Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] she to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , I might have had to shove the split match heads under Carol 's fingernails , or tie her to a tree and subject her to psychological warfare by , say , reading Hemingway aloud to her . |
| 2 | It was being made to feel redundant that brought her to a standstill . |
| 3 | And he nibbled at her lips again , before catching them in another long exploratory kiss that brought her to a threshold of physical pleasure she had never before experienced . |
| 4 | Lady Grubb had fallen easily into the habit of behaving to her children as if she were some doggedly snobbish godmother , inviting them home every few months to look into their marriage prospects and treating the occasion as if it were a country weekend that put her to a lot of trouble , though her house was actually in the middle of London and fully staffed with unhappy au-pair girls . |
| 5 | He gripped her wrist firmly and led her to a door . |
| 6 | He 'd obviously put his own glass down , because he halted her by grabbing her shoulders and bringing her to a halt . |
| 7 | As they turned from the bank to approach the farm , round the edge of the Long Meadow , he took her hand , and drew her to a standstill . |
| 8 | Nottingham Crown Court 's been told that a taxi driver sexually assaulted a woman passenger after ignoring her instructions and driving her to a secluded area in Clumber Park . |
| 9 | He folded his arms across his chest , and subjected her to a heavy-lidded , far from flattering appraisal . |
| 10 | The jury at Oxford Crown Court found the married father of two guilty after hearing that he 'd tied the woman 's hands hands behind her back in the city 's New Road and subjected her to a terrifying ordeal , during which she 'd feared for her life . |
| 11 | A YOUTH of 15 who broke into a young mother 's house in the middle of the night and subjected her to a two-hour rape ordeal while her children slept was yesterday given a life sentence . |
| 12 | I went back to my desk , picked the folder.up , and gestured her to a chair . |
| 13 | Wainfleet ignored his usual perch and followed her to a shadowed corner . |
| 14 | Marc looped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her to a more comfortable position beneath him . |
| 15 | Hugh Jones , chairman of the board , stood up and waved her to a chair . |
| 16 | He winked and waved her to a chair , then turned his attention back to the caller . |
| 17 | The charges allege that on various occasions over the 14 months to August last year at the home , she assaulted one woman by throwing her from her bed on to a chair then a commode , putting her in a bath against her will and pulling her along a corridor , and of assaulting the second woman in a similar manner by throwing her from her bed on to a wheelchair and then a commode , dragging her across a room and tying her to a chair . |
| 18 | To mark the occasion the club presented her with a tracksuit and treated her to a slap-up lunch at a Middlesbrough restaurant . |
| 19 | But a few instants later , she needed no other support than the strong arms that seized her and gathered her to a broad chest , the lips in her hair uttering the words that sent the blood rushing through her veins . |
| 20 | To her surprise , a ground hostess met her and took her to a VIP lounge , where Adam was waiting . |
| 21 | Rennie later got out of the car with Marita and took her to a house on London Road in Gloucester where the couple had previously lived together . |
| 22 | The wardens , Eric and Hannah Glover , welcomed her with more restraint but equal friendliness and introduced her to a man from the Home Office who had come to visit — well , to inspect , in effect , but the mood was holiday , informal , and the man from the Home Office smiled with the rest of them . |
| 23 | That meant that social workers would collect the child from the foster parents and take her to a venue where the grandparents would be able to visit , said Mr Nott . |
| 24 | He lifted her naked body , and carried her to a large bed covered by a thin rubber sheet . |
| 25 | The Mother 's Defence League , organised during the 1920s , opposed all intervention in the working class home on the grounds that it threatened to undermine the working class wife 's responsibility for the welfare of her family and reduce her to a servant and drudge . |