Example sentences of "she [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But how was she to get through the rest of the evening ? |
| 2 | For example : I expect her to obey me when I make a reasonable request or command , so that , if ( say ) I ask her to remain at the table until she 's finished her meal , she does so without endless arguments or fits of temper . |
| 3 | Now that Hilary was three years old , Stephen had made it clear to his own mother that the necessity for her to remain at the Manor was past . |
| 4 | To enable her to drive through the streets with him in an open carriage and be jointly greeted at receptions , he decided in 1914 that , on the anniversary of his marriage , he would inspect the army in Bosnia , of which the capital was Sarajevo . |
| 5 | It was this that had precipitated Charley 's act of violence towards Rose , whom he had grabbed as she parked her car , forcing her to drive to the van . |
| 6 | The court heard how in February 1977 he 'd jumped into Janie 's car while it was parked in West London and forced her to drive to the countryside at knife point . |
| 7 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 8 | So I sat down beside her to wait for the others . |
| 9 | And then , instead of hiding until the passage was clear , fitzAlan had given her a shove and told her to wait in the last cubicle . |
| 10 | He allowed her to claim against the Huntingdon Health Authority responsible for the hospital where the operation was performed in December 1982 . |
| 11 | Now she had developed a self-assurance and experience which allowed her to perform on the public stage . |
| 12 | His face was still , his mouth held in a taut beautiful line , his eyes as cold as an arctic glacier as he encouraged her to continue with the slightest nod of his head . |
| 13 | Previous attempts at encouraging her to sit on the lavatory or the potty for this had ended in tantrums and tears so mother had given up trying . |
| 14 | Get her to sit on the bottom stair and put them on , as this way she 'll have better access to the fastening . |
| 15 | They agreed that John should let Margaret know that any intervention by her in the debate on immigration would be considered ‘ unhelpful ’ , and should extend an invitation for her to sit on the platform on the Friday afternoon for the Leader 's speech , sitting as far away from Ted Heath as it was humanly possible . |
| 16 | ‘ I tell her to sit at the back of the class , otherwise nobody can see over her head . ’ |
| 17 | She could not recognize , did not dare to recognize the grandiose ambitions whence her rage sprang ; it did not amuse her to sit in the Deux Magots , remembering that Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir had once sat there , nor did she wish to glimpse the exteriors of the houses of the famous dead . |
| 18 | And er he apparently told her to sit in the car while he finished his |
| 19 | September 10th was the Saturday following Heather 's visit to Oxford and thus just when Harry would have expected her to proceed to the Skein of Geese . |
| 20 | That was why I wanted her to go on the stage … to help get them out . ’ |
| 21 | And then , the next job was to make a a a crate for her to go on the railway do you see . |
| 22 | he 'd asked her to go on the pill . |
| 23 | She did not fire when I asked her to go with the winner and faded right out in the last furlong , ’ said disappointed rider Frankie Dettori . |
| 24 | Her father , Harry Silcock , 66 , told her to go with the baby into a front bedroom and close the door . |
| 25 | I offered to talk of a duty superior to that she mentioned , which would oblige her to help distressed innocence , and not permit her to go to the lengths enjoined by lawless tyranny ; but she plainly bid me be silent on that head ; for it was vain to attempt to persuade her to betray her trust . |
| 26 | Ludens told her to go to the British Museum and the National Gallery , which she did , though declining his offer to ‘ show her round ’ . |
| 27 | He wo n't want her to go to the knacker 's either , I bet . ’ |
| 28 | I urged her to go to the Council and complain . |
| 29 | She was sitting on the bed cuddling Carla when her mother came in and told her to go to the shops and get some bits and pieces . |
| 30 | I 'm thinking of telling my mum what I done and telling her to go to the doctor and tell the doctor that I 'm doing stupid things and that , to get me put away . |