Example sentences of "he could [verb] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had always resented Luke , and feared the way he made her feel — because she must have sensed from the beginning the power he could and did have over her ; because he had deprived her of himself when he had had her dismissed from that very first job back in South Africa ; because something had led him to misjudge and despise her , and he was unable to see the truth ; because she had always known that he could break her heart … |
| 2 | He could tell her face to face how sorry he was for the incident of the previous night . |
| 3 | When he could smell her perfume and hear the soft rustle of her skirt , he closed the door fully and held his breath . |
| 4 | He could smell her fear . |
| 5 | Marc demanded savagely , dragging her chin up so that he could analyse her reaction . |
| 6 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 7 | He had n't been thinking anything of the sort and last night he had only suggested he could settle her business for her with a phone call to the manager , whom he knew well , because he wanted to take her out today instead of waiting outside hotels for her . |
| 8 | His fingers met the soft , masking texture of cloth , but beneath them he could feel her warmth , the firm softness of her sex . |
| 9 | He could feel her heart pounding . |
| 10 | Her lips were parted and he could feel her heartbeat against his chest . |
| 11 | He could feel her breath against his face . |
| 12 | She was peering over his shoulder , he could feel her breath on his neck , warm and then nothing , warm and then nothing . |
| 13 | She saw him scowl darkly as he scanned the page , and wondered for a few moments if perhaps , although he could speak her tongue almost as if he 'd been born in her country , he did not read English so well . |
| 14 | He could sense her nervousness and paused deliberately to light a cigarette , as he ambled casually towards her . |
| 15 | He could sense her fear . |
| 16 | She hesitated and he could sense her reluctance to continue . |
| 17 | She had broken the law unwittingly , but still she had broken it , and if Jake was really determined he could make her pay for it . |
| 18 | Might there be a chance that if he went back to England , he could make her care for him ? |
| 19 | And in daylight too , ’ he teased as though he could read her mind and know that never before had she been so uninhibited . |
| 20 | Once again he was ignoring Mitch and she felt he could read her mind . |
| 21 | Again she wondered if he could read her mind . |
| 22 | His hands left her shoulders as he breathed a sigh of relief , and his gaze locked with hers as if he could read her soul in its depth . |
| 23 | She gave a little whimper of denial , her flat fists pushing against his chest , but he had moved his hand behind her head and was pressing her against him , forcing her lips apart so that he could savage her mouth with his tongue . |
| 24 | The head girl , Nikki Carmichael , who is 18 and will be participating tomorrow in the poll proper , thought he was marvellous and said he could have her vote any time . |
| 25 | Mrs Fort , of Dagenham , Essex , died last year , five days after being punched and kicked by a boy who knocked on her door asking if he could search her garden for a lost football . |
| 26 | He could see her shape through the frosted half-glass ; he did n't think that she 'd be able to see him but he stayed close to the wall , just in case . |
| 27 | He could see her lip trembling and hoped she would not cry in public again . |
| 28 | From the front door he could see her walking along the road past the graveyard with three of her friends , their heavy skirts swinging . |
| 29 | He could see her face in the mirror . |
| 30 | She tried to slip free , but he moved round so that he could see her face more clearly . |