Example sentences of "her [noun] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A last ditch effort to persuade Virginia Bottomley to reverse her decision not to ringfence funds for drug and alcohol support has failed . |
| 2 | Thérèse rolled her eyes upwards to heaven , smiled heroically , and fell over . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not necessary , madame , ’ Jenna began , switching her eyes back to Marguerite with a great effort . |
| 4 | Having experienced that particular chaos , she was careful to keep her books up to date , a simple matter of filling in two columns each day , ‘ Purchases made ’ and ‘ Total cash takings ’ . |
| 5 | She saved herself from falling further by clutching at a branch with both hands and then drawing her feet up to safety on a big branch . |
| 6 | Christina followed her eagerly , laughing as she showed her friend how to body-surf on the smaller waves , and then how to dive and tread water waiting for a really big wave . |
| 7 | She put her glasses on to peer once more at the vanished smear of mascara , and was amused to see the print of her face leap into sharp relief : a new trick , for her glasses are quite new . |
| 8 | They did not seem entirely happy , to Esther , but Esther put her suspicions down to jealousy . |
| 9 | Taking the plate gently from him she placed it in the sink , then checked the turkey one last time , turned the gas down as low as it would go and made her way up to bed . |
| 10 | Kissing all the boys , she made her way up to bed , taking her tea with her . |
| 11 | Collecting up her leaflets , she made her way up to bed , and gave in to the little grin that had been trying to break out a few minutes before . |
| 12 | How ? she pondered as she made her way down to breakfast . |
| 13 | How any attempt was going to be made when she was in Mariánské Láznë and Ven in Prague , she had n't fathomed as she made her way down to breakfast . |
| 14 | Yeah well , do n't forget now she 's on her way back to school , see ! |
| 15 | But fear and anger tightened her throat almost to choking-point . |
| 16 | She gave harp lessons and sent her son firmly to school . |
| 17 | It was yet another of the advantages of belonging to the working class , like always knowing someone who would send her son round to unblock the sink , lay a carpet , get the cat down from the tree , lend you a van for the evening or sell you trainers and tracksuits cheap . |