Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] her to a " in BNC.
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| 31 | It stung her to a sharp reply . |
| 32 | He waved her to a comfortable old armchair , and she sank into its deep cushions , curling up apprehensively on the big seat , her eyes watching him guardedly , trembling at the thought of what he had in store for her . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | She was weeping now and he guided her to a low wall in a secluded corner where they sat down . |
| 35 | He took her to a club in Camden Town , a dark cellar where a jazz quintet played hypnotic Chicago blues and where the pale faces of London 's night people were lit by candles as they drank , smoked and laughed . |
| 36 | He took her to a tiny cafe in the industrial suburbs , an area of Paris that Isobel had never visited before . |
| 37 | He took her to a graveyard high on the slope behind the house . |
| 38 | He took her to a Forest Hill bedsit where he repeatedly raped her before releasing her . |
| 39 | He took her to a surprisingly small room furnished with dark leather sofas and lit by harsh gas light . |
| 40 | For instance , he took her to a newly opened Greek restaurant , and introduced her to the delights of something called Baklava Syrien , which , having a sweet tooth , she very much enjoyed — although he managed simultaneously to annoy her by various highly irritating remarks about the way in which West Indians eat Kit-e-Kat , and by a joke about a man in a Chinese restaurant who found a finger in his Chinese soup . |
| 41 | He took her to a small farmhouse , and hid her in the bam . |
| 42 | He took her to a rather smart Italian restaurant full of intimate little tables far too close together for private conversation . |
| 43 | He took her to a cool shady room with a large bed , the venetian blinds closed , thin silky curtains from floor to ceiling and a fan swishing gently . |
| 44 | He took her to a house in Gloucester but gave himself up after police surrounded the property . |
| 45 | He treated her to a brief flash of his identity card before tucking it away out of sight ; people were still gaping at him as if he were some alien from outer space . |
| 46 | He treated her to a malicious smile . |
| 47 | When he finally divorced Catherine , he sent her to a damp , draughty cottage in the hope that she would die of pleurisy . |
| 48 | He carried her to a side room , Lady Grafton , resplendent in draped red silk and turban headdress , hurrying beside him , thoroughly irritated with her daughter for shewing such weakness . |
| 49 | He carried her to a private room at the hotel , where she could rest until she felt well enough to ride home . |
| 50 | He motioned her to a chair and sat down himself . |
| 51 | What brought her to a standstill was the realisation that her bedroom was under the eaves , so that the walls angled sharply towards the ceiling , lending the room a special character . |