Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 In a further six cases ( one in Newham , five in Ipswich ) the development officer said she would have liked to provide a little extra help but a support worker was rejected by the client or his informal carer ; and since they did not require the kind of direct help which the development officer could provide , she merely visited occasionally to check whether or not the situation was breaking down .
2 As for Lucinda 's birth — she still shuddered just to think of it , and she had prayed that the next one would produce the son she so desperately needed to enable her to call a halt to the whole disagreeable business .
3 She also tried hard to revive interest in Idomeneo , thus proving that she was no musical ignoramus .
4 She consistently refused even to acknowledge his right to protest , let alone answer his questions .
5 Having sorted out Barry 's clothes , she then went home to sort out the miners ' strike .
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