Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flung herself to the floor and rolled to safety behind the half-opened door , the Beretta clenched tightly in her gloved hand . |
| 2 | She led her to the gate . |
| 3 | Taking his hand , she led him to the bed and lay down . |
| 4 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 5 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
| 6 | She led him to the bedroom , and spreadeagled him on the bed before tying his wrists to the iron headrest . |
| 7 | She made it to the staircase , and dashed at random back into the bulk of the house . |
| 8 | Why had she exposed herself to the danger of someone remarking on the likeness between her son and her escort , and making the obvious connection ? |
| 9 | At no time had she addressed herself to the credibility or otherwise of anything in the report . |
| 10 | She helped him to the kitchen , as that seemed to be the best place for him for the moment , and sat him down at the kitchen table while she went and got a towel . |
| 11 | I payed with my Vista card and although she was a hockey player , when she invited me to the opera I igried to go . |
| 12 | She pursued him to the porter 's desk . |
| 13 | Only after these days can she present herself to the priest for ritual atonement of her impurity : |
| 14 | By her coarseness she sought to make things easier for him — she committed herself to the relationship , to this way of life , which , God knew , was n't much fun for her . |
| 15 | She committed herself to the view that ‘ there was no such thing as society ’ , only individuals and families , an extraordinary reaction against the outlook of the past forty years . |
| 16 | Karen could never surely tell when Jessica was teasing her , and when Jessica found a good one she played it to the hilt . |
| 17 | In the dawn grey with sea mist she drove him to the airport . |
| 18 | And I do n't go out that much , but then she wears them to the garage , to work ! |
| 19 | She surrendered herself to the melting awareness that was building within her , and her exploration of his mouth matched his in eagerness and abandonment . |
| 20 | Then she showed them to the door . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , we do open to the public now , as you know , but oh ! the bills , and the staff want paying , ’ she said as she showed us to the door . |
| 22 | Like when we go to the laundrette , or she takes me to the swimming baths to have a hot shower . |
| 23 | She followed him to the gunroom , shouting , while he picked up a tweed coat . |
| 24 | As she followed him to the back of the shop , Sophie remembered with sharp dismay the appointment she had made with Dawn . |
| 25 | She followed him to the door ; he got some tools out of the shed and squatted down to unscrew the number plates from his old Renault . |
| 26 | Haughtily , she followed him to the door . |
| 27 | She followed him to the lift , terrified of stepping into it with him and finding it empty ! |
| 28 | Numbly , she followed him to the ladder at the back of the yacht , then watched as he ignored it and dived powerfully into the indigo water , his body slicing cleanly with hardly a splash before he struck out with a strong , fast crawl towards the far distant shore . |
| 29 | She followed them to the house and looked through the windows . |
| 30 | She owed it to the town , and she owed it to the memory of Frank Williams , her father , who 'd had no one to fight for him when he 'd needed it most . |