Example sentences of "[vb past] her to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He had n't seen her , but the closeness of him moved her to flight . |
| 3 | Roy Strait said he heard at least two men as they administered sleeping pills to the film star — then smothered her to death . |
| 4 | He invited her to lunch at his club for international journalists in Carlton House Terrace . |
| 5 | The friendly note invited her to lunch . |
| 6 | My parents and I saw her in the school play and they thought she was so wonderful that they invited her to lunch — to make me see what I could be if I did it right . |
| 7 | A week later , however , when Branson walked into the shop close to the Virgin offices in Portobello Road where Joan worked , selling Victorian advertising ephemera , and invited her to lunch , she accepted . |
| 8 | One evening Rachel invited her to dinner , to meet some old family friends who had recently retired from academia and moved to London . |
| 9 | He helped her to cream and sugar , then , taking his own black , sat down opposite and looked at her . |
| 10 | They went up to her and calmed her and helped her to bed . |
| 11 | They finally found her lying in bed in a smoke-filled bedroom , and helped her to safety . |
| 12 | Just as they planned , the couple set upon the unfortunate woman the following day , and beat her to death before pushing her body into the shallow pool . |
| 13 | Kenneth Parks said he was sleeping the night he drove 14 miles to her home , let himself in , and beat her to death . |
| 14 | And then they and took this poor old wife and they beat her to death with the flails . |
| 15 | When her father saw the evidence of this sin he condemned her to death . |
| 16 | There was no doubt in her mind that he was doing this deliberately and it drove her to forcefulness . |
| 17 | Steve drove her to hospital . |
| 18 | Knowing that her remaining twin was in danger , she rushed to the home of a friend who drove her to hospital . |
| 19 | Rheumatoid arthritis diverted her to film , and she gained distinction in both the Certificate and Diploma in Film Studies ( London Extramural ) and taught in the film unit of the Slade School of Fine Art . |
| 20 | And she claimed Darlington Borough Council told her to unblock the chimney herself . |
| 21 | when I spoke to about it she said that you told her to hand it over to my department cos it was a national account |
| 22 | But Sylvie had convinced her , vowed her to secrecy . |
| 23 | It scared her to death . |
| 24 | She felt her skirt being tugged upwards , then his fingers , warm and possessive on the soft skin of her thigh , turned her to liquid . |
| 25 | It was Smarties that made the coloured hand prints on the wall ; with Smarty ‘ buns ’ she would charm all the grown-ups , and with Smarty ‘ prezzies ’ they would encourage her performances and tricks ; with Smarties she would entertain her invisible friends ; Smarties bribed her to bed , to bath , to the toilet . |
| 26 | But ambulancemen , realising Linda was pregnant , rushed her to hospital where doctors delivered her baby by Caesarian section . |
| 27 | Nor could doctors after a 999 crew rushed her to hospital in Bath . |
| 28 | 4 After an argument with the woman with whom he had been living , D drove his lorry into her car and crushed her to death . |
| 29 | Neighbours pulled her to safety just minutes before flames took hold . |
| 30 | Neighbours pulled her to safety just minutes before flames took hold . |