Example sentences of "she [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you listening to me ? ’ he demanded when she failed to laugh at the right point . |
| 2 | Two years later she applied to nurse in the Boer War and died from typhoid fever at Simonstown , aged 37 . |
| 3 | A baby was the last thing she expected to see in the servants ' quarters , especially as Rosa looked far beyond her child-bearing years . |
| 4 | ‘ Meaning — do you slap her down if she dares to ask about the other women in your life ? ’ |
| 5 | However , this morning Beth Christie was brighter than usual ; she planned to shop for the dinner party she was holding later in the week . |
| 6 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 7 | Speaking in the bar of a five-star hotel in Marbella , Yasmin Gibson , a bit-part actress , said that even though her daughter Gemma was now in the care of the local authority , she planned to stay on the Costa del Sol until the end of her holiday in two weeks . |
| 8 | Would she want to know about the flowering of the pink camellia and its glossy leaves , about the goat running away , about the double-yolked egg ? |
| 9 | By the time that was over Constanza was in a fatalistic mood , she agreed to wait until the autumn . |
| 10 | But in the end she agreed to go with the Pitts to the local police station to express concern about the absentees . |
| 11 | The lift they entered was crowded , forcing them to stand close together , the brush of Luke 's jacket sleeve against her bare arm adding to the difficulty of trying to sort out what she was going to say to him before she agreed to get into the car with him . |
| 12 | Prunskiene , who had resigned as Prime Minister on Jan. 8 , 1991 [ see p. 37944 ] , consistently denied the accusations ( made in April — see p. 38880 ) , claiming that a document bearing her signature in which she agreed to work for the KGB was a forgery and that the trial was politically motivated . |
| 13 | I went to see a debt counsellor and she agreed to come to the bank with me . |
| 14 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
| 15 | She bent to tug at the covering , found it securely fastened . |
| 16 | On Monday morning , she reported to work at the Swift building on Des Voeux Road . |
| 17 | If she wants to go down the road making life more unpleasant then then we got down that road as well and she 'll be the loser |
| 18 | She revealed in London that she wants to go with the Red Cross for a first-hand view of aid work . |
| 19 | If she wants to go on the mailing list , just cut that bit off and fill that in and post it on to us . |
| 20 | Harriet plucks me by the sleeve and whispers , ‘ Mummy , what will Tracey 's Gran do now she 's dead , if she wants to go to the loo ? ’ |
| 21 | She has just under £1 billion to spend and when she wants to go to the zoo she can chose between the two Christina and her husband Thierry bought for her . |
| 22 | she wants to go to the toilet . |
| 23 | Well well Bryony says she wants to go in the buggy . |
| 24 | Ring Sally now then , cos she wants to put in the bath with her . |
| 25 | " She wants to move to the country . |
| 26 | Well , because we have a very flexible course , a modular course which is made up of units , it 's , it 's possible to almost fit anybody into our course , so in fact she 's met one of our specialists and the analysis had been done of what she 's done before , what she wants to do in the future to try and match up the whole thing ; only she knows exactly what she 's doing . |
| 27 | Do you know I ca n't remember the date , early part of March , early part of March , erm what she says at the moment is that er someone else from the college is going to Leicester next Wednesday when Helen 's going to Cardiff and this girl is then going to Cardiff when Helen should be going to Leicester , so Helen says , and she wants to look at the same subjects as what Helen does so Helen says that they 're gon na sort of go to the different colleges and compare notes when they come back from it so she might need n't want to go to Leicester |
| 28 | He wants sex , she wants to look around the place and make condescending remarks . |
| 29 | She wants to play at the highest standard . |
| 30 | If she wants to work for the organization I 'm sure we 'll find something suitable for her . " |