Example sentences of "she [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , instead of hiding until the passage was clear , fitzAlan had given her a shove and told her to wait in the last cubicle . |
| 2 | Now she had developed a self-assurance and experience which allowed her to perform on the public stage . |
| 3 | His face was still , his mouth held in a taut beautiful line , his eyes as cold as an arctic glacier as he encouraged her to continue with the slightest nod of his head . |
| 4 | Get her to sit on the bottom stair and put them on , as this way she 'll have better access to the fastening . |
| 5 | And then Sue tell her to go to the giro place . |
| 6 | Ludens told her to go to the British Museum and the National Gallery , which she did , though declining his offer to ‘ show her round ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I told her to go into the other room- and say she thought he was going to be in there . |
| 8 | And so happy and excited that it did not occur to her to worry about the devastating effect Paula was having on Edward . |
| 9 | Germany interpreted her constitution as forbidding her to participate in the military operation , and Belgium refused to sell ammunition to the British army . |
| 10 | Her soft hands were so unaccustomed to such hard work that it became — temporarily , Miss Mates said , until they hardened — difficult for her to help with the fine sewing , and the darning and repairing needed in the little house . |
| 11 | He managed to keep working , paid for his board and lodging , helped her to look after the handicapped boy and did a few jobs around the house . |
| 12 | Walking across to her , she turned her to look in the full-length mirror . |
| 13 | This qualified her to play in the Scottish final at the new course at Westerwood , Cumbernauld . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , nothing sent her to sleep like the human voice , and , struggle as she might , she kept dropping off , then waking with a start . |
| 15 | Instinct was telling her to collapse against the nearest tree and cry like a baby , but instinct could go and chase itself . |
| 16 | Hope asked his question silently , merely an abstract , puzzled look , leaving her to wade through the potential embarrassment . |
| 17 | She said ‘ hello ’ to you ’ ) , teaching her to eat in the proper way ( ‘ Close your mouth when you are eating and do n't gulp your food ’ ) , and so on . |
| 18 | Murphy wanted her to stay by the first fire of the autumn and be waiting there with the tea table , as Aunt Emily had always done ; but he knew , after just over two months of Alexandra 's rule , that it was pointless even to look his disapproval . |
| 19 | He went quickly into the drawing-room , leaving her to return to the hot flurry of the kitchen . |
| 20 | He said that the dummy stimulated her to produce in the same way that the sight of the living calf should have done . |
| 21 | Her firm stance enabled her to speak to the Russian government with greater authority also . |
| 22 | Mina went to fetch some drinking water , taking the twins with her to bathe in the marshy pool around the spring . |