Example sentences of "[prep] response to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police had arrived now in the shape of a wpc who was talking amiably to the protesters who moved back a little apparently in response to her request . |
| 2 | There seemed nothing else to be said , and Melissa went out of the room and upstairs to the secretary 's office , where , in response to her request to use the phone , Marie-Claire grudgingly pushed the instrument across her desk . |
| 3 | Intelligent , beautiful , and widely read in four languages , she cultivated men of ‘ unquestionable genius ’ like Sir Thomas Lawrence and Henry Fuseli [ qq.v. ] , whom she compared with Burns : his ‘ Lament for Maria ’ ( 1809 ? ) was probably written in response to her death . |
| 4 | The latter told her that a transfusion was not usually necessary and , in response to her inquiry said , that other , less effective , procedures were available . |
| 5 | In response to her suitor 's question — ‘ How is Mara ? ’ the next queen , if Mr Major is to believed , told Gilbey : ‘ She 's all right . |