Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] [verb] her to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia 's face mirrored her distress and he pulled her to him . |
| 2 | Breathless is his chattel and he orders her to his table . |
| 3 | They stepped off the kerb and Nicolo slipped his arm around Caroline 's waist as he guided her to the other side of the street . |
| 4 | And then they and took this poor old wife and they beat her to death with the flails . |
| 5 | Round and round , intermittently , through the days it spun , crystallising now and again — before breaking apart once more — into the essence of him , an image , like sudden flashes on a screen , of his diffident smile when they first met , the touch of his hand on her elbow as he guided her to a seat down that summer lane . |
| 6 | At the time it seemed to us that Hilda was not the happy , carefree girl her father and I wished her to be . |
| 7 | The dark face was a study in rueful amusement as he helped her to her feet to face the worried circle of fellow-diners and waiters hovering to offer assistance . |
| 8 | ‘ If the woman objects she is being hysterical and making a scene ’ ( 58/636 ) , an accusation that is demonstrated when Larissa and Armel quarrel about his extramarital sex life and he tells her to ‘ stop this hysterical rewriting of history ’ ( 76/654 ) . |
| 9 | Somewhere on another plane of existence she knew that he was pacing himself , tuning himself to her slower needs : that his tiny muted cries of painful frustration were evidence of his consideration as he aroused her to an aching , trembling plateau of desire . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm normal now , ’ Maggie assured him in a fuzzy voice as he helped her to the bed and lifted her on to it . |
| 11 | Like Julian , perhaps , Teresa also had an illness that may well have had a psychological aspect and which brought her to the brink of death ; her autobiography and spiritual writings show how she brought herself a physical and spiritual healing . |
| 12 | like I once read a book where this girl she wanted to be a doctor and they brought her to a nursery for work experience |
| 13 | The rope cut into her stomach as he bound her to the post from just beneath her breasts to below her navel . |
| 14 | My daughter wo n't let go of my wife 's hand when she takes her to school . |
| 15 | and she had a tick and we took her to the vet |
| 16 | He lifted her in his arms , his mouth still on hers with that fierce hot exploration as he carried her to the bed , slid her down on it , joined her . |
| 17 | So she started to cry and all then and said she said she was sorry , and right enough she stuck to the time that we allow her to , she 's come in last night dead on the button . |
| 18 | My regard for her was reflected in the fact that I asked her to be my son , Giles 's godmother . |
| 19 | Jenna murmured anxiously and his hand slid to her throat as he pulled her to his shoulder . |
| 20 | Appreciative though he was of Penny , ally though he felt her to be , there is between nineteen and twenty-three a great gulf fixed which prevented anything in the way of advances . |