Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belief in some prancing horned beast who conjured up all the mischief in the world strained her tolerance to the limit . |
| 2 | She might as well have addressed her request to the tablecloth . |
| 3 | Ms Siobhan Fahey ( see below ) has been explaining her emigration to the south of France . |
| 4 | In turn , this is likely to produce a commitment from her to do the utmost to meet her obligations to the job . |
| 5 | The snorting of a horse drew her attention to the right , and she saw Scathach 's stolen mount , roughly tethered . |
| 6 | When she was about to move forward though , ready to go up to that front door and ring the bell , some sound drew her attention to the corner of the house . |
| 7 | If you think I will respect her honour to the point of releasing her , you much mistake the matter ! ’ |
| 8 | It caught her straight across the neck and she probably owes her life to the fact that the drainpipe snapped . |
| 9 | Dr Christine Henderson , the first such volunteer , had recently returned from Zimbabwe and described her experiences to the IC , providing graphic examples of the sort of problems that could encountered . |
| 10 | She described her studies to the AAAS meeting . |
| 11 | Amelia Putt had dropped her objection to the wedding of one of her employees taking place in chapel and not church when she learned the identity of Tom 's bride-to-be . |
| 12 | And I 'd like to bet there 's quite a few of the blokes down there ’ — she jerked her head to the side — ‘ look upon this war as a godsend because it 's given them a legitimate excuse to leave their shanties . |
| 13 | Heart pounding , Isabel waited until his mouth had almost reached its goal , then jerked her head to the side . |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ she whispered stubbornly , keeping her head to the side . |
| 15 | For another team , more dangerous company appeared when the local fishing fleet came out , and the paddlers bent over , face down in the canoe , keeping her stern-on to the newcomers by deft tweaks of the paddles as they drifted less than 30 yards from two boats . |
| 16 | The Virgin bent her head to the dove in pictures of the Annunciation , and it pierced her through the ear , bringing her the Word that was life itself , down into her womb ; that was what Rosa wanted , Tommaso 's mouth next to her ear , until she , like the woman with her lover in the doorway , would wriggle and gasp . |
| 17 | Sycorax fainted , and Ariel bent her cheek to the discoloured cheek of the old woman and licked the salt that fell in her tears , and when she reached the cabin took her inside where the rush screens would keep the flies off her wounds , and made her as comfortable as she could on the ground , with fresh dressings on her burns , a cool soaked cloth on her forehead . |
| 18 | Currently one staff member has her back to the door and if the other two staff were absent she would not see the light flashing . |
| 19 | Dragging her mind back to the matter in hand , and mumbling apologies , she wormed her way to the reception desk . |
| 20 | A divorced woman can only use her former husband 's contribution record to establish her right to the basic pension and only provided she contributes in her own right as soon as the marriage ends and she does not remarry ( unless she is divorced over the age of 60 ) . |
| 21 | Unfortunately during the photo session the light was behind her and made her cotton skirt seem see-through , revealing her legs to the world . |
| 22 | Pressing her fingers to the knot of tension at the back of her neck , she massaged gently , then stretched her limbs to relieve some of her aching muscles . |
| 23 | The rats got to her face , and she screamed inside herself , pressing her face to the bolster . |
| 24 | A stitch seared her side and she came to a stumbling halt , pressing her palms to the painful place , waiting until the sharp sting had eased a little . |
| 25 | Iris stuck her fork in the earth and trundled off down the garden with her barrow while Melissa went indoors , reported her problem to the telephone engineers and wandered back to the kitchen . |
| 26 | The officer then reported her remarks to the court . |
| 27 | Delia Sutherland moved her scrutiny to the other palm . |
| 28 | Shaking her head in bemusement , she moved her gaze to the outfit spread out on the bed , and did n't quite have time to screw her face into an expression of approval before Mrs McMahon looked at her . |
| 29 | Is it too much to suppose that Saint Winifred herself moved her relics to the wagon that was bound for Ramsey ? |
| 30 | As she moved her thumbs to the sensitive muscles where his neck and shoulders joined , she exerted gentle pressure , and warmth flooded through her when he groaned . |