Example sentences of "[vb pp] her [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had tied her up to attention , with many a sniggering jest : They had bound a musket beside her , with the parrel beneath her breast ! |
| 2 | Frustration had brought her almost to screaming-point . |
| 3 | At eighteen , in love with love , she 'd accepted his ring and walked on air until common sense had brought her down to earth and made her realise that marriage to him would be a total disaster . |
| 4 | Then the king 's son was so sorry for what he had done that he would willingly have died too , if it would have brought her back to life . |
| 5 | Only this afternoon , one of the Maison 's new fabric suppliers had asked her out to dinner and made it perfectly plain that he found her attractive . |
| 6 | We can hint that a less honourable man could have ground her up to mincemeat . ’ |
| 7 | I 've taken her out to lunch . |
| 8 | He 'd taken her out to dinner that very night , and now seemed to be practically haunting the place , and obviously very much in love with her friend . |
| 9 | and I found two pairs of Michelle 's knickers after that , I did n't know what , now I do n't know how they manage this year because , she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around , there you are , you see , these , they , they will love and find a way , anyway , erm , I said dear look , a woman needs a man to support her I said mark my words when the chap that she 's got at the moment is taken her out to disco 's and things , she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her . |
| 10 | Ben had warned her not to baby the boy , especially not in front of anyone . |