Example sentences of "[to-vb] she to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have to train her to a line . |
| 2 | About to motion her to a seat , he spun round and looked down into her face , seeing far too much . |
| 3 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 4 | However , when I had been in Huntingdon a few weeks she persuaded me , against my will , to accompany her to a dance which was being held at Alconbury , one of the American air bases nearest to us . |
| 5 | On the evening before his body was found she had organised a baby-sitter to look after their two children and invited him to accompany her to a function at Dowman 's British Steel Club , but he had refused to go and instead went out alone . |
| 6 | Her hand was reaching for her bag when the other woman asked her , in her delightfully broken English , to accompany her to a boutique across the road and give her an opinion on a dress she wanted to buy . |
| 7 | But staff say it would be hypocritical to welcome her to a place where foxes injured by hounds are nursed back to health . |
| 8 | The very sight of the sign at the head of the platform , shabby and tourist and third class though it was compared with that of the Golden Arrow at the other end of the station , was enough to raise her to a state she had never reached before , and as the train moved south , she sat in her seat and stared out of the window as though in a trance . |
| 9 | When her condition deteriorated the local authority decided , contrary to W. 's wishes and the opinion of the consultant attending her , to transfer her to a unit specialising in the treatment of eating disorders . |
| 10 | ‘ In this case I 'm surprised that Stella has n't had the sense to allow Bill to take her to a doctor in Hastings right away . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He was able to introduce her to a lot of people but her real ambition is to be a movie star , not an actress on the stage . |
| 12 | It was like Ruth , to bring her to a place she hated and loathed , and make her sit here for hours with wet hair . |