Example sentences of "[to-vb] she [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will , they say , try to find her another post as a neo-natologist in the region , but can not guarantee her one . |
| 2 | She had an idea and asked him to meet her that evening at a time which allowed her to see Shildon first . |
| 3 | She wanted me to come er , to meet her next week but really , what with my Chris has come and then , and then |
| 4 | It was only then , for example , that John Bright , busy Member of Parliament , revealed that his stepmother , who had lived alone as a widow for nearly thirty years to the age of 95 , the last ten years blind , was visited daily by his own wife ‘ to chat with her and to cheer with her in her solitude and blindness , or to render her any help in her power . ’ |
| 5 | It took him slightly longer to reach her this time — four , maybe five strides . |
| 6 | Her feet felt sharp and heavy and round ; her toes like horn ) , and implored her to set her any task , she 'd undertake any ordeal , in return for restoring the bird to human shape and then setting him free . |
| 7 | I would n't want to cause her any distress . ’ |
| 8 | It was important that she ring her parents to let them know not to expect her that day . |
| 9 | Her facetiousness was not going to win her any friends . |
| 10 | Try to persuade her that life is still worth living . |
| 11 | Just to deny her that role or restrict what she can offer the family to eat can be strongly resisted by her as she can lose her identity . |
| 12 | Now the sensing person , prefers to use her five senses to perceive what 's going on about her . |
| 13 | Now the intuitive person on the other hand prefers to use her sixth sense . |
| 14 | But he was still haunted by the scene the girl had conjured up : the old man in that bright little kitchen with its ramshackle fittings and earthenware sink : holding her , kissing her lips and her hair ; then sitting at the table , questioning her , promising to leave her some money , and finally , as a parting shot , telling her casually that her father and her aunt had both been illegitimate … |
| 15 | Have you got enough change to give her one pound fifty Jack ? |
| 16 | Yet it scorched him that he had been unable to give her that chance himself . |
| 17 | I do not enter upon the controversy as to what duty , if any , lay upon the medical advisers to give her that advice : that no explanation whatever was given is an accepted fact in the case . |
| 18 | She lay down again , hugging the quilt around her as she closed her eyes , longing for sleep to overcome her , to give her some release from these endless , plaguing thoughts . |
| 19 | She begged me in tears to leave her alone — to give her some peace . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm just going to give her some milk . ’ |
| 21 | Then after she got over she used , I used to give her some water then . |
| 22 | The sorry story began on 18th March 1612 , when a teenage beggar girl , Alizon Device , flew into a rage when a pedlar refused to give her some pins . |
| 23 | ‘ You offered to give her some help with her career , too . |
| 24 | She looked cold and Derek wanted to put his arm round her , to give her some measure of warmth and comfort . |
| 25 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 26 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 27 | I thought your going to give her some flowers ? |
| 28 | I do n't like to ask you but me mam asked you me to ask you if you could give her something for to give her some energy , she 's sleeping all the time now . |
| 29 | , our Sports Council Liaison Officer , has asked us to co-operate with a survey to give her some ammunition to fight on behalf of all the Movement & Dance organisations . |
| 30 | This may be a good moment to indicate to her very gently that she has grieved well and long , and that if she is beginning to feel that her period of mourning is nearing its end ( even though you appreciate that she will always carry the scars of her sorrow ) , you are ready to give her any help she needs to adjust to her new and different life . |