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Example sentences of "[vb infin] she [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1	Although he felt sure he would win her in the end , he was annoyed at her continuing coyness .
2	She smiled as her father began : he would have been happy being a teacher ; he had often told her that and at one stage — in the nature of parents ' bequeathing unfulfilled ambitions to their children — he had hoped that Mr Fenton might consider her as a pupil teacher ( just for the mornings , of course , he needed her the rest of the day ) .
3	The outspoken Mrs Clinton , an assertive Leftish lawyer , has already become a campaign issue because of a scathing remark she made about women who ‘ stay at home and bake cookies ’ and because Mr Clinton says he will consider her for a job in his Cabinet once he wins the White House .
4	Neither of them knew her well , but they would recognise her as the secretary of someone important in the administration .
5	She hoped that if he was a churchgoer-which was unlikely these days he would not recognise her as the vicar 's wife .
6	I ca n't respect her as an aunt .
7	Carole King , the sharpest female lyricist of all time , ponders going all the way and whether her lover would still respect her in the morning .
8	might tempt her to the wrong thoughts .
9	Then I shall batter her with the club for the same amount of time .
10	We usually manage to provide every new member or new mum with a contact who can introduce her to the NCT and chat over any everyday difficulties .
11	In the meantime , while your kitten is polishing her hunting skills by stalking your feet , you can introduce her to the civilised way to eat .
12	Now why do n't you introduce her to the office routine — and perhaps show her the chalets ? ’
13	The wages , he did n't trust her with the wages .
14	She would n't trust her to the end of the street .
15	She 's marvellously competent , you can always trust her in an emergency .
16	Had he viewed her as an exciting and unusual lay , and believed that she would n't let him screw her without a hard-luck , my wife-doesn't-understand-me line to spin ?
17	That kind of insight can free her from the constraints of the inner voice which effectively commands her , ‘ Turn right here .
18	( The truth is I do n't want to forgive her , because it will free her from the grappling irons I have on her .
19	I suppose they might try and sellotape her to the walls of their cells .
20	Her bedside book , often reread , was Anthony Trollope 's The Small House at Allington but tonight it could no longer translate her to the reassuring , comfortable , nostalgic world of Barsetshire , to croquet on Mrs Dale 's lawn and dinner at the squire 's table .
21	Her abilities might suit her to a top job in the Civil Service , but she gets such a buzz from being in the private sector , she would hate the very idea .
22	I feel I know her like a sister now — she 's younger than I am — but she never told me about the twins .
23	I have to go and catch her on a really bad day .
24	She heard a muttered curse , she saw a shadow across the french window at the end of the room , she felt someone catch her round the waist and drag her to the ground .
25	‘ My office sought to arrange an interview with the Secretary of State for Employment so I could brief her on the situation .
26	Or perhaps she could be like Merlyn Joseph and find herself a rich man who would install her in a yacht .
27	This being a movie , Sandra is recognised , by a young American woman who won her place in the workshop in a competition and who now , shyly , politely , asks if she can trouble her for an autograph .
28	And er they could n't bury her in the in the Kirkyard .
29	She hopes it 'll rid her of the physical and emotional pain .
30	Your sick parent must be mentally fit to make this decision of her own free will , and it does not rob her of the right to make her own decisions as to the spending of her money or her free access to it .