Example sentences of "[verb] she [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , Mo asked , would tempt her back to the polling booths ? |
| 2 | The teacher referred her back to the work done with connector rods and scales and then asked her what she needed to do . |
| 3 | The following week , her own doctor 's clinic referred her back to the centre because of a slight problem with her blood pressure . |
| 4 | ‘ Nico , ’ she 'd sigh , as he drew her down to the sand , ‘ my Nico . ’ |
| 5 | Now Henry thought about it , she seemed to enter rooms which he was in carefully , keeping her back to the wall ; if he got close to her , she nearly always moved away quickly , usually making sure their bodies did not touch . |
| 6 | She was in the cafeteria a short while later , steadfastly keeping her back to the huge windows with their wonderful view of the skiers outside , when a hand descended on to her shoulder , making her start in alarm . |
| 7 | Belov brought her some broth about an hour later , and he helped her up to the bowl . |
| 8 | She swayed slightly and Stephen took her arm and helped her back to the coach . |
| 9 | She was shivering against him , and he helped her back to the fire and bundled her in his own bedroll ; but she kept her arms about him . |
| 10 | He glanced involuntarily at Jennifer Morgan who said she would make tea , which was what her mother preferred , and bore her off to the kitchen . |
| 11 | He bore her down to the carpet , his face hard against hers , one hand pulling up her skirts , and when she still struggled struck her a blow which left her half stunned on the floor , for him to do as he would with her . |
| 12 | Lucy was left to kick around by the unmanned Reservations desk for a couple of minutes , and then a waiter appeared to lead her over to the table . |
| 13 | Wordlessly , she allowed him to lead her on to the roadway and down the hill towards home . |
| 14 | She allowed him to lead her back to the living-room , her defences momentarily lapsed so that when he paused on the threshold to slide an arm around her waist and draw her into his embrace she was too shocked to remonstrate . |
| 15 | ‘ We must carry her up to the sick-room . ’ |
| 16 | If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river . |
| 17 | He tapped her on the shoulder-Excuse me — and when she turned he took her by the wrist and round the waist , holding her close , whisking her on to the floor . |
| 18 | What she did n't bargain on was you whisking her off to the country and locking all the doors . |
| 19 | Her father drove her up to the smart neighbourhood where the Smiths lived and parked his car outside . |
| 20 | The strange , wild feeling that usually drove her down to the sea was beginning to thump in her bosom . |
| 21 | Later , I drove her back to the flat she shared and stood leaning against some rusted railings while she looked for her keys . |
| 22 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 23 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 24 | He continued to carry her out of the gate to his carriage , and lifted her up to the seat . |
| 25 | Gathering her back into his arms , he unclipped the safety line on her lifejacket and lifted her on to the saloon settee where she was protected from the surging water by his BMW . |
| 26 | She wound her arms around his neck , eagerly accepting his heated kisses until he lifted her on to the bed and came down on top of her , covering her and dominating her . |
| 27 | His hands closed around her waist , and without effort he lifted her on to the poolside , and flipped himself easily out beside her . |
| 28 | You tape her mouth then you walk her down to the kitchen and down into the cellar . |
| 29 | Someone had thus moved the body , and it had to be assumed that it was the same person who had pushed her on to the plough . |
| 30 | She was n't looking forward to it , which is a little surprising for a 16 year old who , just 3 years ago , combined all the elements of her talent to produce the compound which exploded her on to the junior tennis scene ! |