Example sentences of "[pron] to she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing that Adam always liked to keep his options open , Miranda was forced to the lonely conclusion that he did n't love her enough to commit himself to her for life . |
| 2 | It was no fun loving a person like Memet , especially when he would n't commit himself to her in a civilized and law-abiding manner . |
| 3 | ‘ She … can draw you to her with a single hair ’ , ’ he murmured . |
| 4 | I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year . |
| 5 | I have a man , quite as terrifying as myself , and I will send him to tell your aunt that you are quite safe and that I will restore you to her by nightfall . ’ |
| 6 | She had longed to be invited to a party , a longing which presented itself to her as a weakness and a wickedness , as well as an impossibility . |
| 7 | I gazed at her , thinking that if she had appeared gentler I might have ventured to say something to her on Victor 's behalf . |
| 8 | Her father was explaining something to her in that overloud , careful voice which he used to her mother , the voice which said : ‘ I know you are too stupid to understand this but I will talk slowly and loudly and hope that you wo n't try my patience too far . ’ |
| 9 | And I was trying to explain something to her in German . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not sentimental , and nor am I flattered by having my photo in a newspaper , but my mother likes that sort of thing , so I 'm sending one to her in England , ’ she snapped , and hesitated perceptibly before continuing . |
| 11 | He had said nothing to her of what was in the journal . |
| 12 | In other circumstances she would have been more than willing to engage in this conversation herself , for it was one she had frequently enjoyed ; she liked Otto , she had always mildly fancied that he liked her , she was amused by the offhand continental gallantries with which he interspersed , absent-mindedly , the rigour of his argument ; but tonight she was tired , her eyes were closing , she had had four hours of party already , had not enjoyed the Hargreaves drama , had not enjoyed her talks with Ivan Warner and Teddy Lazenby , had been polite enough for long enough , and wanted to go home ; so stood at Brian 's elbow , dully , a reproachful wife , slightly annoyed that neither of them took much notice of her , as Otto invoked the name of Max Weber , a name which meant nothing to her at all , a name which excluded her , exhausted her , and provoked her into prodding , yet again , but this time successfully , Brian 's arm , and murmuring of baby-sitter Sharon , who was only sixteen . |
| 13 | Jenna left the meal to keep hot and went to freshen up , telling herself that she would consider it coldly and then decide , but in reality she was churned up inside , a desire to hide from this uppermost , but a deep-seated and almost morbid curiosity urging her to go to France and see the man who was nothing to her at all , not even a face to remember . |
| 14 | She was hurt that John had said nothing to her about it , and decided that she would avoid him in future . |
| 15 | Maybe that was n't strictly true , but at least I was in Yorkshire and a bus would take me to her in three hours . |
| 16 | ‘ A temporary setback , ’ he declared , handing them to her with some water . |
| 17 | So I wrapped them up and gave them to her for her birthday . |
| 18 | She reached out and pulled them to her in a protective motherly gesture . |
| 19 | Hari pushed past the woman and picked up the boots hugging them to her in a rush of relief . |
| 20 | ‘ Edward came to Corfe from a hunt , and while his attendants were seeing to the dogs she allured him to her with female blandishment and made him lean forward . ’ |
| 21 | She did n't want to tie him to her with obligations . |
| 22 | Story-telling is considered a part of a woman 's magical repertoire — a device she can use to affect the listener , melting his heart , distracting him or binding him to her as the occasion demands . |
| 23 | The lines of experience were marked on her face and although she still had all the exuberant charm which had drawn him to her in the first place , he thought she looked older than he knew her to be . |
| 24 | Charles had given it to her for a joke , suggesting she use it as a visual aid to introduce Saussurean linguistics to first-year undergraduates , holding the tube aloft to demonstrate that what is onomatopoeia in one language community may be obscenity in another . |
| 25 | ‘ You are quite sure about this , Dorothy ? ’ she said as she handed it to her for her signature . |
| 26 | It held the faint tang of a man 's aftershave and she hugged it to her for a moment before realising how ridiculous she was being . |
| 27 | It did have sentimental value ; her mother had given it to her for her twenty-first birthday . |
| 28 | He had mentioned it to her at the party . |
| 29 | If theirs was the same college attended by Clare Mallender , that might be explained by Dysart recommending it to her at her father 's request . |
| 30 | Dragging her feet reluctantly , as if she was being pushed from behind , Sylvia took her book to Carolyn , standing well back and handing it to her at arm 's length . |