nearest seat and hailed the waiter to order a brandy . |
| 16 | He suddenly swung her into his arms , his tortured breathing the only sound in the darkened barn , and instead of carrying her down the stairs he turned and lowered her to the soft hay that was spread thickly on the floor behind them . |
| 17 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 18 | He led her to the far room where she had found Leo . |
| 19 | He took her hand and led her to the open-air dance-floor just as the band slipped into the first of their slow numbers . |
| 20 | This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller . |
| 21 | He led her to the last desk in the line , on which she could see a sheaf of pink sheets of paper . |
| 22 | Ruth swung to see his eyes had changed to cold hostility and the set of his jaw was so damned determined it chilled her to the very marrow of her bones . |
| 23 | Two quick steps took her to the vacated table where she seized the bottle of aquavit , neatly topping up both glasses . |
| 24 | Two half-run strides took her to the only way out : the lift . |
| 25 | The elevator took her to the top floor of the highrise that housed the health club with its big swimming-pool , Jacuzzi , sauna , Turkish bath and view of Paris . |
| 26 | He took her to the deserted camp laundry : a large hut with a great copper the size of a steam-engine , a line of deep sinks , and rows of drying lines . |
| 27 | And after another sleepless night , the green-eyed woman took her to the commanding officer . |
| 28 | Once outside he linked arms with her and took her to the little pub that the station staff used . |
| 29 | After threatening Miss Slater with a knife , he took her to the converted pub in Newark , Nottinghamshire , he used as a workshop for his tool repair business . |
| 30 | 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 . |