Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Turning , she beheld Araminta at the head of the stairs , and remembered that Miss Merchiston had instructed her to go down to her parlour when she had left her mother . |
| 2 | She wanted to erase forever the faint concern etched into the darkness of his brow as he watched her , his gaze unrelenting , seeming to see in to her soul . |
| 3 | No ; not a boy , a man , one who would be able to stand up to her father and say , ‘ It 's done , she 's mine . ’ |
| 4 | but she could , I du n no perhaps we can work something out , I du n no , er failing that we 'd have to come out to her house |
| 5 | She had decided to come back to her job . |
| 6 | Since their mother 's death Claudia had hoped to come closer to her sister , but Dana had the world at her feet and she laughed at all Claudia 's attempts to resurrect the bond they had shared as children . |
| 7 | Her courage flooded back ; but not sufficiently for her to be ready to talk directly to her mother . |
| 8 | Whatever had happened , nevertheless , he had not brought the girl back , but had turned her off to go home to her husband . |
| 9 | Their walk is accompanied by the strident tones of jazz-style music which dissolves into a calypso as Peter enters the section of the school in which he teaches , leaving Kathie to walk on to her class . |
| 10 | She used to come a long way , right from the top of to walk down to her Co-op , a long way . |
| 11 | The two of them stayed sitting and talking in the kitchen for an hour or so longer , and then , at about six o'clock , Matilda said goodnight and set out to walk home to her parent 's house , which was about an eight-minute journey away . |
| 12 | And , into the midst of this crept Jo , trying to escape up to her room without being seen . |
| 13 | She ordered herself to leave , to walk up to her cabin , but she stood rooted to the spot as he came down the stairs towards her . |
| 14 | It 's so important for a wife to be able to look up to her husband . |
| 15 | Shrugging at Sam , she started to walk back to her seat . |
| 16 | She just wanted to escape back to her cottage , her solitary existence . |
| 17 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
| 18 | ‘ Once she had the key , and whilst her husband signed the formalities , she was to go up to her room , put the handbag containing the Tongue — and money , pearls , and so on — on a ledge as near as possible to a door which was going to be left deliberately ajar . |
| 19 | They spent the rest of the afternoon in animated discussion — so animated that Folly had gently to point out to her employee that it was time to lock up . |
| 20 | It might be more prudent to go back to her bunk and hope he would go away when his hunger was satisfied . |
| 21 | Instead , she dug into her own pocket and said , ‘ Mrs Richards does n't need any help today , Lina , but here 's some money in advance , and someone will come to fetch you when she 's ready to go back to her villa . ’ |
| 22 | Under the new Dangerous Dogs Act , Cleo could have been put down , but the court accepted her owner 's plea that she had been deliberately and maliciously let out of a shed , and set a new precedent by allowing the dog to go back to her family . |
| 23 | Just when she had decided to go back to her room rather than turn into a block of ice , a warning creak issued from the men 's corridor . |
| 24 | When they broke for lunch she left the stage very quickly , anxious only to go back to her room . |
| 25 | She took the lift up to the sixth floor and came to the room one O nine , which was her room , as she entered she noticed cobwebs and dampness on the walls , she flung her bed , bags on the bed and went downstairs to supper , after her supper she went to report , she went to the reception desk to report the cobwebs and dampness , she rang the bell a few times but no one answered , she was just about to go back to her room when she heard Mr Sandy the receptionist in the back room talking to her assistant , I put the body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe , Jane ran upstairs and sure enough there was a body , Jane rang the police then straight away , please could you come to the Riverside Hotel , there 's something I think you should see , there was a knock at the door and Mr Sandy answered it , hello , oh hello we 've just had phone call from here , are you sure this is the right hotel ? |
| 26 | ‘ The woman involved was a married woman with a family and she and Philip had lived together for a couple of months but she decided to go back to her husband in September . ’ |
| 27 | The council 's housing officer says she 's got to go back to her flat with an injunction , otherwise she 's making herself intentionally homeless , and he says the arrears are £4OO , that 's impossible , the DHSS has been paying it direct ! |
| 28 | She turned around to race up to her bedroom , but anger and hurt forced her to spin back to face him . |
| 29 | When she returned to her boat , she did not notice this , and proceeded to row back to her lock-house . |
| 30 | She turned to crawl back to her bed . |