Example sentences of "[vb pp] her to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all the desperate , toiling years she had been in Canada , neither her husband nor her son had ever made themselves a meal , except on one or two occasions when illness had confined her to bed . |
| 2 | You have awakened her to passion and taken her virginity . |
| 3 | Sukova , who had lost all four previous hard court matches she had played against Sanchez , said her fourth-round Wimbledon victory over the Spaniard this summer had helped her to victory . |
| 4 | There was no gentleness like Lisa 's fierce love ; and she tried to respond to that while another darker voice called her to unconsciousness and silence . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , some spark of remaining pride had driven her to array herself in a sprig muslin gown she had bought with the peach , topped by a pretty chipstraw bonnet that at least provided a little place to hide her face under its poking brim . |
| 6 | She also admired Matilda who had sworn her to secrecy about the parrot job she had brought off at home , and also the great hair-oil switch which had bleached her father 's hair . |
| 7 | The survey vessel 's signal not only identified her , it also disarmed the platform-mounted weapons which otherwise would have reduced her to vapour . |
| 8 | The evening had commenced at a restaurant where Rune had introduced her to koldt bord , the pan-Scandinavian cold buffet-style spread , while he 'd taken the opportunity of finding out more details about Suzie , including her appearance . |
| 9 | Given that he had half frightened her to death to begin with , he 'd been a gentle lover too , she recalled , a tender smile playing around her mouth . |
| 10 | Lucy had asked her to supper in her West London flat . |
| 11 | My editor , Sally O'Sullivan , was the first person to ask me to write anything other than my name on an Access receipt , and I would have followed her to World 's End . |
| 12 | He 'd taken her to church , he 'd taken her to lunch and she had n't been particularly gracious about any of it . |
| 13 | He had taken her to lunch at La Noblesse where they had eaten cod in a watercress sauce and drunk between them a bottle of Chinon , Clos de l'Echo ‘ 86 . |
| 14 | She 'd hoped , thought , it would be nice if he had taken her to lunch sometimes , or let her stay to breakfast in his room at the Franz Joseph instead of pushing her out early and sending her back to the Gasthaus . |
| 15 | ‘ Go and put on something beautiful , ’ he said at seven , after he had had two overt vodkas , and poured , as was his habit , a single , large , secret one , and had taken her to bed . |
| 16 | Have n't you taken her to bed recently ? ’ |
| 17 | He 'd taken her to church , he 'd taken her to lunch and she had n't been particularly gracious about any of it . |
| 18 | He 'd taken her to dinner at The Black Dog and through him she 'd spent Christmas at Laura 's . |
| 19 | Luke must have put her to bed . |
| 20 | She was settled for the night ; Clare had put her to bed and given her a mug of warm milk and two sleeping tablets . |
| 21 | I bet you they would n't find it quite so glamorous if , instead of getting drunk and shooting her , he 'd got drunk and accidentally beaten her to death . |
| 22 | The Crown say her car was pushed into the water after her husband had battered her to death and locked her in the boot . |
| 23 | " I 've sent her to bed , " Sara said , " She works too hard as it is , for an old woman her age , " |
| 24 | And they kept her there when they could have sent her to hospital . |
| 25 | Dameta had taken one look at her heated countenance when she 'd emerged from the pleasance , and had ordered her to bed , muttering about fevers and the carelessness of wandering about in gardens without a mantle . |