Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [verb] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she could come to dancing classes , swimming , or on school trips like other mums do . ’ |
| 2 | It was the nearest she could come to saying what he wanted her to say . |
| 3 | How close she 'd come to betraying the warm brilliance of the meanings ! |
| 4 | ‘ Did he ? ’ she said , her whole body trembling now , as relief at her escape and terror at how close she 'd come to losing her life both stung tears from her . |
| 5 | Worse still was the realisation of how close she 'd come to making love with him . |
| 6 | Sometimes , sitting in Sadie 's room , temporarily energetic , talkative — cups of tea , coffee , perhaps a madeira — she would fall to thinking , looking at Sadie — and imagining . |