Example sentences of "she [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She comes up here , throws herself at a man who may or may not be her brother , but who is undoubtedly mixed up in a very unsavoury episode in his country 's history , lets him persuade her to fool around with a very dangerous drug … |
| 2 | So I started to write a variation on the first bar and told her to go on in the same way and to keep to the idea . |
| 3 | They all turned towards her when she entered and way was made for her to go up to the counter . |
| 4 | When the baby cries a lot , and Lesley gets angry with her , I tell her to go off for an hour and I 'll look after her . |
| 5 | Jennifer remembered Tristram 's face grinning through the wall , and the firm warm clasp of his hand as he reached through to her ; she remembered a night when the moonlight was like mercury on the trees — and she remembered her own sudden cry of love and joy , which Mrs Prynn had thought was the deadly shriek of a mandrake and which had caused her to go down to the lower scullery to see if Jennifer was safe . |
| 6 | He wanted her to go down to the river with him . |
| 7 | After a long session trying on clothes , she was walking out with her purchases when a man tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to go back into the shop . |
| 8 | Go to a hairdresser , ask him or her to come up with a style that suits you , your hair , your lifestyle , and emerge looking and feeling great . |
| 9 | She has the rare gift of being able to take a joke against herself , and her command of words and easy rapport enable her to come up with a quick response to most situations . |
| 10 | Rachel asked her to come back after the show , when someone would take her to her sister 's lodgings . ’ |
| 11 | In MAKING IT BETTER , the improbably , coolly glamorous Jane Asher plays Diana Harrington , half of a couple who work for the BBC and have sex problems : her husband of 20 years tells her he is leaving her to set up as an homosexual , an announcement which seems to disturb her less than a wheel clamp . |
| 12 | But we want her to grow up with a positive attitude . |
| 13 | Fran turned off the shower and wrapped a huge fluffy towel around her to walk back into the bedroom — then came to an abrupt halt when she found Luke standing by the door . |
| 14 | He turned his back on her to look out of the window . |
| 15 | For one moment he hesitated , provoking her to give in to the gentle malice which settled inside her . |
| 16 | She had a neat , methodical mind and it pleased her to hunt around for an odd half-hour or so to fill with planting lettuces or doing the mending . |
| 17 | When Nora came she would get her to run up to the flat and root out that paste thing she 'd once bought on a whim at Selfridges . |
| 18 | At the Queen Street entrance she caught a glimpse of a red-clad figure running as fast as her legs would carry her to keep up with the woman who was taking her away . |
| 19 | ITN reporter Nicholson said : ‘ We want her to settle in like a normal British schoolgirl . ’ |
| 20 | It has become agony for her to live up to the manufactured image of America 's favourite grandmother . |
| 21 | The man 's story was that she had told him she did not feel at all well , and he had told her to lie down on the sofa in the living room . |
| 22 | ‘ The notion of tragedy did n't enter my head , ’ she protested , ‘ but it did seem odd for her to break off in the middle of a phone call like that . ’ |
| 23 | He must expect her to get up off the bed and kiss his cheek , say good-night , see you in the morning , go out quickly and close the door behind her . |
| 24 | Maybe there was some difficulty about Lilian 's dress or he was waiting for her to get back from the hairdresser 's . |
| 25 | We told them she was losing the baby , but they thought it was just a scam for her to get out of the cell . |
| 26 | I do n't want her to end up with the sort of empty life I 've got to look forward to . |
| 27 | A GIRL aged 14 has already won a temporary court order allowing her to move out of the family home in Guildford , Surrey . |
| 28 | He could hear her hairdryer , almost as hard on his nerves as a dentist 's drill ; it had ruined three attempts to get the message down already , but he did n't want to ask her to lay off for a while in case the uneasy peace was threatened yet again . |
| 29 | It was n't crucial at this stage to get her to step on to the glove repeatedly ; it was more important for her to develop the right attitude to the whole process . |
| 30 | It is this conviction that led her to team up with the Plenary Foundation for Uruguayan Women to launch a multi-media project on the subject of women , mental health and sexuality . |