Example sentences of "[to-vb] she to [art] [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 | I promised to remember her to the Harvey-Beaumonts ‘ over the water ’ , and we set off once more , along a road that ran beside a demesne wall . |
| 4 | Rachel 's pulses thundered as she allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor beneath the flashing lights . |
| 5 | Rachel allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor , but his callous dismissal of the unfortunate Domino was symptomatic of the kind of man he was . |
| 6 | Numbly Rory allowed him to lead her to the dance floor , moving automatically into his arms as though she 'd always belonged there . |
| 7 | However , she allowed him to squire her to the desk , without comment and with a straight face , told him the number of her key , though keys were almost an affectation at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , more for ornament than use , and let him take it down for her and escort her to the foot of the oak staircase , which wound in slightly drunken lurches about a narrow well , the polished treads hollowed by centuries of use . |
| 8 | For her , war was something that happened in other people 's lives , and even the most recent conflicts had failed to win her to the view that war could be , upon occasions , both right and just . |
| 9 | Then he put a hand on her elbow to guide her to the door . |
| 10 | Jealous voices reminded the Count of this again and again ; eventually he decided to put her to the test . |
| 11 | With the watery light in imminent danger of failing , we wedged our empty mugs in the sink , dropped the dock lines and took Islander out into Southampton Water to put her to the test . |
| 12 | Although Thomas felt her husband had been stupid to bring a woman like this to the planet , he did not intend to abandon her to the mercy of the hostile environment and the murderous shapechanger . |
| 13 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 14 | Beryl was poorly this morning and I had to run her to the doctors . |
| 15 | Well , she would have to go home and get her dad to run her to the rave . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | When she returned from the shops , Mum told me to accompany her to the Captain 's to ask if we could have the Mission Hall for the wedding . |
| 20 | Her friend Angela , who worked for Tiller every year in pantomime , asked Jane to accompany her to the stage door of the Hippodrome Theatre , Manchester , to pick up a contract . |
| 21 | Her brother is despatched to accompany her to the police headquarters . |
| 22 | Finding herself unable to gain entry the plaintiff obtained an ex parte injunction to readmit her to the premises . |
| 23 | Her mother was n't at home , and her father wanted to see her to the car , which was parked in the street . |
| 24 | She had also found herself a sponsor to support her to the tune of £100 a year . |
| 25 | But staff say it would be hypocritical to welcome her to a place where foxes injured by hounds are nursed back to health . |
| 26 | Auntie Nellie only came to visit on special occasions so I expect Dad must have written to invite her to the wedding . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | At first , you may still have accidents as you may not be able to get her to the potty in time , but she 'll gradually learn to hold on longer . |
| 29 | The room was rippling with the sounds of their scuffle as they fought in bitter silence , knocking into wooden furniture , she trying to get away , he trying to get her to the bed until they fell against a nightstand and it crashed to the floor . |
| 30 | Some girls apparently continue screaming despite the fact that a number of fellows have already reached her and are trying to wrestle her to the ground . |