Example sentences of "[to-vb] she [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They threatened that , if he did not co-operate , the Northern Ireland emergency powers of detention would be used to intern her as a dangerous subversive . |
| 2 | She refused the cold remains of the fish and chips , so he took the whole package out to the dustbin at the front of the house ( no need to worry her about the Sweet murder if she did n't know — and it appeared she did n't ) . |
| 3 | She 'd firmly resisted her mother 's oft-repeated efforts to tempt her with the power-packed vegetable which she 'd seen the singing sailor-man so often greedily guzzle straight from the can . |
| 4 | In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent . |
| 5 | Alice Perrers 's intimacy with the king began in the 1360s , and she received lavish gifts of jewellery and clothes , together with enough property to establish her as a substantial landowner in her own right . |
| 6 | Marina had that fabulous Gauloise and gin thee-ay-tah voice : which is why Jay had got to know her in the first place . |
| 7 | ( II.iv.42 ) — but proceeds to proposition her with a debased contract , that she should exchange her chastity for her brother 's life . |
| 8 | A further £265,000 will be invested in a fund to provide her with a tax-free , inflation-proof income for life . |
| 9 | The story of Gilly Hopkins is very sad : Gilly has the opportunity to gain everything she 's always wanted — someone who cares about her and forgives her and is willing to provide her with a loving home , but Gilly throws all this away simply by writing a letter when she 's feeling very upset . |
| 10 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 11 | The therapist agreed to see Pamela as in outpatient in 5 days ' time to provide her with a further chance to talk about her difficulties and also to provide her with support . |
| 12 | Therefore , three and a half years after the accident , Dawn accepted the amount offered , which was sufficient to pay back the £70,000 her father had spent on her treatment and a specially adapted car , and to provide her with an ongoing income to cover her living expenses . |
| 13 | In 1989 , the wife of the " Yorkshire Ripper " was awarded £600,000 by a jury to compensate her for a false story in " Private Eye " , published eight years previously , to the effect that she had been prepared to sell her story to newspapers . |
| 14 | Gently , he began to massage her with a greasy perfumed oil . |
| 15 | After the series of treaties in 1854 – 58 which helped to launch her on a rapid and irreversible process of change it could even still be questioned whether full-scale diplomatic representation there was worth what it cost . |
| 16 | " If that 's the trouble , you could n't do better than to entrust her to the skilled understanding of the Sisters . " |
| 17 | So impressed was I that I took Hellen to meet her at a later performance the same week . |
| 18 | ‘ Why did you agree to meet her in the first place ? ’ |
| 19 | I arranged to meet her in the tiny port at Tala-Tala where she was waiting for me . |
| 20 | It seemed to be the only real thing in the universe ; the temple , the city , the motorspeeder , all of these were illusions devised to distract her from the important issues , the real business of life . |
| 21 | She wrote that she was dying of a fever , and asked him to visit her for the first and last time . |
| 22 | As a lover , he had bored her , but she liked the idea of his having to steel himself to visit her in the filthy venue she had chosen for their affair . |
| 23 | Pots of money and willing at first to squire her to the latest ‘ in ’ restaurants and nightspots , charity balls , Henley , Ascot , the whole shebang . ’ |
| 24 | The words in fact are intended to reflect her night-time , miserable feelings but they only reflect Masefield 's failure to render her as a human being : |
| 25 | Right wing soldiers in the Philippines have written to national newspapers saying they intend to launch a bloodless coup against President Corizon Aquino , and to replace her with a military junta . |
| 26 | Another good lesson came in the shape of a small bent old lady , with moth-eaten woollen gloves , who always singled me out to serve her with a dozen cracked eggs that were extremely cheap . |
| 27 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 28 | He kept her prisoner in her own home and threatened to electrocute her on a sunbed and burn her with an iron . |
| 29 | Mrs Smith needs someone to help her with the practical side of caring , to arrange respite breaks , coordinate the nursing input and ensure that the hospital and local authority services work together with her . |
| 30 | Shortly after moving into The Kilns , Minto had engaged a gardener to help her with the eight acres of ground . |