Example sentences of "he [vb past] she [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Placing a hand on her shoulder , he led her to an ornate , gilded mirror hanging above the carved stone fireplace . |
| 2 | He stopped her with an impatient gesture . |
| 3 | He followed her with an easy stride , blocked her escape , looming very tall and dark above her . |
| 4 | Somewhere on another plane of existence she knew that he was pacing himself , tuning himself to her slower needs : that his tiny muted cries of painful frustration were evidence of his consideration as he aroused her to an aching , trembling plateau of desire . |
| 5 | He treated her like an incompetent subaltern . |
| 6 | He put her in an open boat , with no oars , at the mouth of the River Aberlessie which , the chronicle says , was called ‘ The Mouth of Stench ’ because of the thousands of rotting fish cast on the sands . |
| 7 | He promoted her to an unattainable pedestal , a figure swathed in deep purple , a princess . |
| 8 | He ushered her into an overheated wood-panelled lobby . |
| 9 | After that he greeted her like an old friend each morning ; she did n't mind , it was dull talking to Magnus who seldom listened , and he gave her protection from the intense political views of the Afghan 's owner . |