Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] he [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 2 | And their shared taste for rich cake with coffee late at night restored her faith in their friendship a little , so that when he asked her about her family 's plans for Christmas she was able to answer in a relaxed and natural way . |
| 3 | So much so , that the foreman he sees it and and he commends her to , to Boaz his boss |
| 4 | He had picked her up half-conscious , and while he carried her to the hospital she had clung to him with a pitiful force . |
| 5 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 6 | Close to , she discovered , Pete smelled of carbolic soap , a dreadful turn-off , and when he kissed her in the dark it was so wet and sloppy she longed only to search for her handkerchief and wipe her mouth dry . |
| 7 | Not many women reach her years and have as much — for everything he can imagine her wanting he hastens to provide ; and it is bestowed as if she were a young and lovely creature at her first ball , and when he helps her down the stairs or into a taxi — for she is getting frail — he turns her into Gloriana . |
| 8 | Mrs Cullam did n't even look at him and when he asked her at what time her husband had come home on Friday night she said laconically , ‘ Quarter past eleven . ’ |
| 9 | All she knew was that Alain was there , holding her , kissing her , his caresses making her faint , and when he lifted her in his arms she curled against him , her lips trailing soft kisses against his strong neck . |
| 10 | She was aware of Mr Carson looking at her , and when he handed her into the carriage to sit beside Ruth she felt quite the lady . |
| 11 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
| 12 | She reached up to kiss him , and as he held her to him he was aware of her slender nakedness beneath the ivory silk robe . |
| 13 | She 's with a boy our age — a toy boy — and though he deserts her for young girls and even beats her up — she 's such a sucker for punishment , she goes back for more . |
| 14 | She accepted it as perhaps quite natural though when he escorted her inside the hotel and waited with her while she got her key . |
| 15 | He could command her responses as easily as though he held her in thrall , and that made her more than a little afraid . |