Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid it beside him , and stroked across the strings , conjuring forth a shimmer of silvery sound . |
| 2 | He hugged her to him and insisted that she had a drink on the house . |
| 3 | Then he hugged her to him , feeling her warmth and softness , the length of her thighs against his , the muscles of her back under his palms , the satin of her neck at his mouth . |
| 4 | He passed it to her and she examined it briefly . |
| 5 | ‘ Why would your son want Sleet when , if he sold it to me , he could have anything he wanted ? |
| 6 | He sold , he sold it to them in the end . |
| 7 | He met her on it . |
| 8 | He shared it with us . ’ |
| 9 | So you could say he recommended you to us ? |
| 10 | Why he asked her about it I could n't tell you . |
| 11 | He led her to it and was delighted to find that she accepted the lair at once . |
| 12 | He got you into it . |
| 13 | I saw that Mrs Fairfax approved of my correct behaviour , and I knew that he respected me for it . |
| 14 | I ca n't read , but I took it to the priest and he read it to me . ’ |
| 15 | She seemed annoyed about this : ‘ But he went on his rounds earlier than he should have done , see , and so he found her before me . |
| 16 | When he looked up at her , he found her regarding him with a troubled frown over the rim of her coffee cup . |
| 17 | Before she 'd begun to swing up a knee into his groin he jerked her towards him . |
| 18 | He jerked her to him . |
| 19 | She said his name helplessly and he impelled her towards him , capturing her mouth with his , kissing her hungrily and intimately , and she moved urgently against him as his hands explored her body . |
| 20 | When he let her off it had happened that simply and her world had never been the same again . |
| 21 | When Luke moved her back towards one of the couches , she complied mindlessly , letting him pull her down with him and turning in towards him as he drew her across him , supporting her with one arm while his free hand curved round her , instinct or experience guiding him to the concealed zip of her simple dress . |
| 22 | Taking his curtain calls after a successful speech , he drew her to him by the hand and entwined his arms with hers until she gently shook him off , whereupon he enjoyed his triumph for a while manfully alone , until he again resorted to his wife Glenys , going to fetch her , leading her again by the hand , and holding her by the waist . |
| 23 | He drew her to him , so that her head was near his waist , in a stiff sort of way because she did not give in to the embrace . |
| 24 | He drew her to him . |
| 25 | He drew her to him , his blue eyes searching her face intently . |
| 26 | He drew her to him , and she went gladly . |
| 27 | He drew her towards him and planted an affectionate kiss on her forehead . |
| 28 | Suddenly he drew her towards him and kissed her . |
| 29 | His hand cupped her face possessively as he drew her towards him . |
| 30 | Instead , his arm tightened round her as he drew her towards him . |