Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She just knew she had to see the woman who held Timothy 's heart and perhaps persuade her to set him free . |
| 2 | When dinner was over he liked Diana enough to ask her to show him the 115-foot-long picture gallery which then housed one of the finest private collections of art in Europe . |
| 3 | I do n't care about anything but being safe , she thought ; I believed I cared about Fand , but I do n't , I 'm too much of a coward — I just want her to save me , and then I do n't care what happens to her . |
| 4 | He had already asked her to marry him . |
| 5 | Alright , any other , do you want me to just , do you want me to just to get her to call you ? |
| 6 | Nurse Willow had already warned her to put it in the crib . ’ |
| 7 | I just wanted her to take me back , to talk to me as she always did . |
| 8 | She just wanted her to take it . |
| 9 | He deftly turned her to face him , and took her in his arms , drawing her close because of the crowds . |
| 10 | ( I hardly expected her to eat it . ) |
| 11 | He lives in the same town and it still hurts her to see him . |
| 12 | After all , he might be able to buy them but he could hardly force her to wear them , could he ? |
| 13 | So to catch him taking advantage of Sarah 's desperation like that shocked her far too deeply to allow her to tax him with it directly . |
| 14 | ‘ It probably amused her to keep me there , unknowing , continuing to act as her lady-in-waiting , having to obey every order , every whim . |
| 15 | Love and nature both advised her to have him without thinking of complications , to delight in passion without considering future pain . |
| 16 | Did he honestly expect her to believe him ? |
| 17 | Now that he 'd told her he wanted the club , Adam would probably expect her to keep him at a wary arm 's length . |
| 18 | I read it in one twenty-minute sitting , howled like a baby for ten more minutes , then phoned the producer and practically begged her to give me the job . |
| 19 | Quigley stopped , clearly expecting her to give it a bit of movement , but , instead , she went into a sort of mammoth clench . |
| 20 | Dolphins not only guided the god of the sea , Poseidon , to his lover Amphitrite , but also persuaded her to marry him . |
| 21 | Of course , her generous spirit about staff using the amenities of the lodge also allowed her to pay them a pittance that had made Charity 's small salary as an intern seem princely . |
| 22 | He does not really expect her to love him , and when she does it has to be total . |
| 23 | I really wanted her to wear it you know . |
| 24 | Well tell her to give me my fucking money back then ! |
| 25 | He had realized in January how very fond of Sandy he was , that he 'd reached the stage where he might well ask her to marry him . |
| 26 | Well , Joan and Sheila there 've been taking cobwebs down and things like that you know and then paying her to do it . |
| 27 | His eyes were intent , the golden gaze compelling , almost willing her to give him the answer he wanted ; his features were uncompromising in their strength . |
| 28 | A GANG of five teenagers stole a 20-year-old woman 's cash card and then tortured her to give them the pin number . |
| 29 | In the assault , Courtney used a sex aid on the girl , then forced her to touch him intimately . |
| 30 | She heard his chair scrape , and then his arm was on her shoulder , gently but firmly turning her to face him . |