Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got him to send round the largest and best fillet he had , ’ said Milsom . |
| 2 | ‘ She asked me to inquire about the case . |
| 3 | She asked me to stand by the gate while she spoke to him . " |
| 4 | They 'd put her into a side ward and removed the mirrors and she asked me to peek under the cloth and tell her what she looked like . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , even in Minnie , who 's so unlikely that she 's probably true — there probably has been someone who grew up as she did , saloon-wise and card-sharping yet quite sure that she wants nothing to do with the kind of messing around she 's seen under her parents ’ roof . |
| 6 | She wants me to go to the theatre though , I do n't think she 'll enjoy Chekhov very much . |
| 7 | She wants me to forget about the civil service and to go to university , ’ she said as soon as she got home . |
| 8 | Meantime she has nothing to pay for the upkeep of my two brothers ; in fact , they are bringing in money . ’ |
| 9 | She found nothing to say about the yearlings and shrank quite sensibly from their forward advances , staying silent and watchful while Nicandra talked and lifted solemn grey eyes to Andrew 's , sure of his entire attention . |
| 10 | I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride , and once she 'd stopped laughing about Simon she told me to head for the pub where I 'd dropped Clara . |
| 11 | Then before she resumed her snail-slow progress back to bed she steeled herself to look in the mirror above the washbasin . |
| 12 | Walking across to her , she turned her to look in the full-length mirror . |
| 13 | Then , at last feeling fairly safe , she allowed herself to sink into the nearest chair , totally drained by everything that had happened since she had woken up this morning . |
| 14 | For a fleeting second she allowed herself to revel in the unaccustomed feeling of having the upper hand over him . |
| 15 | Jane could not bear to give up for , although she knew nothing so harrowing as the run-up to a match or a medal , she knew nothing to compare with the excitement which lay on the other side of the 1st tee : " However tight a match , I never believed that anyone was going to beat me . |
| 16 | She knew what to expect from the cykeman , but she was counting on his not knowing what to expect from her . |
| 17 | Sue sat quietly and smiled while this was happening as if she had nothing to do with the incident . |
| 18 | She says she had nothing to do with the couple 's break-up . |
| 19 | And although I was fairly certain she had nothing to do with the shooting , if the police started asking questions her husband would find out the whole story anyway . |
| 20 | She forced herself to listen to the service , the man 's responses firm and gruff , the girl 's scarcely audible . |
| 21 | She forced herself to go to the cinema knowing that otherwise she would grow increasingly depressed at home . |
| 22 | Wearily she forced herself to move through the Castle , and presently found the trapdoor . |
| 23 | She forced herself to concentrate on the here and now . |
| 24 | For a time her emotions stopped her thinking clearly until she forced herself to concentrate on the problem logically . |
| 25 | Dragging about her every shred of the detachment she had learned over the years , she forced herself to concentrate on the immediate future . |
| 26 | At such moments it was difficult to remain calm , but she forced herself to concentrate on the figures until eventually the task was finished . |
| 27 | She wanted to drop off the face of the earth , then she wanted him to drop off the face of the earth , but , since neither was a possibility , all she wanted to do was to retreat to the darkest corner of the house , and lick her wounds . |
| 28 | My mother when she wanted anybody to turn off the wireless used to say . |
| 29 | At each end are two women : young one , lying on front and side , half-wrapped in her mantle as a blanket and beginning to pull it up on her shoulder as a dress while she lifts herself to look towards the centre ; and an old one with cropped hair , a slave , fully dressed , beginning to get to her knees . |
| 30 | She trusted him to look after the Post 's interests before he sold the story to any other outlets , but she did not know whether she could trust him with the story . |