Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She whispered something to Mum , who furtively disappeared from the scene . |
| 2 | She hugged him to her , stayed by his side , let him speak when he wanted to speak , held him when he cried . |
| 3 | It held the faint tang of a man 's aftershave and she hugged it to her for a moment before realising how ridiculous she was being . |
| 4 | In the case of Letitia , who had married an Irish baronet , Sir Thomas Wyse , her refusal to accept the Emperor 's decision that she confine herself to being Lady Wyse , dropping all imperial pretensions by calling herself Bonaparte Wyse , led to her being expelled from France . |
| 5 | She flung herself to the floor and rolled to safety behind the half-opened door , the Beretta clenched tightly in her gloved hand . |
| 6 | For two years she applied herself to her studies with an energy no one had suspected she possessed . |
| 7 | Rosalba prayed , often , these days while she waited for Tommaso 's return to Rupe and the walk they would take together , as he had told Caterina they would , and she applied herself to acquiring those skills at crochet , at knitting , at pattern cutting and sewing that Fantina learned from her sisters , who were themselves taught by Auntie Rosa , later , in America . |
| 8 | She applied herself to what she had decided was a prototype . |
| 9 | Perhaps she was being a complete fool helping Craig Grenfell , was she allowing herself to be taken in by the first handsome man to come into her life ? |
| 10 | She propelled her to a low wall and sat her down beside her suitcase . |
| 11 | She expected them to be ready , mounted , properly turned out and willing . |
| 12 | She would cook them all a good breakfast and make it clear that she expected them to be at the table on time . |
| 13 | He did n't love her , of course , not that she expected him to , but he had n't been backward in the lovemaking department , had he ? |
| 14 | She expected it to be still fluttering down . |
| 15 | The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll call back at noon , ’ he said to the buttons on her breast pockets , and she led me to a changing room full of paper nighties before turning to greet the next chicken on the conveyor belt and rewinding the tape to : ‘ Hi there , welcome to Surgicentre . |
| 17 | She led her to the gate . |
| 18 | On the third floor , she led him to one of four doors , which opened on to a firelit bedroom , with a great canopied bed , steaming water-jugs and wash-basin , and a garderobe in the thickness of the walling with candle-shelf , stone seat and chute . |
| 19 | She led him to the bedroom , and spreadeagled him on the bed before tying his wrists to the iron headrest . |
| 20 | She led him to the dismal apartment rented to her by Louis . |
| 21 | Taking his hand , she led him to the bed and lay down . |
| 22 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
| 23 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 24 | Wordlessly , she led him to her bedroom and turned towards him , reaching for the long zip on his leather suit . |
| 25 | She led us to an unmarked oak door which opened into a short corridor , obviously a modern extension to the farmhouse . |
| 26 | Or had she given it to him ? |
| 27 | She made it to the staircase , and dashed at random back into the bulk of the house . |
| 28 | But she made it to daylight in one hell of a hurry . |
| 29 | ‘ Sorry to be late , ’ she told Jimmy when she made it to her own office . |
| 30 | God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch . |