Example sentences of "her [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me . |
| 2 | Fortunately , the result of this test proved to be negative but , given the temperance of her lifestyle , her decision to take it in the first place would , at the very least , seem as bizarre as Mr Oliver Reed , the thirst , embarking upon an assertiveness training course . |
| 3 | It had not been her intention to favour him with a compliment . |
| 4 | She felt his staff tremble , and she sucked with her lips to milk him with the expertise of a milkmaid . |
| 5 | She turned away , shutting her eyes to adjust them to the darkness , and then with no further hesitation she was going down the rope hand over hand , her feet and knees checking at each knot . |
| 6 | She tried to see if he were concealed among the group hanging around near the circolo , but without lifting her eyes to scan them like a strumpet . |
| 7 | She had sorted out the reins now and Caspar had explained about just touching the horse 's flanks with her heels to spur it to a gallop . |
| 8 | Anger roared inside her and she opened her mouth to tell him in no uncertain terms where to go , only she did n't have a chance to utter even one heated word , as he bent and covered her parted lips with his , kissing her with a thoroughness that left her shaken . |
| 9 | He thought , eating it , that he must be careful not to be too metaphorical in his instructions , since , in her anxiety to obey him to the letter , she might feed him a diet of unrelieved soup and rice pudding . |
| 10 | His next letter offered her marriage to save her from the dreadful future of stripping off that she would be subjected to otherwise . |
| 11 | I intended at first only to teach her needlework to qualify her for a genteel position , for you see she has a delicacy in her person that makes it a pity ever to put her to hard work , but she masters everything so fast that now I am desirous to have to divert and entertain me in my thoughtful hours . |
| 12 | She struggled to her feet to see him to the door . |
| 13 | No matter what undercurrents had passed between them last night , it had been true enough that it was la Principessa who 'd sent her grandson to collect her at the Sala dell'Arte . |
| 14 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
| 15 | But she had to shake her head to clear it of the dizzy sensation . |
| 16 | Tracey laughed , and put his hand under her elbow to guide her into the cinema . |
| 17 | Then he put a hand on her elbow to guide her to the door . |
| 18 | The only other alternative would be to ask her father to collect her from the party , and , at twenty , that would be too embarrassing for words ! |
| 19 | She held out her hand to lead him through the courtyard , stopping at the fountain which was lit by soft moonlight . |
| 20 | The pistol was still in the bucket , covered with muck and mess , and she was on her way to put it under the tap . |
| 21 | Well , she would have to go home and get her dad to run her to the rave . |
| 22 | Giles listened — or not — and then put a hand on her arm to steer her towards the door . |
| 23 | He smiled easily , taking her arm to steer her towards the door . |
| 24 | All she wanted was not to know again , so that she could stay a little child and never have to grow up and face the world without her mother to wake her in the mornings and teach her things and tell her stories and pass on all her wisdom about the world and men and how babies came and why the best any woman could hope for in this life was to be able to make one man happy . |
| 25 | She pestered her mother to enter her in the Imperial Ballet school , but two impatient years passed before she was old enough to audition , in 1891 . |
| 26 | No wonder she 'd struggled so hard against it , doing all in her power to keep him at a distance . |
| 27 | But all the same , Mr Browning thought it wise that she should send to the Ogilvys a letter for Gigia to carry in which both she and Ferdinando formally requested the return of their young son and gave her power to remove him from the care of his aunt and conduct him to Italy . |
| 28 | As an old woman , many years later , she asked her son to take her to the sea , which she had heard of but never seen . |
| 29 | The teacher had chosen her time to join them with the purpose of extending their mathematical thinking and the second day 's activity shows that David had absorbed some of the ideas about size . |
| 30 | Still holding her , he locked the door behind them , then released her wrist to take her by the shoulders and pin her against the wall . |