Example sentences of "she [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ought she to put a chair under the handle ? |
| 2 | He wrote to Mary admitting the ‘ ardent attachment ’ he had so long felt for her , and asked her to confirm a rumour that she too was now engaged . |
| 3 | I had arranged for her to see a specialist , and he told me the condition was irreversible , that she would never lose her sight completely but that she would be almost totally blind within a year . |
| 4 | Maybe he should tell her to see a doctor . |
| 5 | Perhaps he should persuade her to see a doctor . |
| 6 | She moved abroad but kept in touch and eventually we persuaded her to see a doctor . |
| 7 | I think you should take her to see a doctor . |
| 8 | It was just possible for her to see a suggestion of light at the spy hole , set like a marble in the wall . |
| 9 | Lady Onslow befriended Littlejohn , who lost little time in asking her to arrange a meeting between a Government minister and his brother Kenneth , who , he said , had some important intelligence about the IRA to pass on . |
| 10 | If you live in or are visiting the Bristol area , ring her to arrange a demonstration or for more information about the program . |
| 11 | Taking that principle as a starting point , an attempt was made in Belfast to assign to the fieldworker a clear social identity which allowed him or her to claim a role in the community . |
| 12 | She is weak for lack of good food , she has plainly suffered from rickets , her body is not yet sufficiently mature for her to carry a child successfully to term , and on top of all that her baby is coming in quite the wrong fashion . |
| 13 | It was unlike her to miss a heart condition in a special patient . |
| 14 | That was the result of her sleeping badly on the ‘ plane , and was serious enough for her to wear a neck scarf during her week of practice , but it caused no problems once the competition began . |
| 15 | She was dry by day and night but insisted that her mother put on her nappy for her to pass a motion . |
| 16 | I gave her a rope , and told her to catch a horse and join the others who were cut off from the camp . |
| 17 | ‘ I told her to write a message and I would see it was sent . ’ |
| 18 | This causes her to write a letter to God , asking for a sign , because she can not understand what has happened . |
| 19 | Perhaps it was because she knew Lord C would extract a high price from her to grant a favour . |
| 20 | I hope she wo n't relent , for there can be life after divorce and it would be great for her to find a man who would value her and be faithful . |
| 21 | It was , doubtless , agreeable for Mary Smith to become more Mary Smith , but that process did not enable her to find a job or make a living . |
| 22 | Some widows who have been moderate social drinkers begin to drink more during bereavement , in order to take the edge off their emotional pain ; but this of course creates more problems than it ever solves , so you should never encourage your elderly parent to start taking ‘ tonic ’ wine for her ‘ nerves ’ or a tot of whisky at night to help her to sleep , for you may be helping her to establish a habit that can easily get out of control and become very hard to break . |
| 23 | Doyle chuckled then left her to serve a customer . |
| 24 | I helped her to choose a dress . |
| 25 | Esther , at the end of the meal , expressed her satisfaction with her new companions by inviting them to go with her to visit a friend already attending the college , an Old Girl of her school . |
| 26 | This time she made sure Maggie ate the meat and the pie herself , and forced her to drink a cupful of milk . |
| 27 | The next day George had seen his mother forcing her to drink a cup of cold tea full of Epsom salts to help her get rid of the milk in her breasts . |
| 28 | ‘ And I suppose that you will inform me that you instructed her to drink a cup with you , as well , ’ said Matey drily . |
| 29 | ‘ I contacted a Chinese professor at Birmingham University who recommended Dr Hao Ri-Fang and I invited her to open a clinic here . ’ |
| 30 | Joëlle Pesnel , you may recall , gained the trust of the rich heiress Suzanne de Canson and persuaded her to sell a number of works from her collection . |