Example sentences of "she [verb] him [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edouard , moved by her words , lifted his hand gently to touch her arm and , to his horror , she flinched as if she expected him to hit her . |
| 2 | She could n't finish because that would be pushy if she admitted she expected him to ask her to stay with him as he had done once before . |
| 3 | She expected him to protect her . |
| 4 | She made him do it . ’ |
| 5 | Philip would go this morning to his source for such things , talk it over ; if one was available , did she want him to buy it , and if so , did she have the money ? |
| 6 | She asked him to teach her the trick , but he said that she was not ready yet . |
| 7 | She asked him to test her on fielding positions , and he marked out on the sand the two sets of stumps and the ten fielding positions around them . |
| 8 | He beat his drum under her window and she asked him to give her a rose . |
| 9 | She was afraid he would ask her about herself and to forestall this she asked him to tell her about his training and what he hoped for in the future . |
| 10 | ‘ She wants him to ask her to get married and he wants her to give up her job , which is the only thing she 's ever wanted to do . |
| 11 | ‘ She wants him to marry me , because he is her friend — her lover , perhaps ! |
| 12 | It never was when she invited him to meet her at the flat ; she was keeping him and Stock out of each other 's way . |
| 13 | She invited him to follow her , and the officer took the unusual course of agreeing . |
| 14 | She invited him to cover it up with a paper bag but he snapped the band round the back of his head and ran off into the street , an elephant ramping above the collar of his jersey , his new trunk bobbing . |
| 15 | Leonora whirled round , flushing as she found him watching her from the doorway . |
| 16 | It protested at once , so she let him carry her to the living-room . |
| 17 | She let him give her a hug , kissed him lightly . |
| 18 | She let him accompany her into the small lounge where the set was kept in segregation from the vocal and gregarious fishermen , and settle her in a comfortable chair , cheek by jowl with a single elderly lady , who seemed pleased to have company , and disposed to conversation . |
| 19 | She let him pass her , fifty yards to the east ; the temptation to shout was wrong but she waited until he was at the hedge . |
| 20 | She let him pour it for her while she threw another log on to the fire , smashing a cathedral of embers . |
| 21 | Like a zombie she let him lead her from Tivoli , allowed him to fasten the seatbelt of the Mercedes round her , followed him into the apartment , standing motionless while he switched on the soft wall lighting . |
| 22 | No , Caroline thought , as she let him lead her down to the ancient ground , no , it had n't . |
| 23 | But no , she let him tell her what to do — him that was the cause of it all — and what does he do but fix up for her to go and see this Dr Graham ? |
| 24 | She let him pick her up . |
| 25 | ‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed . |
| 26 | And she was so terrified she let him take me to — he said — the women 's hospital . |
| 27 | She let him drown her in the deep water , too weak even to raise her hands to cling to him . |
| 28 | She wanted to see him in loons ; she let him buy her those boots . |
| 29 | She let him help her down from the carriage and lead her inside a shop where there was a strong , pastoral smell of grain , and Sarah wrinkled up her nose to sniff it . |
| 30 | But she let him help her into a chair . |