Example sentences of "have [verb] her to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What on earth does she think has powered her to the top of her sport and put millions of deutschmarks into her bank account ?
2 At times the loneliness of her position has brought her to the edge of despair , so much so that she has made a number of suicide attempts , some more half-hearted than others .
3 He was confident he 'd brought her to the stage where he could lay her .
4 In fact , he was the man who 'd escorted her to the door to mark the end of her first visit .
5 He 'd mutilated her to the point of death but — being a Buddhist — he had n't killed her .
6 Miss Poraway had at once become tearful and Lavinia had had to take her to the kitchen .
7 ‘ His indifference pushed her to the edge whereas he could have romanced her to the end of the world .
8 ‘ You should have taken her to the clinic , Rachaela , ’ she said , without accusation .
9 It was as if , having goaded her to the point of total capitulation , he 'd opted for a wary cooling-off period .
10 We dread having to take her to the vets for her nails to be cut .
11 She had n't expected to be greeted with open arms , but the reception she 'd actually received had shaken her to the core .
12 The man was a demon and he had disturbed her to the depths of her being .
13 That eruption of passion had blinkered her to the risks she was taking , letting herself get involved with a man like this …
14 How it had shrivelled her to the point of annihilation .
15 The initiative was taken by Helen Crawfurd , a militant suffragette and socialist whose involvement in the 1915 Glasgow Rent Strike had awakened her to the possibilities of resistance by working-class women .
16 Jilly Jonathan was pale but had calmed down after the bout of hysterical weeping that had overcome her once they had got her to the hotel .
17 It had been her overwhelming need for money — a great deal of money — which had drawn her to the London Metal Exchange .
18 He had shown her to the guest bedroom .
19 She suspected that the Bishop and the Archdeacon had invited her to the meeting more to enlist her help as a sleuth than as a source of information of a kind which might be to them , in any case , unwelcome .
20 Informed sources say that Mr Major was informed ‘ rather late ’ when much of the Thatcher outburst had already been drafted by Charles Powell , her private secretary , who had accompanied her to the weekend retreat of Lankawi .
21 Informed sources say that Mr Major was informed ‘ rather late ’ when much of the Thatcher outburst had already been drafted by Charles Powell , her private secretary , who had accompanied her to the weekend retreat of Lankawi .
22 It was getting late and her youngest child , Tudor , who had accompanied her to the funeral , and was now waiting for her in the local hotel , would be growing anxious .
23 Amaranth was joined by Charles Harvey , who had accompanied her to the party and had been circulating among his colleagues .
24 She said a third man , Lee Thompson , had pinned her to the ground during the alleged incident at Mr Cowen 's flat in east London on 31 May , 1991 .
25 She shivered , her right hand moving restlessly towards the gold chain with its rectangular pendant which lay on the exposed skin of her neck above the scooped-out neckline of her dress : Rune 's parting gift given to her that dull morning when , after having insisted on collecting her from her hotel , he had driven her to the airport at Kastrup .
26 Beryl was poorly this morning and I had to run her to the doctors .
27 Even in medical school it had inhibited her to the point where she had even had serious doubts about whether she would be able to continue her studies , simply because , unlike many of her senior colleagues , she had never quite managed to acquire the kind of detachment that was so necessary sometimes to become a doctor .
28 They were out on the villa forecourt and Guido was loading the car , the same racy-looking open-top red Alfa Romeo that he had brought her to the villa in on the day of her arrival .
29 Five minutes later , being positive had brought her to the decision that since time was going to drag heavily while she waited in Mariánské Láznë for Ven to return , and since they had trains in Czechoslovakia , she would go to Prague too .
30 Rune had brought her to the home he 'd shared with Lotta for — how long ?
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