Example sentences of "him to her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pilade came stumbling out to greet her and she clung to him , crushing him to her and stroking his hair and crooning to him . |
| 2 | ‘ Edward came to Corfe from a hunt , and while his attendants were seeing to the dogs she allured him to her with female blandishment and made him lean forward . ’ |
| 3 | And that , she thought in satisfaction , would surely bind him to her forever . |
| 4 | Ironic — it was I who first introduced him to her . |
| 5 | Joan had met Sir James Tyrell — the constable who had replaced Brackenbury — and she had found him pleasant enough when Alianor had presented him to her . |
| 6 | Story-telling is considered a part of a woman 's magical repertoire — a device she can use to affect the listener , melting his heart , distracting him or binding him to her as the occasion demands . |
| 7 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 8 | In the decaying ward of an AIDS hospital , she picked up a dying seven-year-old boy and cuddled him to her . |
| 9 | That means he thought Maureen was his mother , so I gave him to her . |
| 10 | Her father would joke about him to her when he 'd had a drink over much : ‘ Ready-made son you 've got now then , daughter , is it ? ’ he 'd say . |
| 11 | His mother came in , fell on her knees in front of him and pressed him to her ; She was gasping and shuddering . |
| 12 | She felt that her heart would burst with the ache of love , and searched in her mind for words that would bind him to her and bring him back . |
| 13 | When the waiter came , Andre1e referred him to her . |
| 14 | She hugged him to her , stayed by his side , let him speak when he wanted to speak , held him when he cried . |
| 15 | She also told him that it was prayer that had brought him to her . |
| 16 | His enthusiasm carried him to her . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'll make it a quick wash then , shall we ? ’ she asked , kissing his warm round face and pressing him to her . |
| 18 | She wanted to reach out and hold him to her , to draw him close and comfort him , but it was too late now . |
| 19 | Mrs Sowerby put her arms round him and held him to her . |
| 20 | She was n't skilled enough and a tram ride lost him to her . |
| 21 | Her voice led him to her . |
| 22 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 23 | She rushed over to him , gathered him in her arms and held him to her . |
| 24 | Then , only a beat later it seemed to him , shame and anger raced back to take possession of him again , and so overcome by these conflicting feelings was he that he had no consciousness of her in all this , until he became aware , to his surprise , that she was shaking him out of his stupor , bringing him to her again with her mouth and her hands . |
| 25 | She took up her child and clutched him to her , for his frail , warm , sleeping form seemed to put up a shield between her and the falling ashes around them . |
| 26 | She did n't want to tie him to her with obligations . |
| 27 | The lines of experience were marked on her face and although she still had all the exuberant charm which had drawn him to her in the first place , he thought she looked older than he knew her to be . |
| 28 | This was to be her special torture then : just when she had discovered what a selfish , callous , calculating person Mark was , everybody was going to try and sell him to her . |
| 29 | She pulled him to her and held him as though he were a child , kissing away his frown . |
| 30 | She 'd wanted to press him to her and to stroke the thin , vulnerable nape of his neck . |