Example sentences of "she [verb] to [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleen listened to his amorous overtures of love never doubting his sincerity , but she still wanted to be sure and she tried to gently tell him so ; she had to be sure before she said ‘ yes ’ . |
| 2 | One of her crutches falls in front of the man ; she has to painfully stoop to recover it . |
| 3 | She began to slowly pull back , but her eyes were trapped in the sudden , melting caress in his gaze . |
| 4 | Hastily slamming the door on him , because she did n't damn well want to be beguiled by his blasted charm , because it was too late , she began to hurriedly lug her suitcase down the stairs . |
| 5 | She watched him for as long as she could bear to , anger warring with a sense of duty , then abruptly she marched into the house , and with gritted teeth and a distinctly martyred feeling she began to resentfully sort out a bag to take with her to Soufrière . |
| 6 | It was then that she began to really drift from University life . |
| 7 | A wave of hot colour swept over her as she wriggled to somehow attach the bedspread around her without letting it slip and giving this mocking character another full frontal . |
| 8 | She 's the one who loves to hold gurgling ‘ conversations ’ with you , and you 'll sometimes find she seems to deliberately attract your attention by making noises quite loudly , and then smiles broadly to reward you when you look round at her . |
| 9 | She thought to never explain to nobody . |
| 10 | For a moment , even while she continued to dispense tea and wads , she fell into the void of loneliness that seemed forever gaping at her feet and from whose edge , time and again , she had to forcibly drag herself back if she wanted to survive . |
| 11 | Until she proved otherwise she had to constantly bear in mind that he might be the enemy . |
| 12 | Rachel found she had to almost bite her tongue to prevent herself making some comment . |
| 13 | She had to almost trot to keep up with his long-legged , impatient stride , which was a novelty considering that usually she had to slow her pace to accommodate others , even men . |
| 14 | Collecting together the bulky bags , she had to half drag them along to the exit because they were far too unwieldy for a mere five-foot-one individual to carry . |
| 15 | of course he got all upset so she had to then mess about and try and get him to sleep , which apparently she did |
| 16 | Instead , she set to stubbornly work her way through in alphabetical order , so that before long she had a small pile of pink order slips in front of her . |