Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was fastened to a nylon tape , which we stuck to the vehicle ; we filmed her close up and , wherever possible , I would hang on to her leg . |
| 2 | She felt the cord fall on to her throat and tighten . |
| 3 | Resting her elbow on the table , she let her head fall on to her hand , and again she thought of voices . |
| 4 | Clara was the more traditional Nubile Nun , who would doubtless strip down to her wimple for the amusement of some City whizzkid . |
| 5 | Should she give in to her love for another woman ? |
| 6 | ‘ This is sad , ’ he replied , and she felt that he did not refer only to her remark . |
| 7 | He smiled and nodded , pulling her into his arms , so that he could speak close to her ear . |
| 8 | After a few weeks the foal gains sufficient confidence to start establishing friendships with other foals , and as the weeks pass it will spend more time with them , and less with its mother — unless it is frightened , and then it will dash back to her side for security and reassurance . |
| 9 | She let the sewing drop on to her lap and her shoulders drooped a little . |
| 10 | ‘ Hey , ’ Ellie called after her weakly , ‘ I do n't know anything about serving on stalls … ’ and then let her hand drop limply to her side . |
| 11 | Carolyn did not move back to her mother 's , as Bryony ( who perhaps would never stop being jealous ; Clare 's mistakes were as often with women as men ) had hoped , and as Clare herself had half expected . |
| 12 | Her mother so much wanted her to be doing something prestigious , Caro thought bitterly , something she could boast about to her woolshop cronies , after all that dreadful ‘ grubbing about in the park ’ . |
| 13 | And why did n't he drop round to her flat in Hans Crescent for a drink after the show tomorrow ? |
| 14 | Having filed that fact away in her head , she was glad of Ven 's assistance when , passing a wine store , she asked him if there was a local brew which she could take back to her father . |
| 15 | Somehow , she had a need to know all she could about him — and in there lay the conflict — because whatever she would have asked , or learned , was not for any write-up which she might hand over to her sister for her use , but was private and personal , and for her alone . |
| 16 | Why does n't she go home to her Mum ? ’ |
| 17 | She did not go straight to her bed . |
| 18 | And I used to er very often go up to her house and she 'd come down to my house and er . |
| 19 | Hendrix mellowed in the warmth and the palatial surroundings , said she 'd go up to her room to get ready for dinner . |
| 20 | ‘ Mind you ’ Maxim said ‘ I could go back to her cottage and have a second snoop taking my time . |
| 21 | She had read about the benefits of regression , and asked me whether she could go back to her childhood and try to uncover any other hidden details which might be relevant . |
| 22 | If you ask me , she should go back to her kitchen ! |
| 23 | Perhaps , she decided , she would go back to her hotel and phone Nick from there . |
| 24 | She did n't go back to her room . |
| 25 | Fabia knew then that , a semblance of dignity hers , she could now go back to her room . |
| 26 | One young girl who had stood giggling at the hapless Mark for more than ten minutes was told that she could go back to her department as she 'd waited long enough . |
| 27 | Why did Karen go back to her house ? |
| 28 | She was constantly promised that there was not going to be a war and that she would soon go back to her family . |
| 29 | I must go round to her house and watch that film . |
| 30 | ‘ T' Brownies laid yum acrost t' river one night long ago so'as an old farmwife who 'd been kind to yum could get over to her daughter 's house on t' other side without goin' miles a-down t' river t' bridge . ’ |