Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [adv] [vb past] to " in BNC.

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1 She was saying things like ‘ unbelievable ’ and ‘ 'doesn t make sense ’ , hut she never came to the point at all . ’
2 As he paused at the exit she then ran to the front of the car and stretched her arms across its bonnet .
3 Stupidly , she had hoped that Silas would invite her to sit at his table , but instead she was led to a small one by a girl she later learned to be Stella 's daughter , Jean .
4 She is sorely missed for the loyal support she always gave to Classes and Events and the Kent Team is not quite the same without her … but our loss is the West Country 's gain and we hope to meet up with Janet at the Easter Course in Bath .
5 Whereas at first she had welcomed the assessment she later came to the view that she was being given no say in the objectives of the assessment .
6 For a moment she almost lied to him and told him he had brought her nothing .
7 I find that the refusal she then gave to the administration of blood was a refusal which took no account of the likely change in her circumstances .
8 Finally she made her choice and gave the reasons for it with the confidence she always brought to her work .
9 Neighbour Linda Moore told the court she often went to Coventry to escape the sound of Jim Reeves , whose hits in the 1960s included Distant Drums , It Hurts So Much and I Love You Because .
10 On the same day she also sold to Ballard ‘ all the librettos [ livrets deparolles ] of the operas of the said S. de Lully ’ for 250 livres .
11 This week she finally confessed to carrying on behind her husband 's back .
12 It was important for Oreste 's sake to keep good relations and so with a good deal of lip-biting and general effort of control she finally wrote to her sister in most moderate terms expressing surprise , confessing intense distress , but apportioning no blame .
13 This was the only complaint she ever made to her husband .
14 During her too short life she never ceased to be Anglican ; but she was a Socialist , and a suffragette , and religion for her came to mean , not so much creed or piety , as having a lively social conscience .
15 She may also be helped to understand that if she is willing to try to spread the love she once gave to one person around to others who may be badly in need of it , she will move into an entirely different dimension emotionally : one that will provide her with new satisfactions and in which she will discover that the lovers of this world are not only those who enjoy a close and exclusive relationship .
16 When her mother answered , she said the stupid thing she always said to those who were supposed to be close to her , ‘ It 's me . ’
17 With this rubbish tip of information she then came to me to ask how she could write it up into a dissertation .
18 Ordering coffee she then pointed to my pullover and shook her finger .
19 She also had the gift for innovation , something the more practical-minded Emily lacked , a fact she readily admitted to herself .
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