Example sentences of "he [coord] [vb past] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also lay down beside him and pressed their bodies against his to heat him . |
| 2 | Miranda faced him and schooled her features . |
| 3 | She eased away from him and unzipped his boots , tugging them off before sliding the leathers down over his long legs . |
| 4 | He caught hold of the two nearest him and knocked their heads together , kicked two more and grabbed the ringleaders . |
| 5 | Once again she leaned against him and felt his hands clasped at her back . |
| 6 | So , ‘ Goodnight , Ven , ’ she bade him for a third time , only this time she stretched up to him and touched her lips to his cheek . |
| 7 | Bosley and Hughes knelt on him and manacled his hands behind his back . |
| 8 | ‘ Here , ’ he said ( or some such generous word ) : I grabbed the bag from him and got my fingers round some dried fruit and stuffed into my mouth . |
| 9 | After you had arrested him and got his trousers on what did you do ? |
| 10 | Robyn glanced to where he pointed and then looked up at him and folded her arms . |
| 11 | The promising entrepreneur finds it very hard to compete with multinationals , which can always outproduce him and undercut his prices because of the very scale of their operations and capital . |
| 12 | She turned to face him and saw his glasses flash in the gloom . |
| 13 | She glanced at him and saw his shoulders shaking . |
| 14 | When the two truckers gave up their cursory attempt to find him and rejoined their companions , he advanced to the edge of the clearing to keep them under observation . |
| 15 | Eventually he got fed up and told them to stop bothering him and ignored their letters . |
| 16 | John pushed the plate away from him and stuck his thumbs in his braces . |
| 17 | They saw him and kicked their horses forward so Sharpe turned his tired mare northwards , and spurred her into a gallop . |
| 18 | But she resisted the urge to turn and glance at him and kept her eyes fixed straight ahead . |
| 19 | The Controller of the Silver Mines laid his arms on the table in front of him and clasped his hands together , sinking his head . |
| 20 | They were dazzled by him and shut their eyes . |
| 21 | Three-year-old Jacqueline ran at him and grasped his knees ; he put down his briefcase and lifted her in his arms , flattered by her attention . |
| 22 | I put his age at forty , but even among men twenty years younger he would have been accounted handsome , and he knew it , for his expression showed both confidence and amusement as he continued to hold Ellen 's hand , and he showed even more amusement when she suddenly realised just what liberty she was thus granting him and jerked her fingers swiftly away . |
| 23 | She had a terrible temper , and it always made him double up when she swore at him and clenched her fists . |
| 24 | As he got into bed she rolled over towards him and put her arms round him . |
| 25 | Mrs Danby went to him and put her arms on him . |
| 26 | Bunty 's death — lively , stupefyingly alluring Bunty who had stretched out her bare leg to him and put her fingertips on his lips — annulled by a group of people because a performance must go on ? |
| 27 | Danny Brady claimed damages after claiming he was unlawfully evicted by 6 men who threatened him and put his belongings on the street . |
| 28 | Ruth linked her arms around him and wrapped her legs around his . |
| 29 | She turned on her side away from him and closed her eyes . |
| 30 | She turned to him and closed her eyes , reaching for the back of his head , pulling his face closer . |