Example sentences of "[vb infin] she [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river . |
| 2 | How can I just ring her out of the blue and tell her that her daughter has married the first Italian she 's met , without telling any of us ? ’ |
| 3 | Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact . |
| 4 | I decided the only thing to do was throw her in at the deep end and go right down the village high street , where the roads were busiest and noisiest with holiday-makers , and simply stand there trying to calm her down . |
| 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 | No , Caroline thought , as she let him lead her down to the ancient ground , no , it had n't . |
| 7 | After a while , Jay could no longer pick her out against the distant sand , and she lay on the bed , under a sheet , downed the last of her drink , and slept . |
| 8 | She clasped her daughter 's hand in despair , as if she would pull her back from the falsely-beckoning light . |