Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] to she " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I said to her we 've got two shelves of hardbacks in the alcove because I do think they furnish a room as the man said , but I would n't be on for lending them out because you do n't know the condition they 'd come back in . |
| 2 | But as I said to her — I said , God will provide . ’ |
| 3 | As I said to her , a man likes his house kept nice . |
| 4 | She looked so fresh and happy that I started grinning as soon as I waved to her , standing below me in the cockpit of the boat , where a servant from Faalifu was carrying some packages while Captain Baker looked down from the bridge . |
| 5 | Our cave on the upper slopes of the Aletschhorn suits her well , but ours is a fugitive life , as I explain to her . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know ; you forgot what she looked like as you listened to her . |
| 7 | In her blue dress with the big , lace collar , she must have looked as strange to the other customers as they did to her . |
| 8 | They moved on after that , with Jessica dropping in bits about Parr as they occurred to her — although not that she was due to meet him the next day . |
| 9 | ‘ Ross — I do wish that … ’ she began , hoping even at this last moment for some word , some sign that the scorching , torrid passion that had exploded between them in the Hamptons had meant as much to him as it had to her . |
| 10 | Almost always she answered ‘ yes ’ because she had come to prefer lying still , with his soft sleeping body behind her , breathing the night air scented with pine wood and wild thyme as it came to her through the open shutters , and listening to the faraway ululation of the Borzoi dog chained beneath the walls of the Castello Crocetto . |
| 11 | ‘ Of course — but unfortunately overlooked , ’ he replied straight away , and as it came to her that he must have been teasing her with his earlier attitude , he was asking , ‘ Now , can I get you a glass of wine ? ’ |
| 12 | But as a child she had many times been wrested ( as it felt to her ) from her known environment into some strange place , leaving her totally confused . |
| 13 | She welcomed him with outstretched arms as he came to her , knowing there was no retreat now and glorying in the thought of her forthcoming submission . |
| 14 | It occurred to Thomas as he listened to her that Sara had not changed a whit in the whole time they had been married . |
| 15 | She glanced up at him now , fighting for composure , as he said to her , ‘ Nina 's dying to have a look at the new collections . |
| 16 | A crumb of chocolate stuck to her lip , where Coffin watched it slowly melt as he spoke to her . |
| 17 | As he bent to her , she thought she heard him murmur , ‘ Well , well , well . |
| 18 | Their hands lay laced together on the chair arm , but Lisa did not look at him as he put to her , ‘ Of course you have to think of Emily , but surely there must be a couple of men out there who are capable of being a good father to your daughter ? ’ |
| 19 | She watched him in reluctant fascination as he put to her , ‘ When it comes to being irresponsible , your brother , I 'm afraid , has already proved himself to be in the top league . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Syl , ’ said Lili coolly , as he turned to her , ‘ how nice to see you . |
| 21 | She giggled and pouted as he chatted to her . |
| 22 | He lies with her , as he lies to her , and she with and to him . |