Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Seles was forced to leave her comfortable perch on the baseline and attack the net as she fought back to win 3–6 , 6–4 , 6–1 . |
| 2 | ‘ She wandered off to find some pine cones , ’ Billy replied , and stretched his tall skinny frame . |
| 3 | He stood , looking down at her until she reached up to lay one hand on his thigh . |
| 4 | She reached out to grasp one of Theda 's hands , touching the calluses . |
| 5 | She reached out to cover one of his hands with her own . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't let her get to you , ’ a voice murmured at her side , and she looked up to see one of the other actors , a tall good-looking young man called Gavin James . |
| 7 | She went over to sit next to him . |
| 8 | She went on to say that |
| 9 | She went on to open more and more all over the country . |
| 10 | So good were her father 's hints and tips that she was appointed official yearbook photographer at high school and from there she went on to study applied photography at college . |
| 11 | So good were her father 's hints and tips that she was appointed official yearbook photographer at high school and from there she went on to study applied photography at college . |
| 12 | She went on to write educational books for children , including The Life of Carlo , the Famous Dog of Drury Lane Theatre ( 1804 ) , a ‘ little pantomimic book ’ about the Forty Thieves ( 1806 ) ; The Class Book ; or , Three Hundred and Sixty Five Reading Lessons Adapted to the Use of Schools ( 1806 ) , under the name Revd David Blair ; and Lessons for Children ( 1811 ) . |
| 13 | Suppose you actually managed to escape all the harmful effects of tobacco but your child took up smoking because you smoked and he or she went on to develop one of those dreadful ( and often fatal ) illnesses . |
| 14 | She went on to have two husbands and three lovers . ’ |
| 15 | She went on to have three daughters . ’ |
| 16 | Anyway , she went out to get some text books , so there was a few of us who thought we 'd have a bit of a laugh , do something to catch her out . |
| 17 | Tom Tremayne had seen to that and Liza , irresponsible and hedonistic as she was , could not quite see herself leaving Harriet holding the baby while she went off to undertake some kind of training . |
| 18 | The field in front of the house was reasonably flat and she set off to tackle that . |
| 19 | Mrs Lamport , of Harlsey Crescent , Hartburn , Stockton , became obsessed with her researches as she set out to trace 514 notable people named on the fan . |
| 20 | Ten minutes later , when silence reigned from the other side of the flames , she sat up to add more fuel to the fire . |
| 21 | She crouched down to make sure it was turning , and check the settings on the amps . |