Example sentences of "[vb infin] she [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , Mo asked , would tempt her back to the polling booths ? |
| 2 | She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch . |
| 3 | In the end she saw the giant fish-hooks come down down into her and she thought they would haul her out of the depths , but they did not . |
| 4 | ‘ We must carry her up to the sick-room . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I had n't seen them carry her in from the car so it was a terrible shock for me . |
| 8 | Those previous kisses had had meaning after all , and now he had only to utter those three little words that would send her up into the clouds . |
| 9 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 10 | We 'll send her out with a list then . |
| 11 | Rab said , ‘ I 'll send her out tae the chemist . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ That person is here again , Miss Grenfell , she says she has slippers for you , shall I show her in for the fitting ? ’ |
| 13 | But the bottle helped then , helped dull the pain , helped quell the shivering , helped ease her back into a dreamless sleep . |
| 14 | It occurred to her that he could tip her out of the window without any effort at all , and she shrank back . |
| 15 | Sycorax no longer leaked whatever liquids or foods she was able to consume , as she had during the worst of her fever , and Ariel could prop her up into a sitting position , and then , presenting her shoulders to her , go down on one knee to hoist her piggy-back and carry her to the privy in the forest a few minutes ' walk away . |
| 16 | They would see her through until the evening . |
| 17 | ‘ The shops here are very good , but Dana is inclined to turn her nose up at anything outside London or Paris , so I imagine an hour could see her back at the flat . ’ |
| 18 | Lesley-Jane could not keep her back to the door indefinitely and turned . |
| 19 | That 's why we 'll keep her in for a week or so , for tests , but our consultant is very pleased with her — and very optimistic . |
| 20 | 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 ? ’ |
| 21 | To provide a university education for her might mark her out as a favoured pupil . |
| 22 | As well as the nastiness being endlessly stirred up by her mother , who whispered lies about him , saying he only wanted Sien for the posing and would drop her back in the gutter when he was done , there was Sien 's wretched pimp of a brother to contend with . |
| 23 | When he divorced a wife he would set her up in a house of her own with her children ; and as his twenty-seven sons came to maturity he directed them into various different occupations , to ensure a spread of enterprise which would be useful to all of them . |
| 24 | But behind her is a galley that can burn her down to the waterline , and beside her is Crackbene with a genius for sailing and guns he has hardly used yet . |
| 25 | Well she she used to drink tea when she if I ever well I did n't invite her in for a coffee do , well I did n't to begin with did I ? |
| 26 | ‘ Could you not take her up to the castle , sir ? ’ |
| 27 | Her husband Sid would recognize the warning signs when she turned pale and became anxious , and he would take her out of the room before she passed out . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | And I said oh that 's right , he said and I , I 'd come up and see her the first we 'll either take her out for a drink afterwards , I thought that does n't seemed to mix in one glass , and I going to a pub because she 's , but there you are , and she so 's erm , can I bet you 'll stay a bit , she said oh , I think December is your like it to be , well obviously it 's getting him settled you must n't over , she must off pushed him and then he 's said erm , I , I 've told mum and dad that if they want to go as well , they can go . |
| 30 | He wo n't take her out for a meal . |