Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mother 's task is thus not to create something out of nothing but rather to dovetail her behaviour to that of the infant 's . [ … ] |
| 2 | She eventually found her way to the social services department . |
| 3 | Molly had secretly enjoyed her initiation to sex on the night of Yanto 's near drowning , but then she had had to curtail her natural emotions for fear of waking her Father . |
| 4 | This is particularly true of Gertrude who only wants her son to be happy , but her cheerfulness and pleadings with Hamlet only make the situation worse . |
| 5 | When the party eventually broke up Ross merely lifted her hand to his lips , before leaving to join his parents at their hotel , some miles away . |
| 6 | Having believed initially that a good print should be available in the collection for ever , she was now constantly urging her colleagues to be more innovative . |
| 7 | Thingol , Luthien 's father , is so enraged that a mortal should dare to woo his daughter that he says he will only give her hand to Beren if he will wrest one of the Silmarils , or enchanted jewels , from the iron crown of the dark lord Margoth . |
| 8 | Had that fact alone drawn her father to Marguerite Lemarchand — ? |
| 9 | in child language understanding always precedes production and , what is most important , the adult dealing with the child constantly modifies her output to be ahead of the structures which the child is producing ( Wells , 1981 ) . |
| 10 | His touch was as she remembered it , warm and gentle , but as he gently returned her foot to the ground she again felt shy — absurdly and ridiculously shy , when she could never remember being so taken by shyness before — and she just had to look away from him while she collected herself . |
| 11 | His friendship with Camilla Parker-Bowles , who eagerly adapted her life to his diary , dovetailed perfectly with his lifestyle . |
| 12 | Often in the past he had tried to keep her in bed in the morning , but always she had pushed off his sleep-drugged advances with a brusque reminder that she had work to do , stubbornly shutting her mind to the tenderness of a few hours before . |
| 13 | She now flapped her hand as if shooing something away , then went out of the kitchen and onto the landing , and here , as she had before , she stopped , but only long enough to raise her eyes to the whitewashed ceiling as her mind said , Dear God , do n't let anything come of this . |
| 14 | As quick as a flash , Mildred pulled out a lasso of rope which she had hidden in a drawer and slipped it over the astonished girl 's head and shoulders , yanking it tightly enough to bind her arms to her sides . |
| 15 | She was much more fun after a few drinks , gently mocking her dedication to saving this planet . |
| 16 | Miss Fluck had not long changed her name to Miss Dors , and anxious to make her feel at home , the vicar decided to call her by her old name — though he was scrupulous in remembering to include the all-important L. ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , ’ he began when the great moment arrived , ‘ I am going to ask you to welcome a very special person here this afternoon . |
| 17 | Note was taken that Ned had requisitioned all manner of resources on that same night , for which he had never accounted , among them Ben Lugg and the services of the head listener Mary , who sufficiently overcame her loyalty to a brother officer to give the committee a lurid account of Ned 's high-handedness . |
| 18 | What if she had had a threatening letter which worried her enough to make her turn to pills ? ’ |
| 19 | In December 1977 the Headmistress of St Anselm 's School in Canterbury , one of Britain 's leading Roman Catholic Comprehensives , allowed a teacher who was a National Front candidate to continue in her post alter she had promised that her National Front views would not affect her treatment to black pupils . |
| 20 | Dannii has already given her name to a range of clothes . |
| 21 | The piece went on to tell how Lydia , a sharp little eighteen-year-old mill-worker , who had fallen only twice , but unfortunately with two different blokes , finally got her man to the altar . |
| 22 | There was of course Ferdinando , but she hesitated over opening her heart to her husband , who would in any case need her letter read to him and would be unable to answer of his own accord . |
| 23 | Following the conversation recorded above , this bereaved mother soon committed her life to Christ , was followed by her husband , and shortly afterwards both her parents came to the Lord . |
| 24 | The selectors feel she has already earned her passage to Barcelona , having last summer finished second in the Europa Cup , ninth in the World Championships , and moved to fifth place in the world all-time 10,000 metres rankings . |
| 25 | He wondered why Pinkie mentioned Laura , then realised with sinking heart that she was no longer keeping her discontent to herself and the echo of it must have travelled for some distance . |
| 26 | Easily knocking her arm to one side , he halted only inches from her . |
| 27 | But in the evening , in her room , she could not finish her letter to him . |
| 28 | Although Melody had already said her farewells to Seb , she found time to visit Anna before she left with the others . |
| 29 | He would not report her fate to the Police , and he could divert enquiries by saying that she had gone to friends in the country . |
| 30 | He did not resent her visit to the hairdresser 's . |