Example sentences of "[to-vb] she [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's tried to tempt her back into the woods , but with little success . |
| 2 | After spending more of the taxpayers ' funds to make the King Edmondo seaworthy , and to rig her out with state-of-the-art marine communications equipment , Coleman handed the boat over in late March to Hurley , who renamed her Skunk Kilo . |
| 3 | He had married late , a buxom research scientist from Cambridge twenty years his junior , and drove back to their modern flat on the outskirts of the city each night in his Jaguar — his chief extravagance frequently late , but seldom too late to bear her off to their local pub . |
| 4 | I am reading an extraordinary book about a man who was ‘ given away ’ by his mother at 2 weeks old , and managed to find her again in his thirties . |
| 5 | Puddephat had given evidence , saying Melanie Gandell had been one of his brightest students , and he had gone out of his way to encourage her academically as a result . |
| 6 | Neither are victims of racial harassment always poor women : Ms Z is divorced , lives on her own , and was fortunate enough to secure her home as part of the divorce settlement . |
| 7 | The prince himself was ready now to shake her out of it — he was fond of her , even then , always was ; breaking up a family seemed inconceivable to him , a form of hell , a madness . |
| 8 | He had had to stand her up on their second date . |
| 9 | Overwhelmed by not having noticed this earlier , by his failure of politeness , observation and helpfulness , all that had been taught him from boyhood up , Richard proceeded at the double onto the Embankment , to escort her on to Lord Jim . |
| 10 | A French galley will pick her up off the coast of the Forth and take her out to the sea where other ships are waiting to escort her back to France . |
| 11 | Particularly when she wishes you to escort her back to Les Hiboux . |
| 12 | He 'd been sent to escort her back after that first long-ago attempt to cross the border ; and with that , it had begun . |
| 13 | When the revolt collapsed and Judith was released , Charles rode out with his uncle Drogo bishop of Metz to escort her home to a ceremonial reception at Aachen in February 831 . |
| 14 | She at first refuses to help him , suspecting a trap to catch her out in witchery , but as the clerk , Wilekin , persists she finally agrees to solve the problem , accepting twenty shillings in payment . |
| 15 | Her question seemed to catch her more off guard than it did him , and she felt a warm blush rise to her cheeks . |
| 16 | With an abrupt muttered curse under his breath Roman came around to pull her up into his arms , subduing her struggles with iron strength . |
| 17 | He stopped beside her chair , reaching with easy strength to pull her up in front of him . |
| 18 | I try to pull her in to my chest , but she turns away . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't go , ’ Fernando grated , clutching at her hips to pull her back against his body . |
| 20 | Members of a Cardiff ladies ' rowing club tried to pull her out of the mud , but found the current was too fast , and the bitch ( yes , she is called Eric ! ) , too heavy . |
| 21 | He wound his fingers into her hair , using it to pull her gently towards him . |
| 22 | I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday . |
| 23 | A cool shower managed to sharpen her up to normal . |
| 24 | Of course , you must make sure you protect the baby from a toddler who pinches or slaps or tries to tip her out of the pram when your back is turned . |
| 25 | Lucy was left to kick around by the unmanned Reservations desk for a couple of minutes , and then a waiter appeared to lead her over to the table . |
| 26 | Wordlessly , she allowed him to lead her on to the roadway and down the hill towards home . |
| 27 | No business to lead her on like that . ’ |
| 28 | She allowed him to lead her back to the living-room , her defences momentarily lapsed so that when he paused on the threshold to slide an arm around her waist and draw her into his embrace she was too shocked to remonstrate . |
| 29 | Poppy dissolved into a quivering heap when staff tried to lead her out of the cage , so they suggested that I tried . |
| 30 | However , there were people there who were ‘ greatly desiring that she had been out of that country ’ , and she bustled off to York , where the Archbishop paid a man five shillings to lead her out of the town . |