Example sentences of "she to come [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I persuaded her to come on this course because I thought it would be a change for us both . ’
2 The hospital was worried ; they had written to Mary several times asking her to come to the hospital for the results of her tests .
3 Benny did n't really want her to come to the party , but for once Mother had been insistent .
4 He watched her walk away without speaking and enter the hall again ; he had expected her to come to the table to supervise Mary packing up the food .
5 One had to evaluate the fire risk for her and her neighbour , in helping her to come to terms with giving up her independence and moving into residential care as soon as a place became available .
6 I mean , she 'll go on a bus but no further , and we tried everything to get her to come to America — she would have loved to see me on Broadway , and she wanted to get there .
7 It seemed there was nothing he could do to persuade the child to cease her disobedience , nothing he could say which would frighten her sufficiently for her to come to her senses .
8 She rang Sylvia in New York , and asked her to come to Washington .
9 Her head pounded , forcing her to come to some decision .
10 As I am unmarried , with no children , and fairly wealthy , I would like her to come to Madeira to live with me , and to inherit all my property when I die .
11 Her mother had died and her father summoned her to come to him at once .
12 Raynor paused , looking down into the half-closed eyes , and saw Grainne smile , and saw , as well , that despite her apparent tranquillity , she had been nervous , and that it had not been easy for her to come to his room .
13 When she saw Hannah in the sequence where she played the tiny organ at Low Birk Hatt , she tried to arrange for her to come to Lartington to try the unique Aeolian pipe organ in the chapel .
14 Some woman had telephoned her husband early this morning to ask her to come to my house to help my sister , instead of to the Lab .
15 That 's why I telephoned Eleanor last night and asked her to come to the house this morning .
16 ‘ Then why did you ask her to come to the house ? ’
17 He never moved but waited for her to come to him , and when she did his arm came around her with a swift , protective action that was not lost at all on Maggie .
18 She had had a letter from Edwin 's solicitor asking her to come to his office the following day .
19 Her sister 's illness had taken its toll on her looks and they had all spent some very traumatic moments helping her to come to terms with the debilitating condition which had now rendered her legs virtually useless .
20 She gazed out as the beach gradually emptied of holidaymakers , and felt grateful to Rosie for having persuaded her to come to Samana .
21 We had to pay transport costs for her to come to recording sessions
22 She was a guest teacher at the prestigious Medau Teachers ' Whitsum Course in Coburg in 1983 and the trainers who experienced her work there have managed to persuade her to come to England to work with the English teachers .
23 When Moran pressed her to come for the Christmas dinner , she refused .
24 If you are in two minds then give the candidate the benefit of the doubt and allow him or her to come for interview and elaborate on the details given on the form .
25 I found I had to get Dawn 's weight down much more than I 'd expected , or would have wished , just to persuade her to come for the food on my fist .
26 Well they often do come Sunday , I wanted her to come for er Penny 's birthday present but she said er well it 's not wise is it ?
27 It was only when he asked her to come with him to the bushes at the bottom of the garden — something which she did willingly — and tried to force her to have sex with him that Myra became frightened and ran away .
28 He tried , perhaps not too hard , to persuade her to come with him .
29 Supposed to be going down on weekend of fifteenth but when she phones on Thursday I 'm going to tell her to come during the week .
30 The Chairman of the Governors asked me was there a precedent in a flowing her to come into the interviews , and I said ‘ No , the precedent has already been set and that she was n't in on the other appointments . ’
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