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 . ’ |