Example sentences of "she [verb] to do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How could she want to do such a thing ? ’ |
| 2 | She agreed to do this before the next session so that it could be discussed further and then used later in the conjoint session with her parents . |
| 3 | She wants to do all she can to reduce the suffering of other children … |
| 4 | She wants to do more of it , though she is too old at 27 and too short ( five foot six and a half ) for catwalks . |
| 5 | If she wants to do any or all of these things herself , though , she should be allowed to , and her own wishes in everything at this time should be respected . |
| 6 | Now , this contribution is not direct , it 's indirect in the sense that males , a male for example who is provisioning a wife who is pregnant is not directly invent investing in the offspring clearly you ca n't do that she has to do that , cos the offspring 's inside her body , but indirectly he may be feeding his wife , protecting her and providing for her in , in a way that is absolutely critical to her reproductive success too . |
| 7 | I was gon na ask is you know that he ha she has to do all these long hours . |
| 8 | there 's hardly enough for two in and then she has to do another two only , only she ca n't pour it in after it 's . |
| 9 | But typically she refuses to do this , writhing on the ground and inviting more and more matings until her period of heat has passed . |
| 10 | Her name was Annette and she seemed to do all the serving and running up and down while her rather dour and unhealthy-looking mother issued the orders . |
| 11 | She returned to her room , giving herself a talking to along the lines of , what else had she got to do that day anyhow ? |
| 12 | She decided to do some scientific homework herself . |
| 13 | She proceeded to do this earnestly , seriously , and she sounded like an old steam-engine wheezing from the depths of the water ( that idyllic sound , now long forgotten , which to those who never knew it can be described in no better way than the wheezing of an old woman breathing in and out by the edge of a pool ) . |
| 14 | I think it would be best if you came across as nobly resigned : ‘ How could she stoop to do this to me ’ — something along those lines — without going into too much detail . |
| 15 | She liked to do that . |
| 16 | She liked to do that . |
| 17 | She had to do all the work of the house , dig the garden , fetch the wood , fill the water.jugs at the village well , and make sure the hearth-stone was hot . |
| 18 | She had no time for idle gossip as she had to do all the work herself . |
| 19 | She told Annie that she had to do some shopping , then doubled back and waited . |
| 20 | She stood looking after him for a moment ; then she dropped on to an upturned box , and bending her head into the folds of flesh under her chin , she asked of herself why she had to do this . |
| 21 | Only when Harry warned her that he might collide with a passing vehicle if she continued to do that , did she finally desist . |
| 22 | She left to do some shopping and forgot the flowers . |
| 23 | Oh she wanted to do all sorts did she ? |
| 24 | She wanted to do that with him , yes , actually that ; she thought about it on and on and waited all week for the moment that might or might not come on Sunday morning in church when , as her cousins went first down the aisle , Tristram glanced in her direction and their eyes met and she was able to send a thought message which said to him , yes , I have n't forgotten . |
| 25 | However , once the youngest had started school she found she wanted to do much more . |
| 26 | She wanted to do this on her own and the therapist suggested that the first session took place 2 days later to assess her progress . |
| 27 | ‘ Because she thought you 'd try to stop her , and she wanted to do this on her own — that 's unless you can think of some other reason . |
| 28 | she wanted to do some concerts in Europe and I booked the tour . |
| 29 | ‘ I was so impressed I gave her a tape with a backing track on it the band had done , and asked her if she wanted to do some work on it . |
| 30 | When she fails to do this , she runs the heavy overall current-account deficit which it has been her misfortune to do of late . |