Example sentences of "he [verb] her [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But he laid her down on the horsehair sofa , and said Mrs Patten would not be in yet , and there was time ; and time there was , and what had happened last night was repeated , once and then again , until she , flushed and dishevelled , pulled down her dress , and said ‘ She is coming . |
| 2 | He pinned her down at the CI5 computer centre , and over the phone briefly explained what he and Doyle needed of her . |
| 3 | But beneath it she understood , accepted , found it far easier to hate him , when he fought her back to the bed , than to ignore him ; the bitings and scratchings of anger coming near enough to passion so that when he entered her again she found it possible , in her loathing , her detestation , her bitter resentment , to wrap her own strong , hard limbs about him in a grip designed to wound and crush him but which could also excite . |
| 4 | He nodded , and reaching out for her hand , he led her through into the sitting-room and sat down with her on the settee opposite the picture . |
| 5 | He led her up to the bedrooms , the floors and stairs wooden , fans whirring overhead in the steamy heat , mosquito netting over every door and window . |
| 6 | Still gripping her wrist , he led her over to the French windows . |
| 7 | After he had taken two large brandies , very fast ( too fast for what looked like a very fine marque ) , he led her over to the sofa and sitting beside her , put his arm around her . |
| 8 | Still offering no explanation , he led her down to the riverbank and then the rest of the way back to the centre . |
| 9 | He led her back into the lounge and steered her to her chair . |
| 10 | He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest . |
| 11 | But his reaction was difficult to define because he merely gave a small shrug and , taking Lucy 's hand , he led her back along the path , where the darkness continued to be broken by the moon 's rays filtering through the trees . |
| 12 | He led her out into the huge marble-floored foyer . |
| 13 | ‘ There are two sides to our operation , ’ he had explained , when he led her out of the office block and across a bleak enclosed courtyard , where footsteps had scored a diagonal path through the snow , towards a high windowless wall of corrugated iron . |
| 14 | He led her out of the bedroom and onto the terrace where Victoria was waiting . |
| 15 | When he got her on to the pavement , she sagged against the school wall and would not move . |
| 16 | He propelled her over to the sink and turned on the cold tap , holding her hand beneath it . |
| 17 | Belov brought her some broth about an hour later , and he helped her up to the bowl . |
| 18 | She was shivering against him , and he helped her back to the fire and bundled her in his own bedroll ; but she kept her arms about him . |
| 19 | ‘ Nico , ’ she 'd sigh , as he drew her down to the sand , ‘ my Nico . ’ |
| 20 | He bore her down to the carpet , his face hard against hers , one hand pulling up her skirts , and when she still struggled struck her a blow which left her half stunned on the floor , for him to do as he would with her . |
| 21 | He shouts her out into the street for a harlot . |
| 22 | She wound her arms around his neck , eagerly accepting his heated kisses until he lifted her on to the bed and came down on top of her , covering her and dominating her . |
| 23 | His hands closed around her waist , and without effort he lifted her on to the poolside , and flipped himself easily out beside her . |
| 24 | Like a game-cock in arrogance , he lifted her back across the dividing space and pulling away the collar of her , inevitably musquash , fur coat , he dropped his mouth low on the back of her neck , drawing kisses to and fro and nibbling gently across it . |
| 25 | He lifted her down from the train , kissed her swiftly , then began to lead her towards the taxi rank . |
| 26 | He had the bottles placed under his bed , and when the ward sister tried to interfere he fended her off with the crook while he produced medical certificates , all signed by army doctors , stating his need for regular supplies of the stuff . |
| 27 | All magicians can be tested by laughter because corruption can not stand mockery ; and when his daughter laughed at him he drove her out into the wilderness , and she lived in the wilderness with the wild beasts and angels ministered to her . |
| 28 | Giving her the full length of the halter , he allowed her down to the bank , to drink her fill from the water . |
| 29 | Spotting the two journalists huddled together in conspiratorial conversation a few yards away , he hauled her off in the opposite direction . |
| 30 | He threw her on to the bed , his face red with rage . |