Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] her [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 2 | Now he leaves again — like he leaves her every few months . |
| 3 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 4 | If he told her the fence would be best in barbed wire she 'd believe him . |
| 5 | You know , she 's sworn to me she would n't have a Russian if he offered her a thousand quid . |
| 6 | If he offered her the use of one of his typewriters , she was done for . |
| 7 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 8 | Oh , her husband may chatter but I doubt if he gives her a blow by blow account of English activities in France . |
| 9 | His voice echoed indignation while he sent her a sharp glance . |
| 10 | At least she would n't have far to go home if the evening turned into an unmitigated disaster , with him weeping drunken tears and slobbering all over her shoes while he told her the sad story of his life . |
| 11 | Lear is evidently pleased with what Goneril has said , since he awards her a rich part of England , and moves on to the second movement , where again two daughters speak . |
| 12 | She pulled away and scrambled back to her side of the seat , but not before he gave her a knowing little smile . |
| 13 | ‘ OK , ’ he said , taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket . |
| 14 | Yet when he saw her the next day and attempted to speak to her she told him to leave her alone and ran off into the prop-room . |
| 15 | She had obviously forgiven him now for all those cruel but necessary things he had said when he dropped her the year before . |
| 16 | When he told her the truth it sounded like cruelty . |
| 17 | Blanche plugged in the electric kettle and spooned coffee into the percolator while she listened to the sergeant 's account of his afternoon , swearing softly when he told her the news from the forensic labs . |
| 18 | They had no level of communication at all , and a bus ride with him was an ordeal rather than a pleasure , for she had to rack her brains to reply to his remarks about the weather , the town 's football teams , the cinema , his headmaster , and so forth , but nevertheless when he wrote her a note saying : |
| 19 | Shae leaned against him , dizzied by the mental pictures he was creating , and when he kissed her the touch of his lips sent a scorching heat right through her . |
| 20 | Now , they smiled , standing with fingers entwined , bodies touching , and even when he left her the smile would remain and she would save her tears until his train was out of sight , trying not to think of the brave goodbye that might be their last . |
| 21 | You need some fresh air , he said to Dolly when he brought her a cup of tea , and he pulled the top window frame down a little . |
| 22 | When he brought her a whisky , mixed with lemon and sugar and hot water , she was in bed . |
| 23 | All the same it was hard to restrain her pleasure when he called her the following evening . |
| 24 | But when he handed her a cup of coffee and sat down opposite she saw that his face held the cool , ascetic look of a lawyer rather than the heated sensuality of a lover . |
| 25 | When he handed her the cocoa she looked up at him and said , ‘ Only three weeks to Christmas . |
| 26 | The advice sounded incomprehensible to her but when he handed her the phone receiver back , the car man said , ‘ OK , I 've got that . |
| 27 | The light above the front door was switched off , and a cleaner emerged from the theatre with a black plastic bag of rubbish and a broom , and began to brush the foyer , ignoring Jude — who was the last visible occupant — until he reached her , when he gave her a glance of such venom she decided to put up her umbrella and stand on the darkened step . |
| 28 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 29 | ‘ And that from an Aussie ? ’ she was startled into answering , then went pink when he gave her a look of what she could only describe as approval . |
| 30 | With a hard swift kiss , he levered himself upright and Hilary stared unashamedly at his magnificent body , then grinned cheekily when he gave her a wry look . |