Example sentences of "she [vb past] a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made a plea to councillors representing the area to stick by their voters and ensure buses continue to serve the estate . |
| 2 | Well , she got a bus to Barn Green And a train at Barn Green to Birmingham . |
| 3 | She shouted a warning to Defries and fired . |
| 4 | Pouring herself a large brandy , she booked a call to Northumberland , hoping that Nora would be out . |
| 5 | Towards the end of her life she paid a visit to Lourdes and , despite her suffering , she was greatly comforted by this experience . |
| 6 | She touched a finger to Tallis , then to herself , trying to communicate in some way . |
| 7 | At home that night she began a letter to Clare , telling him of her great love for him . |
| 8 | She managed to slip the skirt over her head gingerly and settle it in place with its ribbon ties , but she realised that she needed a maid to lace up the front of the separate bodice for her . |
| 9 | A ‘ courtroom drama with a difference ’ was bought pre-emptively last month by Headline 's Susan Fletcher , just before she took a trip to New York . |
| 10 | She took a train to London from Manchester and turned up at ITN . |
| 11 | After checking it out with her church leader , she took a boat to Hong Kong ! |
| 12 | She blew a kiss to Tunney , and scampered up a wall like a spider . |
| 13 | He would not speak to Claudia ; in despair she sent a message to Tom Fairfax in Nairobi . |
| 14 | She chose a man to leech from . |
| 15 | Then she flicked a glance to Naylor Massingham and knew at once , from his tough , belligerent stance , that he was never going to believe her . |
| 16 | As a child she was mainly taught by her father , but in 1866 , three years after the family moved to England , she won a scholarship to Bedford College , London . |
| 17 | ‘ She did a piece to camera on every single thing she did . |
| 18 | She extended a hand to Pascoe , as if introducing him to strangers . |
| 19 | Her response had been poor and she had a resistance to anti-depressants . |
| 20 | Instead she advocated a return to elegance … dressing-up in the widest , and often wildest , sense . |
| 21 | Around 1745 she published A Letter to Dr. Pitt , comically chiding a neighbour for the state of a wall between their properties . |
| 22 | In 1889 she published a Guide to District Nurses and Home Nursing which became essential reading for district nurses . |