Example sentences of "[verb] her [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was tearing her apart to know how much he must love the pale , blank-eyed girl . |
| 2 | A project support worker visited her daily to ensure that she ate , and to help keep her clean and safe . |
| 3 | Grasping her shoulders , he moved her aside to open the doors . |
| 4 | Curiosity drew her forward to explore . |
| 5 | Greimas maps onto his diagram Propp 's basic narrative chiasmus : traitor ravishes king 's daughter and transfers her elsewhere to hide her , hero finds somewhere king 's daughter and gives her back to her parents . |
| 6 | Christina knew it was none of her business — Martin was a free agent — but it disturbed her somehow to see him being so hotly pursued by a determined young woman . |
| 7 | It did not suit her now to observe the emotional turmoil inside Rose . |
| 8 | As his hand came to her arm she lashed out at him and he caught her close to save himself the trouble of subduing her in any other way . |
| 9 | Hugh Cudlipp , the newspaper baron who launched her on her career , advised her never to say how old she was . |
| 10 | She had to twist around to follow him , and still her elbow and shoulder screamed ; she fell back as he let her go , pushing her slightly to make her stagger . |
| 11 | And she suffered Matey to lead her upstairs to try to repair the ravages which McAllister had wrought . |
| 12 | That may have been one factor in causing her subsequently to bring up the children in the Jewish faith . |
| 13 | He would lie , exhausted among the twisted sheets , his head buried under the pillow , urging her silently to switch the damn thing off . |
| 14 | Probably the same dislike of children led her to desert me immediately after my birth , and also caused her only to return on that one , fateful occasion when she was at least partly responsible for my little accident . |
| 15 | So , while that sane part of her made her half turn as though to return to her bedroom , that other part of her , the part that tingled and loved him , caused her then to delay — just for a moment . |
| 16 | His hands were on her shoulders , turning her gently to face him . |
| 17 | Maybe that was why this picture just would n't work : she was expected to produce a suitable work in return for the fellowship that was supposed to be paying her just to paint . |
| 18 | He allowed her gently to propel him towards the sitting room , all the while murmuring , ‘ Always puzzled me … always puzzled me . ’ |
| 19 | Luke telephoned her early to tell her , tersely , what time he would fetch her that night , and although she put a frigid resentment into her voice Maria did n't demur , since it was in their public , professional capacities that the radio station 's personnel had been issued with complimentary tickets to the first Taiwanese appearance of a fairly famous American singer . |
| 20 | As the house committee was unwilling to dismiss the porter , the master asked the Board of Guardians to fine him , to deliver a severe reprimand to the nurse for her conduct , and ‘ give her plainly to understand that I am the Master of this house , and all lawful orders are to be obeyed ’ . |
| 21 | Courtiers who had come to expect her barely to acknowledge them were suddenly treated to radiant smiles and cheerful banter . |
| 22 | There was no way he was going to trap her here to solve his problems . |
| 23 | Mrs Parvis gave no sign of being interested in her , let alone liking her enough to want to touch her . |
| 24 | He smoothed the creamy wool across her shoulders , his hands lingering as he turned her firmly to face him . |
| 25 | Roman put his hands on her shoulders and turned her gently to face him . |
| 26 | When she asked him if they had really been as beautiful as angels , he had told her abruptly to look at the portraits , just as now , sensing that she had been hounded out of the house , he had given her something to do , a task to occupy her hands and head . |
| 27 | IMP had paid her generously , and she 'd hoarded the little money she 'd made on her flat once it had been sold , but it still had n't been enough to buy her somewhere to live . |
| 28 | Deborah Sherwin , defending Miller , said she had sold her home to set up the fish stall at Redcar and Ferryhill markets but when her marriage broke up her husband took over running the stall on the understanding it would provide for their daughter . |
| 29 | It hurt her to see him like this , resorting to holding her here to get revenge on Steve . |
| 30 | If for no other reason , he 'll probably meet her just to get back at me . ’ |