Example sentences of "[to-vb] her [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They probably had to rake her in to hold the fort . |
| 2 | And she suffered Matey to lead her upstairs to try to repair the ravages which McAllister had wrought . |
| 3 | Courtiers who had come to expect her barely to acknowledge them were suddenly treated to radiant smiles and cheerful banter . |
| 4 | There was no way he was going to trap her here to solve his problems . |
| 5 | I think that Sunday she 's free , but I 've got to get at her , and on Monday I 've got to go up to walk her round to see her . |
| 6 | IMP had paid her generously , and she 'd hoarded the little money she 'd made on her flat once it had been sold , but it still had n't been enough to buy her somewhere to live . |
| 7 | She may fall ill , or have an accident while you were out , or set the house on fire and herself , so that you would not want to leave her even to go shopping . |
| 8 | Wo n't be able to put her back to sleep . |
| 9 | We had to phone her up to get the number . |
| 10 | We had to phone her up to get the code . |
| 11 | He had sensed her unease , stopping in his stride to swing her round to face him . |
| 12 | But as an Indian woman , and the only daughter among seven brothers , she resisted all attempts to teach her how to cook and clean fish and how to prepare spices for sauces . |
| 13 | And blood he had paid to teach her how to cope with imminence was crusting on his collar . |
| 14 | We live in a society which prizes the freedom of the individual , but we are short on means to teach her how to handle it . |
| 15 | One of my cats , unassuming and docile by nature most of the time , turns into a wild tiger if I have to hold her still to give her medicine . |
| 16 | I 'd long since given up trying to get her not to call me that . |
| 17 | Nelson , having appointed her Anpetuwi 's own version of ‘ Dear Abby ’ , took the trouble to seek her out to consult her about a problem he was having with the chambermaid , Billie . |
| 18 | ‘ To warn her not to tell INCUBUS she was leaving them ? ’ |
| 19 | Newman put a finger to his lips to warn her not to speak Standing up , he walked behind the couch into the bay . |
| 20 | He did not want to bring her in to talk to him , nor did he want to interview her in the presence of her devoted but sharp-eyed husband . |
| 21 | ‘ I mentioned to the master that Adèle wanted to be introduced to the ladies , and he asked you to bring her down to meet them this evening . ’ |
| 22 | The man offered to take her out in his boat one day , to show her how to catch mero . |
| 23 | He was about to tell her not to trouble herself , when he saw that she had turned half away from him , revealing the curve of a breast beneath her shawl . |
| 24 | I said I was sorry and hoped she 'd soon be better and to tell her not to worry , that of course we 'd manage . |
| 25 | Or get her doctor to tell her where to go . |
| 26 | The Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna made her first practical contribution to the improvement of conditions in the countryside when she asked Nikolai Miliutin to tell her how to free the serfs on her Ukrainian estate of Karlovka . |