Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She wants to tell us to sit up straight and not to put our fingers on the nice furniture . ’ |
| 2 | I only know because she tried to borrow mine to copy up but I 'm always behind as well . |
| 3 | She tried to give him to kiss of life and heart massage but he was already dead . |
| 4 | She tried to get him to let her check in the bar first . |
| 5 | The other week she tried to get me to buy some different plants , but I did n't do it . |
| 6 | But the scales down Fenna 's tail grew gradually smaller and smaller , the darker shades of his back and the paler shades of his underside blending together , and at the very tip , small as a child 's thumb , they were minute and a shade that , when she tried to match it to paint sample cards was usually called eau de nil . |
| 7 | She has asked me to say thanks on behalf of our Brothers and Sisters there . |
| 8 | ‘ She has asked me to express her gratitude to you , but I do n't know how to find the words . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ That is what she has asked me to try and find out , ’ said Melissa , acutely aware of how absurd it must sound . |
| 10 | She has asked us to insert the following message |
| 11 | I expect she has asked you to tell him everything that has happened , and persuade him to make friends and thank me ? |
| 12 | ‘ He tells me she has nagged him to do the housework . |
| 13 | But after a little gentle persuasion , she has allowed me to tell you she is Maggie Lomas , the regular director of our main news programmed She knows me pretty well by now — after all , we 've worked together for more than 20 years , including the recent series of " At Home " programmes . |
| 14 | it keeps no record of wrongs or times she has told him to wipe his feet . |
| 15 | No doubt you 've both already discussed this and she has persuaded you to go against my wishes ? ’ |
| 16 | She has encouraged me to talk about what happened before I got to that stage , and to think about what might have led up to it . |
| 17 | Mrs Jones needs a closer and better relationship with the psychiatric services ; she needs to get them to listen to her needs and she also needs someone to provide practical help with money problems for her son , someone who can discuss work opportunities , recognize his need for friendship and help him think about his future . |
| 18 | She 'd wanted me to come to Lochgair and say sorry to him there , but I had begged for mercy , and — rather to my surprise — been granted it . |
| 19 | It was to convince Karen , partly , that she 'd wanted her to come and have a holiday , to see it for herself . |
| 20 | Donnellan said that if at any time she 'd wanted him to stop , he would have done . |
| 21 | He 'd woken that morning , lying beside Vanessa with a hard-on she 'd wanted him to pleasure her with , and had stupidly refused her , knowing he had a liaison with Martine that afternoon . |
| 22 | But why on earth had she been so prickly if she 'd wanted him to stay ? |
| 23 | Perhaps he was n't without blame , but had n't she made the same kind of mistake when she had endowed Marcus with the qualities she 'd wanted him to possess ? |
| 24 | The days were long gone when she 'd wanted him to understand , believe her . |
| 25 | Something that was n't there was a magazine she 'd asked him to get : a back copy of a thing called Focus on Germany . |
| 26 | Much more to the point , why had n't he said he knew Charlotte Hanover when she 'd asked him to accompany her here this evening ? |
| 27 | Dick cross dresses , confesses he hates women , admits that he once shook Lulu 's hand in 1962 , ‘ If she 'd asked me to marry her , ’ said Dick , smoothing down his silk stockings , ‘ I would have said yes . ’ |
| 28 | That she 'd removed it to look at , I mean . |
| 29 | Well , she 'd badgered him to let her come along ; she could take cold , muddied feet and be thankful it was n't worse . |
| 30 | He remembered her ripping it the day she 'd taken him to see the hens for the first time . |