Example sentences of "she [to-vb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So eager was she to experience another session of past-life regression that she was fifteen minutes early for her appointment ! |
| 2 | How was she to get that money ? |
| 3 | It was gratifying to her to see that woman taken down a peg . |
| 4 | Another thought struck her — the farmhouse he 'd taken her to see that morning … could he have gone there ? |
| 5 | we 're taking her to see that property and er have a look around and see if there 's any more . |
| 6 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 7 | I phoned Annie and asked her to cancel both performances today , and those on Monday and Tuesday . |
| 8 | I told her to cancel those flowers . ’ |
| 9 | How terrible it must be for her to attend this service for Mrs Wright whose baby had survived and while the Padre was speaking the Collector accompanied his words with a silent , sympathetic prayer for Mrs Bennett : " O God , whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful , who makest nothing in vain , and lovest all that thou hast made , Comfort this thy servant whose heart is sore smitten and oppressed … " but the rest of the prayer was no longer in his mind , stolen no doubt by the foxes of despair that continued to raid his beliefs … in any case , it faded into a mournful reverie in which he sought an explanation for the death of Mrs Bennett 's child . |
| 10 | Her eyes blinded by scalding tears , Isabel stumbled after fitzAlan , the punishing pace he set almost causing her to fall several times , only his vice-like grip on her arm keeping her upright . |
| 11 | There had been no need for her to write that letter . |
| 12 | If he considered it necessary for her to know such things , did that mean she was remaining on board after today ? |
| 13 | I had never been able to persuade her to accept any money for her kindness and tried to reciprocate by doing any small repairs she needed to her flat , and by supplying occasional tickets for the theatre , for the tennis at Wimbledon , and for the races at Epsom . |
| 14 | I would so like her to find some relief . |
| 15 | But the Department has told her to destroy all copies , return the original and warned that further action could be taken if she ignores the advice . |
| 16 | Lucy went — and as she walked back to the office she wondered what had got into her to cause such unruliness of her tongue and to bring her claws to the surface . |
| 17 | Her face went blank , but this time Guy saw the effort it cost her to regain that air of remote calm , and her eyes still held a mute appeal that stabbed him to the heart . |
| 18 | What on earth had possessed her to volunteer that information ? she wondered numbly . |
| 19 | I told her to buy this island . |
| 20 | An allowance from her father over and above her paltry salary enabled her to buy these commodities whenever , and indeed wherever , they were available . |
| 21 | Clothes were irrelevant … only flesh mattered to her where Damian was concerned , because she did not just want the hard , ambitious chairman of the board , but the man of flesh and blood whom she loved more powerfully than she could put into words , and only the silent communication of their bodies allowed her to express that love … |
| 22 | If I , as a subordinate , recognize that authority to control resources in my boss and , on that basis , allow him or her to exercise that authority , then my boss has power based on a position in the hierarchy . |
| 23 | It would be just like her to expect some recompense for whoever caused the crash . |
| 24 | Miss Ellis writes cleverly and without wasting words , and her tale of Lili whose father is Egyptian and whose mother English , and whose own nature allows her to assume either nationality as the whim takes her , can be said to be compact and readable . |
| 25 | Had he produced a no-hoper , the pressure on her to quit this summer would have started growing on Tuesday evening . |
| 26 | ‘ Anyway , to make extra sure , you get yourself round to Bella 's tomorrow morning , ’ said Simon , ‘ and get her to put that money in the bank . ’ |
| 27 | Tell her to put that football down . |
| 28 | Despite the call of duty , and the deep warm affection she had for her cousin 's little girls , every instinct Laura possessed was overwhelmingly urging her to leave this vehicle ; to put as great a distance between herself and Ross as she possibly could . |
| 29 | Why had she felt so — so vulnerable , so edgy with him , that , when Cara was so desperate for her to do that interview , she had by her uppity manner just about said goodbye to all chance of that . |
| 30 | What probably happened was that she suddenly decided the time was right for her to do some publicity and she had something to talk about , her book , Elizabeth Takes off . |