Example sentences of "her [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Di handed back the leased supercar recently following continuing pressure for her to drive a British model . |
| 2 | He went downstairs with Dr Darnell and two others , and pulled aside the cloth just sufficiently for her to see the visible part of the face . |
| 3 | Not only had Auguste taken her to see the amusing Charley 's Aunt , but Alfred had escorted her to Ramsgate to see Harbour Lights . |
| 4 | We took her to see the Three Howes , prehistoric mounds on the summit of the moors . |
| 5 | When they had eventually managed to get him out of the house he 'd helped her to carry the remaining dishes from the dining-room , a thing he never did . |
| 6 | Her reward , in the summer of 1556 , was a lengthy letter from Knox , encouraging her to embrace the Protestant faith . |
| 7 | Half seriously , half as a joke he had asked her to write a short piece for him on what she had termed in conversation with him ‘ wasted women ’ . |
| 8 | Victoria had written to her mother , the Queen , in March asking her to inform the Foreign Secretary , Lord Clarendon . |
| 9 | Charlotte thanked him and passed through the barrier into the station yard where a uniformed coachman was waiting with a trim little gig to take her to meet the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt . |
| 10 | As soon as the handshake was complete , Charlotte turned away , eager to look elsewhere for the instant it took her to absorb the simple fact of his marriage . |
| 11 | It is one thing to trust a middle-management appointment to an executive search consultant within a small firm ; it is quite another to trust him or her to find a new group chief executive . |
| 12 | Her schedule required her to tour the Tented Village and be in the Royal Box by 3.30 p.m. to watch the last two hours of play . |
| 13 | The stern overseer would never have allowed her to distract the other children . |
| 14 | And yet , so mechanical is this learning routine that if we interrupt such a bee while she is feeding she must take off and land again of her own accord , that landing permits her to choose the correct feeder colour on her next visit . |
| 15 | Then he had sent her off to the lingerie department with the assistant , admonishing her to choose the prettiest undergarments . |
| 16 | Ask him or her to urge the new Home Secretary , as a matter of urgency , to consult with relevant organisations with a view to drafting a new Asylum Bill ; |
| 17 | She extracted her spare set of keys from the pretty jar of locally made pottery she had bought when Nicky Kai had taken her to visit an unusual pottery one day . |
| 18 | Charles calmed her and forced her to drink a little wine . |
| 19 | She gave a similar answer when he asked her to open the automatic cash dispenser . |
| 20 | I well remember going with her to buy a new hat ( we all wore hats in my young days ) . |
| 21 | She lay still as he stroked her like a cat , and the love juice began to ooze from her to dampen the whole area of her crotch . |
| 22 | It was Mark who had persuaded her to approach the bank for a loan , Mark who had suggested her old friend Linda George , who had graduated in business studies at the same time that Theresa had finished her fashion degree , should join forces with her to organise the commercial side , Mark who had given her enough confidence in herself for her to allow her mother to put up her house as security — something Theresa had fought against even whilst realising there was no other way to secure the loan she needed . |
| 23 | She told friends that the time difference between Britain and the United States would enable her to play a starring role by keeping one step ahead . |
| 24 | It suits her to play the old lady and keep Sarah on a string . ’ |
| 25 | Minutes afterwards , Fabia was still sitting stunned and hardly able to credit that she was going to Prague with Vendelin Gajdusek — that he was allowing her to use a spare room in his Prague hotel suite ! |
| 26 | Her confessor having ordered her to use an ordinary discipline and leave off her iron chain , she made it knot three rows and wore it round her body … |
| 27 | A silence long enough , I imagine , for her to use the fast-forward button . |
| 28 | First she wanted Dot to be nice , next she wanted her to put a filthy thumb in her mouth and suck it . |
| 29 | Vanessa Thompson , who lives in Brussels , decided to make the study when her husband 's job forced her to leave the pretty village where she lived for eight years . |
| 30 | Since then I 've been in contact with Kate Noble of Age Concern and we 've arranged for her to give a short presentation at the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council on Thursday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in Scorton School . |