Example sentences of "[to-vb] she [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's tried to tempt her back into the woods , but with little success . |
| 2 | Members of a Cardiff ladies ' rowing club tried to pull her out of the mud , but found the current was too fast , and the bitch ( yes , she is called Eric ! ) , too heavy . |
| 3 | I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday . |
| 4 | Of course , you must make sure you protect the baby from a toddler who pinches or slaps or tries to tip her out of the pram when your back is turned . |
| 5 | Lucy was left to kick around by the unmanned Reservations desk for a couple of minutes , and then a waiter appeared to lead her over to the table . |
| 6 | Wordlessly , she allowed him to lead her on to the roadway and down the hill towards home . |
| 7 | She allowed him to lead her back to the living-room , her defences momentarily lapsed so that when he paused on the threshold to slide an arm around her waist and draw her into his embrace she was too shocked to remonstrate . |
| 8 | Poppy dissolved into a quivering heap when staff tried to lead her out of the cage , so they suggested that I tried . |
| 9 | However , there were people there who were ‘ greatly desiring that she had been out of that country ’ , and she bustled off to York , where the Archbishop paid a man five shillings to lead her out of the town . |
| 10 | Alina had assumed that Belov was taking her to another of the buildings , but it seemed now that he was going to lead her out of the settlement altogether . |
| 11 | He had assured her he would be able to lead her out of the forest , but so far they seemed only to have become tangled further in its mazy pathways . |
| 12 | Kate said nothing , just allowed him to lead her out into the winter sunshine towards the waiting car . |
| 13 | cos I think we 're going to lock her up during the day |
| 14 | ‘ So that seems to rule her out as the murderer , ’ Blanche concluded with a sigh of relief . |
| 15 | Total panic clenching her insides , her mind squirrelling uselessly , she allowed Leo to urge her back towards the shop . |
| 16 | By the way , when she reappears , would you mind telling her I 'll be back to pick her up at the end of this afternoon ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I was to pick her up by the Souk Al-Gadira . ’ |
| 18 | It took me nearly twenty minutes to talk her out of the loo , finally having to promise that Nevil was not a friend , that he would n't call the police and that there would be no need for Mr and Mrs Binkworthy to know anything untoward had happened that afternoon . |
| 19 | He 'd managed to track her down on the Friday evening , waiting for several minutes as she was summoned to the communal phone in the hall where she was now a deputy warden . |
| 20 | He was trying to win her back from the greedy black hole — to release her from its iron grip and return her to the safety of the study . |
| 21 | Someone had laid out knee-high duckboards to cross the snow , and Lucenzo shot out an imperious hand to help her on to the low platform . |
| 22 | Eager for the haven of her hotel room , Luce allowed Michele to help her on to the deserted fondamenta . |
| 23 | When he had dumped their two canvas bags on the ground , he reached up again to help her down from the high train . |
| 24 | Jed 's idea of doing something special was to be allowed to help her out on the estate , almost as if he was afraid that he 'd find himself abandoned if he did n't make himself useful . |
| 25 | Mrs Wright must have got Lee to help her out of the car with the sack . |
| 26 | ‘ Better make me a list for Christmas , ’ Wayne said , and he gave her his hand to help her out onto the lakeside track . |
| 27 | The first leg of the voyage was from the Tyne to Bergen in Norway , where a second group of trainees , from England took over to sail her back across the North Sea . |
| 28 | Yet although her support for women priests is well known , she says it was her interest in a wide range of other issues that persuaded local clergy and laity to vote her on to the Synod for five years . |
| 29 | He tried to draw her back into the circle of his arms . |
| 30 | But she was n't feeling easy with him now , and as he pushed an easy-chair closer to her couch , and sat down opposite her , she had the uncanniest feeling that he was n't going to let her out of the room until she had told him every last bit of what there was to tell . |