Example sentences of "[to-vb] she a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he got to know her a bit better , he was further excited by her strength of will , her independence , her commitment to the Irish nationalist cause , and — best of all , he reckoned — her utterly straight-faced enthusiasm for his explorations of the Celtic spirit-world . |
| 2 | It then took me an hour as she lay there sobbing to find her a bed . |
| 3 | I stopped to find her a name . |
| 4 | But I think we would have tried to find her a job rather more removed from mine , over time . ’ |
| 5 | Still reluctant to abandon her , he placed advertisements in the local paper in an effort to find her a job . |
| 6 | I had to find her a flat , move her in , go to the Electricity Board , and then her husband Monica 's one of those who need a mother , someone who takes her on An idea came into Alice 's head of such beautiful and apt simplicity that she began laughing quietly to herself . |
| 7 | Jotan 's sister was eighteen , and Burun was constantly aware that he would have to find her a husband before the year was out , otherwise she would be entitled to go with any man she chose . |
| 8 | So I settle down to write her a letter explaining my erratic behaviour . |
| 9 | ‘ So Angy asked him to pass her a knife while she was cooking something . ’ |
| 10 | She put them into the basket and Chola stretched across the fire to pass her a puri . |
| 11 | He put her suitcases down in the driveway and reached into the boot to pass her a carry-case which Belinda recognised as containing a portable monitor , something like an electrically amplified stethoscope , which meant that it was often possible for a pregnant woman to hear her baby 's heartbeat as early as ten weeks into the pregnancy . |
| 12 | She must persuade him of her good intentions — for it had never crossed her mind that she would not repay him — but she must also try to convince him of the seriousness of her situation and persuade him to grant her a bit of leeway . |
| 13 | Perhaps he was going to try to sell her a story for the column ? |
| 14 | Erm , so you might be able to sell her a monitor . |
| 15 | ‘ Invalid and invalid as in having no effect , ’ Fernando grumbled as he went to pour her a drink from a jug on the table . |
| 16 | The shameless bitch openly encouraged her young admirer 's attentions , summoning him to fetch her a drink , move the parasol , even to rub sun cream on her topless back . |
| 17 | Juliet smiled at Gaynor and went to fetch her a bedpan . |
| 18 | The Eldest Son 's wife had gone quickly to fetch her a glass of tepid water , which she drank carefully , tipping her mask back fractionally to accommodate the glass . |
| 19 | The doctor went to fetch her a glass of water . |
| 20 | Her work on the project is strongly tipped to win her a place among the nine finalists of the competition , whose work will be developed at at National Theatre workshops involving members and patrons in July . |
| 21 | I mean , like you say , you ought you know you ought to buy her a talking alarm clock for Christmas . |
| 22 | On one birthday her friends dubbed together to buy her a necklace decorated with a ‘ D ’ for Diana . |
| 23 | We ought to buy her a present . ’ |
| 24 | Moynihan , once a junior minister , who had lost his seat at the election , had had the good fortune to buy her a drink the evening before and had suggested ‘ an exquisite light lunch ’ at Macau , the town 's only Portuguese restaurant . |
| 25 | On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her a book , Matilda set out all by herself to walk to the public library in the village . |
| 26 | ‘ Not a play to miss , ’ she said in the interval , while Herman had gone running round Sloane Square to buy her a box of chocolates . |
| 27 | Prosecutors did not go ahead with charges that she plotted to handle part of the proceeds of the robbery by allowing her husband to buy her a Tudor mansion . |
| 28 | The pater pays for holidays and he 's about to buy her a car , though she can borrow the family car and chauffeur whenever he does n't want them . |
| 29 | I was hoping to buy her a ring for Christmas but we just could n't afford it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Not necessarily , ’ she demurred , ‘ but she was kind , and I thought I would like to buy her a wedding present — and because you kindly took me in when you did n't want to , ’ she tacked on softly . |