Example sentences of "she [vb past] to [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dumped his kitbag and led her to an armchair , but she clung to him in a state of possessive disbelief which upset Charles even more than the deep depression he 'd been suffering from when he entered the flat . |
| 2 | Much more cogent reasons for Ms Brown 's correct conviction are to be found in Lady Diana 's own words , which I quote from Philip Ziegler 's biography and which amply confirms others , just as forceful , that she used to me in the course of our more than 40 years of close friendship : I never responded to his dribbling , dwarfish little amorous singeries . |
| 3 | She came to It via an employment agency , and , while others slept on the floor , worked , argued , or posed , she would work through the clerical , jobs , type , organize . |
| 4 | She turned to them with a glowing smile . |
| 5 | Her friends turned to her and said , " You do n't like it , do you ? " and she turned to them with a smile of triumph , swallowing hard , and said , " Oh , it 's all right , really . " |
| 6 | Their minds being on Emma , they waited for Peggy to go on , but after placing a piece of wood on the fire she turned to them with a smile , saying , ‘ What about a drink ? ’ |
| 7 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 8 | She turned to him with the first real interest in her face that he 'd seen . |
| 9 | As the lock slid shut , she turned to me with a merry grin . |
| 10 | She was afraid that he would wake Peter if she talked to him in the hall . |
| 11 | She listened to it with an expert ear . |
| 12 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 13 | The Princess was powerless ; when he beckoned to her , she went to him like a lamb . ’ |
| 14 | Jessica answered all such charges in her autobiography ‘ Fame Is A Song ’ a copy of which , suitably inscribed , she presented to me on a subsequent New York visit . |
| 15 | She did not reply to his cards , and when she spoke to him on the telephone he said she always declined his invitations firmly . |
| 16 | From the warmth in her voice , she spoke to him on the comm , I began to suspect that she and Chertro might have been more than friends at one time . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course , it all rather depends , ’ she put to him in a wry tone , ‘ on the outcome of our visit to the police station . |
| 18 | She said to her in the week when she rung she wo n't ring until I thought it was like midnight last night she was getting in and she was n't gon na ring till today but it 'll be tomorrow she 'll ring her . |
| 19 | What she said to me on the subject of the race riots and how she felt in that context makes me think that this stage in her life was nothing to do with race . |
| 20 | she , she said to me on the way o , er as I was I said look I 'm going to scoot now and she said well I hope you do n't get any unwanted company on the way back . |
| 21 | I know , well no she does know , she said to me in the car once you think I do n't know anything but |
| 22 | She wrote to me about the many pressures on girls to worry constantly about their looks , and in particular their bodies . |