Example sentences of "[verb] she [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has she in fact any concept of God at all , or simply a ‘ transcendent life principle ’ ? 27 What is that other than simply a human conception ? |
| 2 | This , Emecheta explains , is a very strong goddess of the Ibos , so strong that Hausa soldiers dare not attack her for fear of being made impotent . |
| 3 | Miss Maynard 's invitation had caught her off guard . |
| 4 | And because , somehow , Luke Hunter had caught her off balance with his flowers and cryptic messages . |
| 5 | He 'd caught her by surprise , that was all . |
| 6 | ‘ Well I want her of course , who would n't ? ’ , |
| 7 | ‘ She 'll do , I only want her for breeding , ’ the nasty woman said . |
| 8 | His constant invasion of her privacy was driving her to distraction . |
| 9 | Helen was driving her to suicide , I could see that . |
| 10 | MUM-TO-BE Lynne Adams , 36 , gave birth to a girl on the M5 yesterday as husband Phil was driving her to hospital in Taunton , Somerset . |
| 11 | In fact , when Chris , Sara , Michael and I visited her in hospital , it was she who cheered us up and made us laugh ! |
| 12 | Yet when Ruksana Khan was attacked , the Home Secretary visited her in hospital and everything . |
| 13 | According to the Rev. William Forster , who visited her in jail , she had prayed that the weather on the day of her execution should be fine . |
| 14 | Scarlet , though not reassured by her words , was touched by her gesture until she saw that Camille was merely reaching for the crisp packet and had patted her in passing . |
| 15 | It was also a pleasant parish , and the vicar 's wife was very kind to Anna and shielded her from exploitation . |
| 16 | It was in fact the first time she had thought of such a thing , and it did not seem to be a very good idea , but nothing irritated her more than being addressed in that Listen With Mother voice ( particularly as her daughter-in-law spoke to her children quite normally ) and it goaded her to contrariness . |
| 17 | He had n't seen her , but the closeness of him moved her to flight . |
| 18 | He whipped back the covers and moved her into bed as if she were a doll , watching her for a second and then turning away . |
| 19 | She was drawn towards the resilience of a man who offered the possibility of providing something which had eluded her during childhood — the exclusive love of a parent . |
| 20 | I would n't er , I would n't trust her with mallet . |
| 21 | I would n't even trust her under lock and key . ’ |
| 22 | Lucy stepped into her warmest black and white trousers and high-necked top , and when the appetising aroma of sizzling bacon and eggs drew her towards breakfast she found the dining-room to be nicely heated by the logs blazing in the large open fireplace . |
| 23 | Penry reached out a long arm and drew her in front of him so that she stood in the shelter of his arms as he held the wheel . |
| 24 | He slid one hand to her hips , pressing her into contact with his body all the way down as he did so . |
| 25 | Roy Strait said he heard at least two men as they administered sleeping pills to the film star — then smothered her to death . |
| 26 | Whoever owned the cabin had wide-ranging interests — apart from several well-thumbed fishing journals and a variety of motoring magazines , there were numerous glossies that provided her with food for thought . |
| 27 | But instead of protecting her from attack , this mask forced the gas at her , rushing it up into her face with a sinister hissing . |
| 28 | But even as he lifted it , reflexes that she 'd always prayed would be lightning-fast in a showdown proved their sterling worth , galvanising her into action . |
| 29 | He invited her to lunch at his club for international journalists in Carlton House Terrace . |
| 30 | The friendly note invited her to lunch . |