Example sentences of "she to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vincent had sworn that he would love her to the grave and beyond . |
| 2 | It is the one anxiety Marje Proops will carry with her to the grave . |
| 3 | There were no relatives to travel with her to the grave , only strangers to see her off on the darkest of journeys . |
| 4 | My father soon followed her to the grave . |
| 5 | She then returned to full-time medical work , and now her religious , political and medical commitments have led her to the position of Consultant in Public Health Medicine for Central Birmingham Health Authority . |
| 6 | On the morning of 9 November , Sydney sighted Emden and pinned her to the shore of Keeling Island , one of the Cocos group , on which a German party had been landed to destroy essential cable and wireless installations connecting Australian , African and Indian telegraph systems . |
| 7 | I knew I should throw her to the patrol and make my own getaway , but she appealed to the chink in my armour . |
| 8 | She would n't go out in the car the other week so we like chained her to the wall we were . |
| 9 | He awkwardly unlocked the door and carried her to the sofa , laying her down as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 10 | He lifted her then , in one swift movement , and carried her to the sofa , laying her back , murmuring her name over and over , kissing again , consuming her with a passion that thrilled and left Robyn weak and yet powerful all at the same time , because she could do this to him — she could make Luke Denner groan with desire and need . |
| 11 | He steered her to the sofa , drew her down beside him . |
| 12 | She beat the 24-year-old woman , stripped her naked and tied her to the balcony . |
| 13 | Sun streaked the room , beckoning her to the balcony . |
| 14 | She often used to say she could n't believe how some people behaved , and the promiscuity and drinking shook her to the core . |
| 15 | He 'd come straight to her after leaving the theatre , and his impatience thrilled her to the core . |
| 16 | She had n't expected to be greeted with open arms , but the reception she 'd actually received had shaken her to the core . |
| 17 | A moral is drawn advising husbands : ( Do just as Hain did with his wife , who would only ever show him the slightest respect , until he had beaten her to the core . ) |
| 18 | The terrible injustice of his bitter words , echoing Giles 's cruel slander , stabbed her to the heart . |
| 19 | She had lost a good deal of her bloom and bounce , and looked as if the sentiments of the burial service kept stabbing her to the heart . |
| 20 | Both men looked at her , and the expression on Dr Neil 's face struck her to the heart . |
| 21 | She remembered the beautiful , sullen face and the sensual movement of the other girl 's body in the yellow dress , and an odd pang assailed her , piercing her to the heart with its intensity . |
| 22 | Nevertheless the political and diplomatic links which bound her to the rest of the continent were slowly multiplying and becoming stronger . |
| 23 | ‘ Six months ago , we never thought she would ever achieve her ambition but , fingers crossed , I 'll soon be taking her to the school gates and she can sit in class with the other youngsters , just like she always wanted . ’ |
| 24 | I 've got to take her to the school , her T B scores were up . |
| 25 | Then his expression suddenly hardened as his eyes flicked past her to the staircase at the top of which lay Silvia 's room . |
| 26 | Maria Edgeworth [ q.v. ] mentions , in 1802 , that Watts had sold a four-volume novel ( untraced ) to William Lane [ q.v. ] for ten guineas and that Richard Lovell Edgeworth [ q.v. ] doubted her talent too much to recommend her to the publisher Joseph Johnson [ q.v . ] ; |
| 27 | He was almost in tears when he took her to the station , and when he said his farewells his reedy voice was quite unsteady . |
| 28 | They invited her to the station , gave her a meal , arranged her flight home then drove her to Manchester Airport . |
| 29 | I had to go and collect grandma you see to take her to the station , and I did n't have an awful lot of time so I just sort of ran round and collected whatever I got . |
| 30 | David introduced her to the warden , then they made their way to the residents ' common-room where Rachel was given a rapturous welcome by her new friends , in particular by a young Down 's syndrome woman called Belinda whose delight at seeing her again was only too apparent . |