Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'll need me some day and then she 'll be quick enough to write to her mother . |
| 2 | But a stray recollection of a golliwog Maurice had given her for her fifth birthday undid the effect in an instant and she reached Swans ' Meadow with her eyes red and face blotchy from tears , only to find to her surprise that Ursula was in a similar condition . |
| 3 | Her poetry indicates that Leapor did have some friends before meeting Freemantle ; Octavia , for example , respected her enough to listen to her advice , even if she probably did not accept it . |
| 4 | You seem to forget that I 'll be leaving this place as soon as Stella is well enough to return to her job . |
| 5 | She was determined that it was n't he who had affected her appetite either , and went down to dinner that night and ate quite a substantial meal , only to return to her room and spend the next hour again having trouble ousting the wretched man . |
| 6 | On 3 January , Eliza sat down to reply to her mother : |
| 7 | She tried hard not to complain to her father . |
| 8 | That had to be suspicious , and as she went into the hall later to go to her room he followed . |
| 9 | Peggy did not go up to apologise to her great-grandmother ; she was too busy doing the work that had been Rosie 's routine . |