Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] she [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he goes out there to wait for her in the evening , I sometimes think : It is n't Rosa . |
| 2 | Fortunately , she was petite and thin , almost to the point of emaciation , but all the same Sabine needed all her strength to struggle with her to the grass on the opposite side of the road . |
| 3 | Ada Thompson who knew Herbert Varley who was married to a Jewish girl , asked Daisy , one dank and drizzling November afternoon two years ago , to come with her to the Mandelbaums ' . |
| 4 | So she asked Curtis and Mrs Files — who had been watching Delia Sutherland 's reaction from the service door — to come with her into the morning room where she explained the situation as frankly as possible . |
| 5 | And naturally his only means of getting in touch would be to write to her at the one address he knew : Elise 's cottage . |
| 6 | But when he came to sit opposite her in the dining-room that first evening , he felt he had made a mistake . |
| 7 | He too wanted to talk to her about the attack , but found her far less ready to talk to him than she had been to the woman from the gipsy encampment . |
| 8 | But Worcester police want to talk to her about the withdrawal of £130,000 from funds . |
| 9 | Then she said she felt happy enough to skip the Ecstasy experiment and , instead , to have an early night , so I refused to talk to her for the rest of the meal — rightly , I think — and on the way home I walked stiffly three yards ahead of her . |
| 10 | That he 'd gone out to look for her on the road and across the clunch pit field , returning alone half an hour later . |
| 11 | But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber . |
| 12 | Alice afterwards — in an effort to safeguard her position — claimed that it was the queen who had summoned her and who had promised to look after her in the future . |
| 13 | His greatest pleasure was to walk with her along the seashore . |
| 14 | She solicitously asked if all was well , sending constant messages to enquire if there was anything lacking , or inviting him to walk with her in the sweet-smelling orchard outside the convent church . |
| 15 | The way she felt about him seemed to sweep round her like the clouds up above . |
| 16 | And she did , leaving a very bewildered Ellie to look round her at the well-equipped kitchen and the gently steaming kettle . |
| 17 | Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time . |
| 18 | George turned to Catherine , kissed her hands and seemed content to stare at her for the rest of the night if not for the rest of his life : Mary bowed her head a little and Hope looked away , sipped at his claret , could do no more . |
| 19 | People turned to stare at her in the street . |
| 20 | Silas stood still to stare at her in the dim light . |
| 21 | Sudden silence struck the voices downstairs and , as Theda reached the railings and leaned over them , she saw his handsome features turned up to stare at her from the bottom of the stairs . |
| 22 | She tried to recall her life before the siege and the heads of young officers turning to look at her at the Calcutta racecourse . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course , ’ she replied smilingly , and did n't need him to wait with her by the lift or to see her safely inside . |
| 24 | I wanted to go with her to the train , but she told me to stay at home otherwise I 'd get lost on the way back . |
| 25 | Sometimes , when she was all alone in the house , she would call Frankie downstairs to sit with her in the kitchen by the fire . |
| 26 | This time Freddie elected to sit with her in the front of the car . |
| 27 | He came to sit beside her on the sofa ; she felt him look at her , intently . |
| 28 | She slid across the bed , making room for Johnny to sit beside her on the mattress . |
| 29 | She swallowed a sob of pure terror at the memory and Penry jumped up to sit beside her on the bed . |
| 30 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |