Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had also found herself a sponsor to support her to the tune of £100 a year . |
| 2 | Amaranth descended alone at twelve-thirty , pink and pampered , and called a cab to take her to the Black Chapati in Circus Parade . |
| 3 | The pair were quizzed over the abduction of a woman who underwent a terrifying 15-hour ordeal after calling a cab to collect her from a pub . |
| 4 | She told Anne that the man , Ronald , had sent a taxi to take her to the dance and had bought her a casket of chocolates as they went in , but she had felt uneasy several times during the evening . |
| 5 | By now Kelly needed extensive physiotheraphy several times a day to rid her of the excess mucus that clogged her lungs . |
| 6 | Shortly after moving into The Kilns , Minto had engaged a gardener to help her with the eight acres of ground . |
| 7 | Actress Helena Bonham Carter is the latest victim of obsession , she is asking a court to protect her from a fan who is making her life a misery . |
| 8 | THE actress Helena Bonham Carter is asking a court to protect her from an obsessive fan who is making her life a misery . |
| 9 | Her husband , John Pennington , of Southport , Merseyside , was jailed for 15 years in June for hiring a hitman to kill her for the £300,000 insurance . |
| 10 | Managers found it impossible to maintain discipline : if a girl found a man to keep her for a while , she would ‘ scarper ’ ( disappear ) . |
| 11 | In 1989 , the wife of the " Yorkshire Ripper " was awarded £600,000 by a jury to compensate her for a false story in " Private Eye " , published eight years previously , to the effect that she had been prepared to sell her story to newspapers . |
| 12 | Unable to find anyone to care for Beru while they were in hospital , they asked a tradesman to leave her in the mountains ‘ to die naturally ’ . |
| 13 | A further £265,000 will be invested in a fund to provide her with a tax-free , inflation-proof income for life . |
| 14 | Surprisingly light and nimble , he jumped out and extended a hand to help her from the rocking boat . |
| 15 | I do n't know what it will be , but I shall find a way to help her in the end . |
| 16 | Her first step was to contact a solicitor to advise her on the wording of any reply to Prince Philip 's devastating letter . |