Example sentences of "[pron] she [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is Mrs Crupp 's dish of kidneys , sir , for which she sent out to the pastrycook in David Copperfield . |
| 2 | The locals thought she was a stuck-up bitch from Belfast , which she played up to the hilt , and the other guests — foreigners , mostly Dutch and Germans by their collar sizes — were taken by her vivacity , and the calm indulgence of the quiet , handsome man opposite her , who said little , smiled a lot , and ordered a second full fried breakfast in a way that had the waitress fit to melt into his arms . |
| 3 | From it she took a book , which she carried over to the dressing-table . |
| 4 | Another friend puts all her bits and pieces like grooming brushes and fly repellent in an old door manger , which she fastened on to the door . |
| 5 | She dresses for the most part in a pink frilly fairy costume in which she walks down to the beach , paints , dances and collects snails . |
| 6 | When he tried to upstage her she sauntered down to the front of the stage and such was her control over the audience now , he had to back off , otherwise it would have been he who looked ridiculous . |