Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The student will not feel a sense of guilt if she sits down to talk to an anxious patient . |
| 2 | By 2.30am , Liz was feeling increasingly uncomfortable , though , so she got up to go to the loo and by ten to three , she was finding it impossible to get back to sleep . |
| 3 | ‘ For the good it did me , ’ Ruth murmured as she got up to go to the shower-room . |
| 4 | But she came to the kitchen when summoned to help , and she tried not to grumble at the repetitive nature of the work and the talk . |
| 5 | She tried not to lie to the child , as she had been lied to . |
| 6 | She tried not to smile at the wording , and then she handed it back . |
| 7 | She tried not to look at the easy , mutual affection of Finn , Francie and the dumb woman . |
| 8 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 9 | She tried not to look at the glass on the pink marble top of the wash-stand , empty , a sticky red stain at the bottom . |
| 10 | The sky was aflame and though she tried not to think of the sunsets from Fernando 's cliff-top it was virtually impossible . |
| 11 | But , instead of being able to sit back and enjoy this baby , she has also to look after the other children who may only just have left the baby stage themselves . |
| 12 | As usual , she strolled over to drink in the view — mistress of all she surveyed . |
| 13 | There is a simple reason for its relative anonymity As far as can be ascertained the future of Cotherstone cheese appears to be in the hands of one lady , And she refuses absolutely to communicate with the media . |
| 14 | Still looking doubtful , she went off to fill the order , and when Ellie had eaten it all , down to the very last scrap , and had two cups of coffee , she came back to stand at the table , full of admiration and amazement . |
| 15 | She dawdled along to look into the garden of 45 . |
| 16 | She turned away to shout to the android . |
| 17 | For a moment , she vowed never to look in a mirror again , in case she should be able to trace the outlines of her own durium-laced bones . |
| 18 | Occasionally , she glanced across to check on the progress of the chemicals bubbling away on the other side of the room . |
| 19 | It was her first solo foreign trip representing the royal family and she returned home to praise from the public for her dignified manner at the highly charged and at times mawkish funeral service . |
| 20 | Unable to bear any more , she swung away to stumble over the ploughed field . |
| 21 | She squatted down to peer through the glass and saw a headscarf printed with Scottie dogs and a hand clutching a potted plant with its leaves torn off . |
| 22 | Quickly she decided not to go into the garden ; instead she would climb the nearby tower block and see her garden from above . |
| 23 | A thought struck her , and she leapt up to peer into the mirror over the mantelpiece . |
| 24 | She settled down to wait with a book on caving she found in his bookcase , but after a while she had to acknowledge he 'd been gone longer than she 'd expected . |
| 25 | She had just enough money left after selling up in Mexico to buy a small finca in Ibiza , where she settled in to survive on a war widow 's pension and the proceeds from her annual harvest of almonds . |
| 26 | More splendid than her antique fan of ombré ostrich plumes or her green-black coq feather boa , more splendid even than the towering aigrette á la Pougy which she wore sometimes to go with the diamond . |
| 27 | For Belinda , looking after Sophie was the only way she knew how to deal with the shock . |
| 28 | She was trembling , hot tears sprang to her eyes , she wanted to cover her face with her hands , but did not dare attempt such a defending gesture for it would have seemed a patent provocation ; besides she knew how to stand in the face of anger . |
| 29 | She reached over to look at the bacon before saying , ‘ No ; thank you . |
| 30 | Almost without thinking she reached down to turn off the gas and water taps , then climbed the narrow stairs and pushed open the door to her right , smiling at the riot of roses that covered the walls . |