Example sentences of "[vb past] her [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always generous , he invited her to drink coffee in the evening and she never saw him drunk . |
| 2 | Once , in the lunch hour , he invited her to accompany Bunny and himself to church . |
| 3 | This thought , combined with the hurt of his having forgotten her family so completely , helped her to remain calm . |
| 4 | But it helped her to stop thinking . |
| 5 | The last person she needed was fitzAlan , but an attendant of humble rank would n't matter , if it helped her to obtain permission to go into the town . |
| 6 | When , by the sheerest fluke , she 'd discovered he had not one other woman on the side but two , it drove her to near insanity . |
| 7 | BRIGITTE Bardot 's love for animals drove her to attempt suicide after an horrific cruelty case near her home , friends fear . |
| 8 | But , while there was a great urge in her to want to extend the dream of an evening , there was also that part of her that , for all Ven 's , ‘ I would n't take you anywhere , did I not want to ’ and his ‘ What a charming companion you 've been ’ , caused her to push temptation away . |
| 9 | I told her to chew tea leaves to get rid of the smell , but it did n't work . ’ |
| 10 | He took her outstretched hand — very soft , very feminine — and allowed her to lead Rim away . |
| 11 | She was a popular choice — though a reluctant nominee — and her Medau roots go back to her days of early motherhood when Dr Anni Noll encouraged her to try Medau with Molly and Peggy . |
| 12 | He encouraged her to write fiction . |
| 13 | Her sister and two brothers taught her to play lawn tennis at the age of nine on the two courts , one grass and one shale , at Edgeworth . |
| 14 | Rain asked her to say goodbye to Linda for her and was about to go . |
| 15 | This led her to shun alcohol and medical establishments and to follow a practical , independent , and disciplined life . |
| 16 | And to add to her joy , Hilda took her to meet sister Lena as the two had been able to keep in touch . |
| 17 | Coal gave Europe the industrial supremacy which enabled her to commandeer petroleum supplies when she later needed them , but even in 1939 coal was still her fundamental source of power . |
| 18 | We are not claiming that personal leadership is all important but rather that Mrs Thatcher 's personality and policies enabled her to take advantage of the constellation of events and ideas . |
| 19 | Over the years , she 'd kept back a portion , every week , of the money Wakelate gave her to buy food at the market . |
| 20 | He made a forward movement which obliged her to make way . |
| 21 | Thomas 's eyes forced her to take account of something different in herself and to begin to value it . |
| 22 | BULLIED wife Linda Kelly wept with shame when her husband forced her to have sex with his best friend , a jury was told yesterday . |
| 23 | He summoned her to attend church and then , at the moment of consecration , just as she was about to leave , four armed men stopped her . |
| 24 | There were some women he wanted her to take relief to . |
| 25 | He wanted her to show gratitude and deference , but she simply murmured ‘ Thank you , sir ’ with no conviction . |