Example sentences of "had [verb] she to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't expected to be greeted with open arms , but the reception she 'd actually received had shaken her to the core . |
| 2 | How it had shrivelled her to the point of annihilation . |
| 3 | Jilly Jonathan was pale but had calmed down after the bout of hysterical weeping that had overcome her once they had got her to the hotel . |
| 4 | He had shown her to the guest bedroom . |
| 5 | She suspected that the Bishop and the Archdeacon had invited her to the meeting more to enlist her help as a sleuth than as a source of information of a kind which might be to them , in any case , unwelcome . |
| 6 | Informed sources say that Mr Major was informed ‘ rather late ’ when much of the Thatcher outburst had already been drafted by Charles Powell , her private secretary , who had accompanied her to the weekend retreat of Lankawi . |
| 7 | Informed sources say that Mr Major was informed ‘ rather late ’ when much of the Thatcher outburst had already been drafted by Charles Powell , her private secretary , who had accompanied her to the weekend retreat of Lankawi . |
| 8 | It was getting late and her youngest child , Tudor , who had accompanied her to the funeral , and was now waiting for her in the local hotel , would be growing anxious . |
| 9 | Amaranth was joined by Charles Harvey , who had accompanied her to the party and had been circulating among his colleagues . |
| 10 | She said a third man , Lee Thompson , had pinned her to the ground during the alleged incident at Mr Cowen 's flat in east London on 31 May , 1991 . |
| 11 | She shivered , her right hand moving restlessly towards the gold chain with its rectangular pendant which lay on the exposed skin of her neck above the scooped-out neckline of her dress : Rune 's parting gift given to her that dull morning when , after having insisted on collecting her from her hotel , he had driven her to the airport at Kastrup . |
| 12 | Even in medical school it had inhibited her to the point where she had even had serious doubts about whether she would be able to continue her studies , simply because , unlike many of her senior colleagues , she had never quite managed to acquire the kind of detachment that was so necessary sometimes to become a doctor . |
| 13 | They were out on the villa forecourt and Guido was loading the car , the same racy-looking open-top red Alfa Romeo that he had brought her to the villa in on the day of her arrival . |
| 14 | Five minutes later , being positive had brought her to the decision that since time was going to drag heavily while she waited in Mariánské Láznë for Ven to return , and since they had trains in Czechoslovakia , she would go to Prague too . |
| 15 | Rune had brought her to the home he 'd shared with Lotta for — how long ? |
| 16 | But his continuing silence had brought her to the conclusion that he was content , with both his semi-bachelor life and his affair with his personal assistant , an affair he was still obviously continuing , she thought grimly , recalling the phone call he 'd received from his ‘ personal assistant ’ in Liz 's apartment earlier this morning . |
| 17 | The following unusual use of to provides further confirmation of this : ( 25 ) She waited , Kate Croy , for her father to come in , but he kept her unconscionably , and there were moments at which she showed herself , in the glass over the mantel , a face positively pale with the irritation that had brought her to the point of going away without sight of him . |
| 18 | Irish 25-mile ladies champion Claire Moore gave Trainor Solicitors a home win in the ladies championship after Aishling Baird ( Phoenix CC ) had led her to the turn but lost over a minute on the run back . |
| 19 | Irish 25-mile ladies champion Claire Moore gave Trainor Solicitors a home win in the ladies championship after Aishling Baird ( Phoenix CC ) had led her to the turn , but lost over a minute on the run back . |
| 20 | Irish 25-mile ladies champion Claire Moore gave Trainor Solicitors a home win in the ladies championship after Aishling Baird ( Phoenix CC ) had led her to the turn , but lost over a minute on the run back . |
| 21 | Her father 's anguish , as he 'd shouted those words at her mother , had pierced her to the quick , her mother 's shushing noises hardly heard as she 'd crept away to her room to hide . |
| 22 | Soon after he met Marigold he had taken her to the opera to see Die Walküre and afterwards had said without forethought : |
| 23 | Her parents had taken her to the doctor because of breathing problems and after being sent to hospital it was discovered L had extensive bruising across the buttocks . |
| 24 | Her footsteps had taken her to the car park — how , she could n't remember . |
| 25 | She could feel the thick phallus-shaped wedge burrowing further and further into her gaping hole until it had impaled her to the hilt . |
| 26 | A moral is drawn advising husbands : ( Do just as Hain did with his wife , who would only ever show him the slightest respect , until he had beaten her to the core . ) |
| 27 | In that sensible frame of mind she had hurried downstairs to join her daughter — who had beaten her to the breakfast table again ! — and her host in the sunny conservatory . |
| 28 | ‘ I had to take her to the polo . |
| 29 | To have the thing scraped or vacuumed out of her womb , the very thought of it last night had sent her to the bathroom , heaving over the modern white lavatory . |
| 30 | Her parents had sent her to the convent , and she begged them to let her become a Catholic after she 'd been there only a year . |