Example sentences of "[vb infin] her [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wished I could direct her to bring the ship to my rescue . |
| 2 | I did assist her to cross the river . |
| 3 | If I did it would probably read , if someone 's rogering your wife on the hearth rug , you ca n't expect her to answer the phone . |
| 4 | How can we expect her to adopt the thought patterns of an earlier age ? |
| 5 | ‘ And first of all , I 'm going to climb through the window , ’ she said and reached for a stack of sacking which had been thrown down near the wall and which , piled carefully , might enable her to reach the sill . |
| 6 | She had a driving licence , which would enable her to drive the practice 's pet-ambulance , but she had never been able to save much from her salary . |
| 7 | When she came to writing for her college project , she found other material ; this will enable her to enjoy the work more fully on a second visit . |
| 8 | This will enable her to cover the field more precisely so I 'm sure you 'll approve . |
| 9 | But surely she could not wish her to reveal the matter to this poor dab of a parson ? |
| 10 | Yet in the time it would take her to reach the café , tell Oliver and return with him , the flat would be empty and she would never know who her intruder was . |
| 11 | Do n't want her to go the way of Baby , do you now ? ’ |
| 12 | She could hardly descend on Giovanna Sassanta 's house without an appointment , and Anthony had made it abundantly clear that he did not want her to cross the threshold of his hospital . |
| 13 | I did not want her to face the rings that dissolve into the banks of time 's pond when the dead-weight falls to its depths . |
| 14 | When the Kurd talks to his mother in Teheran from the telephone in the common room , he can hear bullets being shot just outside her front door , and we hear him tell her to take the phone away from the window . |
| 15 | Should n't pe leave her to lick the plates though . |
| 16 | Together they would go to the Tivoli and Grand Theatres in Manchester , and when they got home he would get her to imitate the dances she had seen . |
| 17 | My problem for God was , how did I get her to sign the form ? |
| 18 | I thought about it for the prescribed two days , chanting , ‘ How do I get her to sign the form ? — How do I get her to sign the form ? ’ , then switched on the wireless in the middle of a biblical play about Moses and God 's voice boomed out of the speakers : |
| 19 | I thought about it for the prescribed two days , chanting , ‘ How do I get her to sign the form ? — How do I get her to sign the form ? ’ , then switched on the wireless in the middle of a biblical play about Moses and God 's voice boomed out of the speakers : |
| 20 | The nurse 's knowledge of various positions ( see list below ) will allow her to choose the position which will help the patient most . |
| 21 | If she subsequently changes her mind and refuses to hand the child over , the courts may allow her to keep the child , and in practice she will be unlikely to return any money , even if she were legally required to do so . |
| 22 | Nothing could persuade her to enter the Lodge again . |
| 23 | She could only hope — with little confidence — that the riotous atmosphere of Samantha 's twentieth birthday party would help her to suppress the memory . |
| 24 | She had shown Cheryl little ways that would help her to remember the semaphore letters and she practised signalling with her . |
| 25 | She asked me whether I could help her to remember the events of that dreadful night . |
| 26 | What she needed was just one person , one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her to understand the meaning of this extraordinary happening . |
| 27 | Simon , she was sure , would help her to find the key . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's like a man takes you out for a meal and he 's thinking , ‘ I let her have an horsd'oeuvre , so I can definitely ask her to wear the handcuffs later on . ' ’ |
| 29 | Whenever he saw her he would ask her to explain the Bible to him , and in the drawing he made of her , he wrote the Hebrew version of her name , Chana , daughter of Rafael , in Hebrew characters across the top of the head . |
| 30 | I heard him ask her to pass the salt and I heard her tell him to fill the van with petrol and unpack the crates — nothing more than that . |