Example sentences of "and [vb base] her [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
| 2 | If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu . |
| 3 | Fortunately Chief Petty Officer Richard Saunders RN , my husband 's father , had taught him very early how to box the compass and he was able to bring her north of Scotland , round our north eastern seaboard and bring her in to Chatham dockyard for paying-off . |
| 4 | Eve had said not only was she going to be free for lunch , she would meet Benny off the bus and walk her up to University College . |
| 5 | She sought his mouth again , wrapping her arms around his neck , offering and receiving a kiss so fierce , impatient and demanding that she clung to him and she lost her balance , fell against him , felt him gather her up against the inflammatory hardness of his body and lift her on to the bed . |
| 6 | Well , Herman Schrijver says he will hire a car when the warm weather comes and drive her down to lunch with me in the Green Belt … . |
| 7 | Griffin , 27 , was also ordered to not to contact Lynn and pay her up to £6,500 compensation at Santa Monica Superior Court , Los Angeles . |
| 8 | She 's not comi oh what do you want me to do , pick her up and carry her over to the house ? |
| 9 | He had expected to sweep Rachel off her feet and carry her off to New Zealand with him on the next sailing , but he had reckoned without her Jewish father and mother , the new Zionism and Rachel herself . |
| 10 | She saw the woman summon a footman and point at her , and the footman duly arrived to collect Artemis and take her over to her father and his friend . |
| 11 | She felt them lift her and take her over to the low stone wall beside the glimmering field of water-chestnuts . |
| 12 | In fact , Hyacinth was thinking about Wullie Robertson who , to her great surprise , had said he would pick her up from the Hospitality Inn after dinner , and take her on to the Young Conservatives Ball . |
| 13 | A French galley will pick her up off the coast of the Forth and take her out to the sea where other ships are waiting to escort her back to France . |
| 14 | At all events , King Malcolm 's immediate reaction to Rufus 's refusal to see him at Gloucester was to go straight to Wilton , tear the veil off Matilda 's head , and take her back to Scotland . |
| 15 | Once in a while she allowed Gaston or Marius to drive over to Reine and take her back to one or other of their houses for Sunday lunch . |
| 16 | If she let it , the food would jump into her mouth and swell her up to grossness . |
| 17 | Nah — we 'll give her something to make her feel like one of the Blessed , and ship her off to Heaven happy . |
| 18 | He kept hold of her hand once the music had ended and lead her over to the french windows . |