Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] she [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This rarity — for a woman to have so much power and influence — caused some to compare her to Elizabeth . |
| 2 | Edward VI had n't reached sixteen years of age before he died , in July 1553 , and for just nine days Lady Jane Grey was considered to be Queen Jane , but the country was not prepared to accept her as Queen . |
| 3 | She could almost hear him making the effort to be cheerful , as if he was afraid to disappoint her in case she decided not to ring him again . |
| 4 | If it was agreeable with Ellie , he would be delighted to escort her to dinner and the opera on Saturday . |
| 5 | Would he be content to leave her in charge of Thomas and merely check on his progress from time to time , or might he endeavour to wield control in her — his — their son 's life ? |
| 6 | And one of you I 'm particularly disappointed in at the moment , I do n't want to name any names because I do n't think it 's right to embarrass her in front of the others , |
| 7 | She was a silk-and-satin girl ; it was hard to imagine her in denim and cotton . |
| 8 | I was glad to send her to Lowood . |
| 9 | I asked Jeanne to find as many friends as possible to accompany her on walks with Moby , and to give them control of the lead and take him away to explore without her if they felt confident . |
| 10 | I was more able to forgive her for past hurts because , as Nancy Friday says , I needed to do so . |
| 11 | Camping but they ran out of money so he would n't be able to see her till payday . |
| 12 | In an attempt to obtain a good price , he paid a stud fee of over £1,400 to have her covered again so that he would be able to sell her in foal at the December 1974 sales . |
| 13 | Those of Anna 's offspring who were employed , were themselves unable to help her with money . |
| 14 | and er she said it was lovely to be able to put her in dresses . |
| 15 | He had no official status and no powers of arrest , but once he 'd identified Alina then the two officers along with him would have been able to detain her on immigration charges . |
| 16 | Perhaps the headmaster had been able to reassure her in ways that were not open to Robert . |
| 17 | There 's no opposition in parliament any more to keep her in check . |
| 18 | He decided to telephone her over the weekend , by which time the case could be finished and he would be able to invite her to dinner with reasonable hope that they would be uninterrupted . |
| 19 | He expected good behaviour and his rather grim glance in her direction did more to motivate her into action than any coaxing . |
| 20 | What if she gets dirty , then you 'll not be able to take her to bed |
| 21 | At one stage it was thought that the old lady would be written off , but luckily it was not to be and the following year I was able to take her from Buckie with a new lease of life . |
| 22 | And she hopes her youngest children will be able to join her in Canada . |
| 23 | The face will fill out , the limbs will unwind and the real Gemma will emerge , so that by the time she is six months old even a stranger will be able to tell her from Carla Marie . |
| 24 | Captain Dawson 's parents , themselves stricken , had no idea how to deal with their weeping daughter-in-law , and were thankful to leave her to Dorothy . |
| 25 | She was tired , emotionally and physically tired , and the champagne made her cease to worry about whether she was right to allow the Burgermeister to cosset her with flowers and champagne . |
| 26 | ‘ Since Maisie was taken ill I have found it even more difficult to leave her at home sometimes , ’ she says . |
| 27 | The sight of a twig she had picked bursting into bud in a vase was enough to send her in raptures . |
| 28 | She was only here because he 'd manoeuvred it ; now he seemed determined to keep her at arm 's length . |
| 29 | Lisabeth 's vegetarianism made it difficult to take her into pubs at lunch-time . |
| 30 | The finished clothes were delivered to the hotel on her last morning in Paris only an hour before Bob Storrington was due to collect her for lunch . |