Example sentences of "she [vb past] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she parted her mouth , her tongue parried the thrust of his and her breathing was agitated , almost desperate , as she fought to get closer to him . |
| 2 | On one occasion she planned to fly up to Scotland for a meeting about the children 's work . |
| 3 | Afterwards , she ventured to go up to him and say that she was my sister : to which he replied kindly — ; ‘ I can see that you are ’ . |
| 4 | On the following Monday she proposed to go back to the job she had taken to make it financially possible for Peter and her to buy their little home . |
| 5 | She tried to call out to him , but again no words came . |
| 6 | When she tried to hang on to the cash one man punched her in the face and they both escaped . |
| 7 | But she 'd be as cool and calm as she could as she tried to point out to Naylor Massingham the unfairness of his action . |
| 8 | Her senses were in a whirl but she tried to hold on to her sanity . |
| 9 | She tried to hold on to the heady rapture that was sweeping her along like a river in flood . |
| 10 | Finally she tried to get down to some more serious work , first skimming through a book about castles she had brought with her , then sketching ruined towers , broken archways and towering keeps . |
| 11 | I talked to Mum , and she tried to think back to the day she met Elaine , and she remembered I was born in a nursing home in Birkleigh . |
| 12 | Little did Jean realise it , as she prepared to set off to church at Caterham , Surrey , for the funeral of her lifetime partner and soulmate , but the first clue to his free-spending secret life had plopped through the letterbox that very morning . |
| 13 | She did n't object ; she seemed to look forward to it , in fact . |
| 14 | There was a long moment when she strove to clutch on to her dwindling resistance , then something seemed to make it snap , and she gave herself up to the delicious agony of his touch , helpless in his smouldering embrace . |
| 15 | She turned to crawl back to her bed . |
| 16 | Every time she vowed to get closer to Matthew , she only succeeded in driving him further away . |
| 17 | ‘ I liked the coffee tonight , ’ he said , not allowing that it was the same instant coffee as ever , and to deserve the goodness she determined to go up to Soho tomorrow for some beautiful fresh espresso beans . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't you dare presume to tell me what I need ! ’ she spat , trembling as she began to clamber on to the quayside . |
| 19 | She began to look forward to the following Wednesday — Who knew where they might end up ? |
| 20 | Slowly she began to come back to reality , and realise that she had been entirely at his mercy . |
| 21 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
| 22 | Shrugging at Sam , she started to walk back to her seat . |
| 23 | She decided to go back to work — but first wanted to catch up on the qualifications she 'd missed out on . |
| 24 | ‘ The woman involved was a married woman with a family and she and Philip had lived together for a couple of months but she decided to go back to her husband in September . ’ |
| 25 | She decided to travel back to this country and make a fresh start . |
| 26 | She needed to go back to London , to her own flat , where she could be surrounded by familiar possessions and be near to her family . |
| 27 | She struggled to hold on to her composure , closing her eyes against the tears . |
| 28 | Although she was penniless , she managed to get back to England : Margery never had much difficulty in finding people who would give her money to go a long , long way away . |
| 29 | All in all she managed to add considerably to her feelings of inadequacy as far as Ace was concerned by the time she made her way downstairs towards the kitchen . |
| 30 | She had to hold on to her control . |