Example sentences of "she [vb past] to [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Bailed driver Mrs Jill Gunns , 47 , was warned of the possible charges when she reported to police yesterday .
2 A pause , in which she tried to feet what Rose was struggling to say .
3 Being a mere woman she objected to phrases like ‘ twinkling nipples ’ .
4 As blood poured from her wounds , she radioed to colleagues : ‘ Delta Romeo Three Two , am being stabbed , in pursuit . ’
5 She refered to comments made in the High Court by Mr Justice Ward , who said of the Gojkovics ' success : ‘ This is a story of high achievement and , many would think , glorious success .
6 She transferred to Recoveries last year .
7 J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. , 1972 ) she tells of her first meeting with the composer , of his influence on her technique and interpretation , of how she came to terms with the music , of Plante and other virtuosi , and gives a detailed analysis of various pieces .
8 It emerged that he was not a match for her strength , ability and intelligence and , in time , she came to terms with the reality that she was better off without him .
9 She came to terms with the computerized till , which often she had to deal with .
10 Whereas before she had been a rough-and-ready Italian peasant , flashing with high spirits , now she thought a little about how she seemed to others and tempered her boisterous good humour .
11 She appealed to boys who had no preference for skinny-bits .
12 ‘ So she turned to drugs . ’
13 She turned to Piers and resumed her intense conversation with him .
14 When she returned to Swans ' Meadow , she found Ursula had embarked on a cold-blooded drinking bout and was reluctant to accompany her into the garden , the one venue where Charlotte felt she could safely disclose what had happened .
15 She waved to well-wishers at Sadler 's Wells in London where she watched Carmen performed by the British Youth Opera of which she is patron .
16 She talked to friends , not only about the happy times they 'd had together but the inevitable disappointments .
17 She listened to cicadas and breathed the pervasive liquorice which grew locally and was processed in a factory on the Nîmes road .
18 She listened to footsteps in the hall , a muttered conversation .
19 Sitting on a stone wall she listened to tourists who sprawled on grass where they were asked not to encroach .
20 But the gratitude of pro-Market backbenchers was offset by the assurances she offered to anti-Marketeers like Tory Jonathan Aitken , and Labour 's Peter Shore .
21 way it 's cut is actually , she went to hairdressers to get it cut .
22 Many of her friends were in politics or belonged to political families , it was the era of the Liberal reforms and that was what fired her most : she went to dinner-parties where she sat next to men who were going to make a speech that night and there were weeks when she went to the House every day , it was what she had always wanted , it was history , it was important , immensely important and she was seeing it , seeing it happen and that was important to her .
23 She went to lessons in drawing , ice-skating , junior aerobics and many other skills which she had absolutely no hope of acquiring .
24 The poems have raised two thousand pounds so far … which she presented to researchers in Oxford .
25 She spoke to reporters from a ‘ secret location ’ at the weekend , describing how Mrs Mandela had arrived at the house early in the morning .
26 Her topic was jealousy which she attributed to parents bringing up children to think they are unlovable .
27 " I think you 're ready to begin your proper training , " she said to Tops when the latter had made her obeisance .
28 She said to Ludens , ‘ You do take sugar , do n't you ?
29 Her voice was calm as she said to Sisters Monica and Aloysius .
30 When she had finished she said to Piers , to hide her confusion , ‘ I — I always think how odd it is that turtle soup does n't taste of turtle . ’
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