Example sentences of "[verb] her [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wished I could direct her to bring the ship to my rescue . |
| 2 | You want her to feel the pleasure you know you 're going to feel : but you play your body at the pitch and rhythm you sense in hers . |
| 3 | He had already written a note to Becky — with a little help from Father O'Malley — instructing her to sell the shop along with the two barrows if she possibly could and to hold on to his share of the money until he came back to Whitechapel . |
| 4 | Ana just drifted to a halt , turning without demur as Maggie moved her to face the house . |
| 5 | I did assist her to cross the river . |
| 6 | One of her tutors , Jeanette Byrne , who helped her buy her first guitar , invited her to sing the lead in a choir of girls from Grianan at her wedding . |
| 7 | So the professor turned his attention to Diana , and invited her to play the piano . |
| 8 | But in Using a Model for Nursing ( Roper et al , 1983 ) , the third year student nurse contributing to the study in a surgical ward , commented that the model approach helped her to appreciate the need for planned discharge goals ; even when admitting the patient , she was alerted to consider what the patient required to know on discharge in order to resume her usual Activities of Living . |
| 9 | Her sympathy for Mrs Wallington helped her to ignore the realisation that it was an enormous relief to be away from Anthony and with people who produced an atmosphere of such calm and ease that she felt immediately at home with them . |
| 10 | I stood behind her and , when she said the word , helped her to heave the load from the ground . |
| 11 | He helped her to make the house ready for the next occupant , and though she protested he gave her the money for her railway journey back to London . |
| 12 | All the girls helped her to get the fire going , spread the tablecloth , put out the cups and plates , laughing and whispering and bustling about as they showed her the places and secrets of the kitchen , the room that was now her room . |
| 13 | Or why did Stef kidnap well I , you know I ca n't understand this girl , because she 's been in er , I mean she must of seen him when , when he 's approached her to buy the house |
| 14 | She waited until he went to pass her to reach the door and leave at the end of the night . |
| 15 | They coincided with Mrs Yaxlee 's own ideas closely enough for the latter to trust her to do the shopping while at the same time failing to include her in the invitation which she so palpably wanted . |
| 16 | He advised her to sell the shop and deposit the money in the bank . |
| 17 | Nicandra screamed at her , while some mortal sympathy forbade her to hunt the bird from her barren nest . |
| 18 | I 'd hoped the shock would , at the very least , cause her to misdirect the stream and wet her shoes . |
| 19 | To me they were ordering her to have the baby , which was n't fair . |
| 20 | If I did it would probably read , if someone 's rogering your wife on the hearth rug , you ca n't expect her to answer the phone . |
| 21 | How can we expect her to adopt the thought patterns of an earlier age ? |
| 22 | This morning , he would n't take no for an answer , and , after urging her to consider the idea and bringing her out here as confidently as if the whole thing were quite settled in his mind , he was now taking the ground from under her feet by playing devil 's advocate . |
| 23 | He leaped into action , hurling towels at Mrs Morrison and urging her to have the sofa , now it was ruined , for whatever she liked . |
| 24 | The book is said to mention a letter from the Duke of Edinburgh to the princess , warning her to toe the line , and claims the princess was forced to go on the present tour as a publicity stunt to demonstrate the couple 's unity . |
| 25 | For I have walked her through the gate and along the path , led her up the steps and caused her to ring the doorbell . |
| 26 | The disconcerting truth was that , unless it was a brain scan to determine what in the world had possessed her to behave the way she had just now , she had no idea at all what she needed … |
| 27 | Yeah I just told her to put the top on the pen when she was having a drink , because she had the pen in her hand |
| 28 | She drifted pleasantly away , finding herself at the theatre with Kate Maybury , but she had black hair and carried a colander , and in the colander lay a tiny baby , but Mrs Maybury would n't let her see it , just told her to watch the show . |
| 29 | She rang her boss , who told her to call the thief . |
| 30 | Robin Denny , prosecuting , said Cook told her to take the rest of her clothes off . |