Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] her to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She joined AIB Bank in Bankcentre branch in October 1980 and her career since then has taken her to 100 Grafton St. , 1985–90 and Mary Street from then until her transfer to Cabra in July 1992 . |
| 2 | If he 'd got her to that state , why was she drinking coffee ? |
| 3 | For Rachel , who had never before experienced such intensity of feeling , it was as if he 'd transported her to another world — a world where every sensation was heightened , every touch the prelude to yet more delight as he explored and worshipped every inch of her body before taking her to the peak of fulfilment . |
| 4 | Everything was peaceful — everything but the man who 'd brought her to this place . |
| 5 | Her whole adult life was a triumph of determination over a body that could have condemned her to permanent invalidism . |
| 6 | If she had n't reneged on her promise to go to Glenshee , Dane would never have followed her to that tiny cottage . |
| 7 | Once Edward Morris had been set free , he had recommended her to some of his friends and so trade was looking up . |
| 8 | She was no longer in the habit of being late : her life had schooled her to temporal accuracy , perhaps to being considerate . |
| 9 | Once , a fortnight later , when Simon had invited her to another test day , and then in July at the British Grand Prix . |
| 10 | Yes , there was something sexual between the two of them now , but any interest he had felt six years ago would have been connected solely with the phenomenon of the awe he had inspired , so overwhelmingly intense that it had reduced her to awkward , agonised silence every time he was around . |
| 11 | Earlier he had driven her to two tennis clubs to discuss membership . |
| 12 | Pity for Alain 's mother had driven her to this gesture and she knew she would regret it . |
| 13 | He had introduced her to physical passion , and at the same time ignited a fire in his own sensual , earthy Taurean nature that had proved impossible to quench . |
| 14 | When they were together , she felt in charge ; and the feeling made her forget all that had brought her to this . |
| 15 | For the first time in her life she faced the truth of her past , clear-eyed as her formidable father 's daughter ought to be , devoid of pride and love of self , and inspected what had brought her to this pass . |
| 16 | Constance had supervised Camille 's introduction to the children of the neighbourhood , to her own nephews and nieces and those of approved families — some in which the parents were still encouraging their infants to assist on their shoplifting expeditions had been dropped from her acquaintance , as she regarded petty larceny as common and ill-advised — and had taken her to many places deemed of interest to children which Scarlet would have found uncongenial . |
| 17 | He had taken her to most of the local beauty spots ; arranged for cannon to be fired over the lake for their echoes and the quaint museum to be selectively open when they visited the place . |
| 18 | The conclusive Senate vote was scheduled for Oct. 8 , but had to be delayed for seven days following revelation of new evidence from Anita Hill , 35 , a black University of Oklahoma teacher of law , who alleged that Thomas had subjected her to sexual harassment with explicit , pornographic suggestions when she worked for him at the Department of Education and the EEOC in the early 1980s . |
| 19 | And then , unexpectedly , she was assailed by the strangest feeling that a greater force than Aunt Bertha had sent her to this place . |
| 20 | How could her obviously unrequited love have brought her to such a low , pathetic state ? |