Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] he [vb past] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told Spruce more or less what she 'd told the Archdeacon of her contact with Mrs Marr in London at St Sylvester 's Betterhouse mentioning Racy without revealing that he 'd phoned her on Sunday . |
| 2 | Seeing that he had frightened her , Mungo tried to soften the blow . |
| 3 | She shrugged casually , hating to spoil the impression of intimacy between herself and Piers by confessing that he had told her nothing . |
| 4 | It was raining and he decided to drop her outside the front door , sheltered as it was by the portico with two columns . |
| 5 | In fact , she was still lying where he had left her , in shock , bruised , wounded , and still trying to take it in when some minutes later , in the still of the night , she heard the outer door of the hotel suite close . |
| 6 | Maria met Cavell 's watchful sapphire eyes and a furious resentment gripped her , felt on Cavell 's behalf almost as much as her own , because Luke could n't have spoken to her as he had earlier , openly stating that he intended to make her his mistress , if he had had any real regard for Cavell , or women in general , for that matter . |
| 7 | Christine was standing where he had left her . |
| 8 | When , sensing that he had left her alone in more ways than one , the woman asked him to come back to bed , he had not turned to look at her but instead remained silent a moment longer . |
| 9 | She was on the sofa , sitting as he 'd left her , arms wrapped round her knees . |