Example sentences of "[v-ing] she to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ross had taken her home , gently helping her out of the taxi and escorting her to the front door . |
| 2 | He sobered instantly , taking her arm and leading her to the wrought-iron balcony . |
| 3 | Whenever a female enters his territory he courts her by swimming in a zig-zag dance , eventually leading her to the next where she enters and he prods her tail to entice her to lay her eggs . |
| 4 | This time his arms wrapped around her , pulling her to the hard , strong warmth of his body , his hand bringing her face close again . |
| 5 | And why did the band have to choose that precise moment to play a waltz so that , rather than dancing apart in the modern way , he was drawing her closer , moulding her to the lean , taut length of him ? |
| 6 | He leaned forward once again , subjecting her to the unnerving illusion of being pinned by his shadow , trapped and oppressed by it , as if it carried physical weight , composed of all that he felt for her , lust and contempt . |
| 7 | Alejandro was all for putting a bullet through this she-devil 's head and dispatching her to the nearest abattoir . |
| 8 | How could he think of abandoning her to the malevolent clutches of this voracious monster ? |
| 9 | Travis was by her in two strides , helping her to the nearest chair . |
| 10 | He said he did everything he could to calm Farrow down , including on two occasions taking her to the exclusive Carlyle Hotel and sleeping with her after she begged him to do so . |
| 11 | They had always done their best to help Eva switch off during her breaks taking her to the Great Barrier Reef , Tropical Tablelands , coast , islands — wherever they could manage . |
| 12 | Now they are taking her to the High Court . |
| 13 | Yes , he 'd bring Ma to the fête , by way of introducing her to the new life . |
| 14 | Indeed , his view of this independent sovereign as purely a pawn in the French political game was never more clearly seen than in 1556 , when he contemplated marrying her to the English nobleman Edward lord Courtenay , in response to the threat that Philip of Spain , then married to Mary Tudor , would give her sister Elizabeth as a bride to Ferdinand of Austria . |
| 15 | Steering her to the nearest free table , he disappeared inside the café , to return almost at once with two brandies . |
| 16 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |
| 17 | In late November , after the lifting of a government order restricting her to the southern city of Karachi , Bhutto vowed to resume what she described as her " Long March " to Islamabad — a declaration which revived fears of further widespread political unrest . |