Example sentences of "to [pers pn] and [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | McIllvanney turned back to me and dropped his voice very slightly . |
| 2 | He came to me and put his arms round me and said , " I 'm terribly glad , " and from the simple way he said it I knew that against all the evidence he had believed me , perhaps because he wanted to . |
| 3 | The dressing-gown stomps up to me and jabs his shotgun against my chest . |
| 4 | Here she raised her square white face up to his and sought his eyes . |
| 5 | ‘ You see , Saul , how opportune has been your return ! ’ beamed Araminta , coming up to him and taking his flaccid hand between both her own . |
| 6 | Sergeant Bird nodded to him and began his own tour of the premises . |
| 7 | ‘ No , ’ said Philip , coming up to him and holding his hand out for the gun . |
| 8 | Eileen Simpson , who was then married to the poet John Berryman , was introduced to him and recalled his elaborate courteousness : " His manner was as formal as his dress … |
| 9 | I ran up to him and took his hand in mine . |
| 10 | Bigwig , still trailing his horrible , smooth peg , staggered up to him and touched his nose with his own . |
| 11 | She moved close to him and touched his cheek . |
| 12 | Tod pumped more stuffout to him and increased his float . |
| 13 | Roman held her closely to him and rested his face against hers . |
| 14 | Noticing that his younger brother himself was shivering , Dong , who was taller than the average Annamese , inched his long , thin body closer to him and put his arm around his shoulders . |
| 15 | Maggie crooned to him and stroked his head . |
| 16 | He spent four hours with the therapist who administered it to him and supervised his acid trip , and he remained under a structured hallucinatory influence for a further five hours at home . |
| 17 | She hurried over to him and loosened his collar . |
| 18 | Why did n't the bloody polis get on to him and clear his place out ? |
| 19 | She rushed to him and cradled his head in her arms . |
| 20 | Pilade came stumbling out to greet her and she clung to him , crushing him to her and stroking his hair and crooning to him . |
| 21 | By the way , Mrs Pargeter — ’ He moved closer to her and lowered his voice ; she got a whiff of Imperial Leather and small cigars . |
| 22 | There was sufficient moonlight for Dolly to see the two ‘ pals ’ reeling about the lane as Seb raised his head to speak to her and upset his balance . |
| 23 | As he came into the room , he realised that she was crying quietly , and he went up to her and put his arms around her as tightly and as reassuringly as possible . |
| 24 | He went to her and put his arm round her shoulders , dimly aware that he might have hurried her but still convinced that she longed for his comfort and protection . |
| 25 | He climbed into the driving position next to her and jerked his thumb backwards . |
| 26 | He walked over to her and placed his hands on her shoulders . |
| 27 | He went over to her and placed his hand on the small of her back , running his fingers down the smooth channel that ended in the tight hole of her anus , feeling her shudder at his touch . |
| 28 | Safer to close his eyes and his mind to her and give his entire concentration to the matter in hand ; a resolution to which he firmly held , even when , after a tumultuous welcome at Brighouse — the nearest railway station to Frizingley — he was escorted , with an appropriate accompaniment of banners and Chartist hymns , to a lodging-house at the top of St Jude 's street where the landlady , Mrs Sairellen Thackray , had offered to accommodate him free of charge . |
| 29 | He walked down to it and put his eye to a hole in the wood . |
| 30 | He went over to it and jerked his head impatiently when she did n't immediately follow him . |