Example sentences of "[v-ing] she [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It began at the 12th , with five successive birdies enabling her to finish two shots ahead of Miss Hall — and that though the Australian had a last round 69 . |
| 2 | Thereafter , as Chief of Staff under the new government and then Defence Secretary , Ramos had given unswerving loyalty to Aquino , the single most important factor in enabling her to defeat numerous coup attempts . |
| 3 | The police were driving her around Soweto , wanting her to identify key activists . |
| 4 | Her eyes blinded by scalding tears , Isabel stumbled after fitzAlan , the punishing pace he set almost causing her to fall several times , only his vice-like grip on her arm keeping her upright . |
| 5 | Despite the call of duty , and the deep warm affection she had for her cousin 's little girls , every instinct Laura possessed was overwhelmingly urging her to leave this vehicle ; to put as great a distance between herself and Ross as she possibly could . |
| 6 | Words of warning were lurking somewhere in the darkest recesses of her mind , but the physical longing was n't so easy to abruptly cancel out , and besides Guy was already peeling the rest of the gold swimsuit down to her waist , then straddling her to place strategic kisses along the path of exposed skin as he lifted her hips to ease the costume down to her thighs . |
| 7 | Had she lost respect for him for not being so positive and forcing her to stay last year ? |
| 8 | The inadequacy of this part of English law was signalled recently in Kowalski ( 1988 ) , where the Court of Appeal upheld an estranged husband 's conviction for indecently assaulting his wife by forcing her to have oral sex with him . |
| 9 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 10 | The experiment consisted of presenting an unseen passage of text to a person and asking her to guess one letter at a time . |
| 11 | In addition , once Constantinople ( Istanbul ) was taken , Russia would have a year-round , ice-free sea passage , allowing her to export much-needed wheat to the western Allies and to receive arms and ammunition . |
| 12 | That is clearly innate , but she also acknowledges the part played by Williams in helping her to develop that faculty . |
| 13 | we 're taking her to see that property and er have a look around and see if there 's any more . |
| 14 | Since he could not afford to keep her and the boy out of his meagre earnings he drifted away , leaving her to claim supplementary benefit again a few weeks later . |
| 15 | However , as soon as this female lays her eggs the male deserts her , leaving her to rear this brood by herself . |