Example sentences of "[to-vb] she [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura asked the farm manager , Dai Davies , to find her a good Jersey milker and taught herself how to milk the cow . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean I 'm hoping to sell her a gorgeous blanket chest I discovered two weeks ago in Shropshire . ’ |
| 3 | With that she saw me off with an invitation to visit her the next day after school but that I was to tell my parents in case they were worried where I was . |
| 4 | Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice . |
| 5 | ‘ Something has happened to cause her a great deal of distress . |
| 6 | She was very much as she had expected to be , having found in her marriage nothing to surprise her nor to cause her the least distress . |
| 7 | Luke Calder turned to shoot her a quick glance , and Fran did her best to paste a suitable expression to her face . |
| 8 | She had owned good horses such as Manicou ( who had won the King George VI Chase in 1950 ) and Monaveen ( who had finished fifth to Freebooter in that year 's Grand National as his royal owner 's first runner in the race ) , but in Devon Loch she had a chaser who apparently had all the attributes to win her the greatest steeplechase in the calendar : he was a big horse , strongly built and bold yet intelligent enough to look after himself in the hurly-burly of four and half miles and thirty fences . |
| 9 | If you have a really warm relationship with your elderly parent and the two of you communicate well , you may also be able to help her a good deal by occasional discussions on attitudes generally in bereavement and the more positive aspects of what has been such a tragic and painful experience for her ; steering her tenderly towards the realisation that what she now has is not only what Dylan Thomas 's wife described as ‘ left-over life to kill ’ , but left-over love to give , which is a very different thing . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's going to buy her a new typewriter ; that old thing she practises on makes a noise like a candyman 's trumpet . |
| 11 | He offered that evening to buy her a little dog . |
| 12 | Among the many friends who came to wish her a happy birthday were , he read a piece written for Miss Laye by the Hon. |
| 13 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 14 | Even a turn of phrase could affect her , however worn and faded in its application , and one of her mother 's favourite sayings " What ca n't be cured must be endured , " never failed to give her a certain thrill , partly because of the grim inevitability of the rhyme , and partly because it almost managed to lend a little spare dignity to her mother 's stoic outlook . |
| 15 | Ace turned to give her a strange look . |
| 16 | Anne raised her hands in a placatory gesture and came across to give her a comforting hug . |
| 17 | Eventually , in what would then have been interpreted as a generous gesture on the part of the Poor Law authorities , the wife was freed in order to give her a second chance to build up a home . |
| 18 | Luckily she appeared so insignificant with all the bags that no one bothered to give her a second glance . |
| 19 | If you have children , it will be sensible to tell them how lucky they are to have Granny coming to live with them , and they should be encouraged to give her a warm welcome . |
| 20 | They confirmed that Laura 's best hope of life would be to give her a new bowel , stomach , pancreas , liver and kidneys . |
| 21 | Tonight Rebekah Ashford should be in hospital in London preparing for an operation to give her a new lease of life . |
| 22 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 23 | As I have described , she had consulted me many years back over a libel matter which I had discouraged her — unsuccessfully — from pursuing , with calamitous financial results ; but I was able to give her a little assistance in another matter which to some small extent repaired the damage arising from the first disaster . |
| 24 | ‘ Had to give her a good talking to . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't try to give her a good character , Mrs Fairfax , ’ said Mr Rochester sternly . |
| 26 | Annie was nursed back to full health by the kind nuns who adopted her and they were able to give her a good education . |
| 27 | She was his only daughter and the youngest of seven , and he had been at pains to give her a good education . |
| 28 | One of my sisters got quite hysterical when I did it to her , so Mum had to give her a good shaking ! |
| 29 | She looked at Gay , who was an only child too , but who had nobody to give her a good time , and then her glance travelled to Breeze , who had just admitted in her light-hearted fashion that she had no idea of what the future would hold for her . |
| 30 | His reply was to give her a sharp pull forward and then a shove in the back , which knocked her to her knees . |