Example sentences of "[v-ing] her to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had lost a good deal of her bloom and bounce , and looked as if the sentiments of the burial service kept stabbing her to the heart . |
| 2 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 3 | In a flash , Mait backhanded Ace across the jaw , knocking her to the ground . |
| 4 | ‘ He kicked and punched her , knocking her to the ground , shouting abuse at her , ’ said Mr Wynn , ‘ He gave her a very hard blow to the nose which caused it to bleed profusely . |
| 5 | Ross had taken her home , gently helping her out of the taxi and escorting her to the front door . |
| 6 | ‘ So am I , ’ he said drily , turning her to the house . |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes , your actions are utterly thoughtless without any knowledge of consequences , ’ he muttered , turning her to the side of the room , where a long bench gave them a chance to sit . |
| 8 | Whenever a female enters his territory he courts her by swimming in a zig-zag dance , eventually leading her to the next where she enters and he prods her tail to entice her to lay her eggs . |
| 9 | He took her arm , leading her to the stall . |
| 10 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
| 11 | But he was already leading her to the stairs . |
| 12 | He sobered instantly , taking her arm and leading her to the wrought-iron balcony . |
| 13 | Leading her to the front of the shop , he said , ‘ This is very small fry compared with Chesmore Zoo , but it covers most of all the species that we are allowed to sell . |
| 14 | This time his arms wrapped around her , pulling her to the hard , strong warmth of his body , his hand bringing her face close again . |
| 15 | ‘ We should make it in three or four days , if we 're lucky , if we leave tomorrow , ’ Travis finished , recalling her to the here and now with a start . |
| 16 | And why did the band have to choose that precise moment to play a waltz so that , rather than dancing apart in the modern way , he was drawing her closer , moulding her to the lean , taut length of him ? |
| 17 | He leaned forward once again , subjecting her to the unnerving illusion of being pinned by his shadow , trapped and oppressed by it , as if it carried physical weight , composed of all that he felt for her , lust and contempt . |
| 18 | He had thought about sending her to the oculist and he was much nicer to Gran . |
| 19 | Her trusty crutch found a hidden hole , sending her to the ground , to lie winded but undamaged . |
| 20 | Two days after Christmas at her home in Banbury two men pushed her through her front door … one of them punching and kicking her to the ground . |
| 21 | I was not accompanying her to the home but was treating her to a taxi all the way . |
| 22 | She waited all day for the Kurd to return , but he failed to do so ; and when she made enquiries the next morning she was told that he had left the town within minutes of conducting her to the priest 's house . |
| 23 | Alejandro was all for putting a bullet through this she-devil 's head and dispatching her to the nearest abattoir . |
| 24 | It was here held that giving the tenant the keys , and readmitting her to the premises , did not suffice . |
| 25 | Her dreams were so vivid while the poem shimmered on her desk — signed , sealed , undelivered — that she had to catch herself from grabbing Lucy 's hands , kissing her right out in the street , holding her close at the end of each day , saying , come home , darling ; grabbing her and flinging her to the floor , ripping her clothes off , sinking into her breasts , fucking her like a sheet of flame . |
| 26 | How could he think of abandoning her to the malevolent clutches of this voracious monster ? |
| 27 | Her move , she said , was in no way caused by the spate of allegations linking her to the murders of the township activist Stompie Moeketsi and the Soweto physician Dr Abu-Baker Asvat and to other possible charges of kidnap , assault and theft . |
| 28 | She turned her face away , embarrassment bringing her to the brink of tears . |
| 29 | ‘ It worries me to death bringing her to the races at long odds-on , but she is a great filly and just flies out of the stalls , ’ said trainer Richard Hannon . |
| 30 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |