Example sentences of "she [vb past] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mumbled , incoherent sound bubbled and surfaced in her throat , and she clung to him for support , her fingers twisting in the silk of his shirt . |
| 2 | He dumped his kitbag and led her to an armchair , but she clung to him in a state of possessive disbelief which upset Charles even more than the deep depression he 'd been suffering from when he entered the flat . |
| 3 | They came to a lurching pontoon , where she clung to him in excitement , her eyes enormous at the sight of four enormous man-sized earwigs calmly waiting for the ferryboat . |
| 4 | Much more cogent reasons for Ms Brown 's correct conviction are to be found in Lady Diana 's own words , which I quote from Philip Ziegler 's biography and which amply confirms others , just as forceful , that she used to me in the course of our more than 40 years of close friendship : I never responded to his dribbling , dwarfish little amorous singeries . |
| 5 | She came to It via an employment agency , and , while others slept on the floor , worked , argued , or posed , she would work through the clerical , jobs , type , organize . |
| 6 | ‘ She came to us at St Sylvester 's , ’ Theodora amplified . |
| 7 | ( She seemed to me to be about eighteen years old , although as we walked along she told me she had five children , all happily married . ) |
| 8 | I looked at Lily She seemed to me to be perceptibly hurt ; and just as another wild idea was beginning to run through my mind , that she really was an amnesiac , some beautiful amnesiac he had , somehow , literally and metaphorically laid his hands on , she gave me what was beyond any doubt a contemporary look , a look out of role — a quick , questioning glance that flicked from me to Conchis 's averted head and back again . |
| 9 | She turned to them with a glowing smile . |
| 10 | Her friends turned to her and said , " You do n't like it , do you ? " and she turned to them with a smile of triumph , swallowing hard , and said , " Oh , it 's all right , really . " |
| 11 | Their minds being on Emma , they waited for Peggy to go on , but after placing a piece of wood on the fire she turned to them with a smile , saying , ‘ What about a drink ? ’ |
| 12 | Perkin on her other side was saying contritely , ‘ Sorry , darling , sorry , ’ and she turned to him with ever-ready forgiveness , the adult of the pair . |
| 13 | She turned to him with the first real interest in her face that he 'd seen . |
| 14 | ‘ Naylor , ’ she turned to him with his name on her lips , oddly , his pain her pain at that moment . |
| 15 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 16 | She turned to him for comfort . |
| 17 | She turned to him in surprise . |
| 18 | She turned to him in despair and the tears were running down her face . |
| 19 | Luke 's teasing threw a new light on the situation , and Folly forgot her nervousness as she turned to him in indignation , spluttering as the sudden movement sent a wave of bubbling water splashing across her face . |
| 20 | She turned to me at one point , after going non-stop for twenty hours , and said : " I just ca n't remember your name " . |
| 21 | As the lock slid shut , she turned to me with a merry grin . |
| 22 | She turned to me as if Vern was n't there . |
| 23 | She stuck to him like glue . |
| 24 | She talked to me for what seemed a very long time . |
| 25 | She talked to him for only a short while and left him a booklet with clear diagrams of the proposed surgery . |
| 26 | She was afraid that he would wake Peter if she talked to him in the hall . |
| 27 | She reached to him with her thoughts , became his lapping tongue . |
| 28 | She listened to it with an expert ear . |
| 29 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 30 | Buttoning the long fitted jacket over her expensive cream gown , she went to him on determined footsteps . |