Example sentences of "she [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So intent was she on making a good impression , she failed to see a crane coming towards her . |
| 2 | She failed to smother a yawn and he apologized , saying : ‘ Go on up , I should n't be detaining you . |
| 3 | She failed to find a donor in time to save Anthony , who died , aged just seven , but since then the register has helped to save hundreds of lives and continues to provide a vital service . |
| 4 | When Psyche lighted the lamp , she expected to see a beast , but she saw a god . |
| 5 | She planned to wed a lord , then poison him . |
| 6 | Would she want to wear a sweater as wide as it 's long ? |
| 7 | But still less did she want to make a scene or create any kind of curiosity amongst the people she had just left , so she allowed him to lead her from the room , saying , ‘ Yes , we needed to discuss those — er — charts , did n't we , Dr Russell ? ’ in case anyone was still listening . |
| 8 | The wife was told that the only asset available to her was the matrimonial home and she agreed to take a lump sum of £12,600 with £2,473 maintenance for the two children . |
| 9 | The prison doctor refused unless she agreed to drink a cup of tea and eat a piece of bread and butter . |
| 10 | She agreed to try a behaviour chart and identified that each of them should sit in their own chairs , eat their own food quietly , and not interfere with each other . |
| 11 | Diana has been patron of Relate since 1989 , when she agreed to head a campaign to save marriages and promote traditional family life . |
| 12 | She agreed to have an adoption to keep the peace with her mother . |
| 13 | Joan Daniels joined a Medau class at Blackheath in 1956 and started teacher training in 1961 , which she interrupted to have a family , two sons and a daughter before qualifying in 1969 . |
| 14 | In 1900 she helped to found a hostel at Littlehampton for working girls ' holidays . |
| 15 | Later she helped to run a girls ' club in Whitechapel . |
| 16 | She helped to produce a sketch of her assailant and as a result of its publication , another woman told police that he was the same man who had attacked her the day before . |
| 17 | She says she 's spent her life living modestly , as Eric wanted , but now she wants to blow a bit of it on some fun … |
| 18 | Hoey claims the SAS watch on the royals is so rigorous that Di must alert them every time she wants to move a piece of furniture or a even a painting at Highgrove or Kensington Palace . |
| 19 | She wants to open a coffee shop next door . |
| 20 | I 've got a friend who is a punk ; her make-up takes her ages , but she wants to make a statement , to be noticed . |
| 21 | She says she wants to make a statement . ’ |
| 22 | Well she wants to get a flat does she ? |
| 23 | " She wants to get a job and be independent of Daddy , " Fairfax said , " but we 'll see , we 'll see . |
| 24 | And it still might n't go ; it all depends on Agnes here , if she wants to buy a hat to go with it all . ’ |
| 25 | In the bedroom , afterwards , she tried to couch a question which would probe some of the doubts she had , without alerting Jessica to the fact she had them . |
| 26 | A nurse has been knocked down and seriously injured by her own car after she tried to stop a man stealing it . |
| 27 | DEVOTED housekeeper Annie Bowman was crushed to death as she tried to stop a thief stealing her boss 's JCB digger . |
| 28 | She tried to take a step , but the suit would n't respond to her commands . |
| 29 | She tried to control an urge to pull at the ropes of jewels , coils of bracelets , the heavy tiara pressing into her scalp . |
| 30 | On her way to her desk she tried to collect a beaker of iced water but the machine was empty and a knot of querulous men were standing around it demanding something be done . |