Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But staff say it would be hypocritical to welcome her to a place where foxes injured by hounds are nursed back to health . |
| 2 | ‘ Would n't it be easier to install her in a flat ? ’ |
| 3 | It would be incongruous to see her as an influence on later writers who may never have heard of her . |
| 4 | It would be easy to dismiss her as nothing more than a minor accessory to ben Issachar 's crime against me : these women stay in the background , mind their own business over the cookpots and the infant 's cot , keep themselves out of public view . |
| 5 | If it was agreeable with Ellie , he would be delighted to escort her to dinner and the opera on Saturday . |
| 6 | You like my mother and yet you will be content to dismiss her from your life ? ’ |
| 7 | Would he be content to leave her in charge of Thomas and merely check on his progress from time to time , or might he endeavour to wield control in her — his — their son 's life ? |
| 8 | ‘ He 'll be lucky to catch her in there , she 's a lithe one . |
| 9 | It was for him that now she was entertaining this arrow-straight , dark-eyed young scoundrel who would be likely to repay her by seducing her daughter , she thought , if she still had one , and who would probably forget everything he 'd ever heard about hunger in St Jude 's , or in County Kildare for that matter , should he ever find himself well-fed in Westminster . |
| 10 | It would be terrible to hurt her in any way . |
| 11 | Gradually she got used to thinking of Angel as Corrie , but it soon became clear that she would never be able to claim her as her own . |
| 12 | And she hopes her youngest children will be able to join her in Canada . |
| 13 | What if she gets dirty , then you 'll not be able to take her to bed |
| 14 | The stairs were cold and draughty and the light was n't good , but she 'd placed herself so that the agency 's receptionist would be able to see her through the glass-panelled door if she should happen to glance up . |
| 15 | We should be able to see her on one of your screens , my pretty . ’ |
| 16 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 17 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 18 | Camping but they ran out of money so he would n't be able to see her till payday . |
| 19 | ‘ Will he be able to cure her of being in love with you ? ’ |
| 20 | In an attempt to obtain a good price , he paid a stud fee of over £1,400 to have her covered again so that he would be able to sell her in foal at the December 1974 sales . |
| 21 | He decided to telephone her over the weekend , by which time the case could be finished and he would be able to invite her to dinner with reasonable hope that they would be uninterrupted . |
| 22 | It was better that way because then no one , even when put under the most severe torture , would be able to name her as the culprit . |
| 23 | and er she said it was lovely to be able to put her in dresses . |
| 24 | It 's an honour to be able to present her with a plaque . |
| 25 | Janet is hoping that many of you will be able to help her with her new project . |
| 26 | And Luke was local — he might be able to help her with her flat-hunting . |
| 27 | Once you 're married , you 'll be able to have her at your beck and call twenty-four hours a day . ’ |
| 28 | Sandison wondered what Elsie would be wearing , whether he would be able to recognise her at all . |
| 29 | The face will fill out , the limbs will unwind and the real Gemma will emerge , so that by the time she is six months old even a stranger will be able to tell her from Carla Marie . |
| 30 | 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 . |