Example sentences of "she [verb] [subord] he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's only one bed made up , ’ she whispered as he carried her up the stairs . |
| 2 | ‘ I love him , Peter , ’ she whispered when he came back to the bedside with a glass of water . |
| 3 | As he prodded around all the dreamy romantic feelings she experienced when he kissed her disappeared and all she could think of was when would he stop , and could n't he please just hold her again , very close , with the firm bulge of his body against her , far more erotic through several layers of clothes than his scratching , poking finger . |
| 4 | She read while he talked . |
| 5 | With Dennis she made the mistake of saying where she lived before he did . |
| 6 | She realized as he started to load the projector that he probably did n't have many people to talk to . |
| 7 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
| 8 | ‘ What did you tell Marianne you were doing tonight ? ’ she asked as he returned with the drinks . |
| 9 | ‘ Where are we going now ? ’ she asked as he swung the car back into the main street . |
| 10 | ‘ Late night ? ’ she asked as he sat down . |
| 11 | I bet she asked when he got back |
| 12 | He gave her some more champagne and she asked if he had children . |
| 13 | She asked if he had left the boardroom before or after the altercation with his wife at the party . |
| 14 | She asked if he knew a ‘ vile jacobin villain ’ who had led astray a young man from her parish called Burnett . |
| 15 | She trembled as he stared straight at her , and not with the cold . |
| 16 | He made toys that parodied her innocent amusements and those of her brothers and she trembled when he raised his leonine voice . |
| 17 | ‘ Why , thank you ! ’ she exclaimed as he laid the plate before her . |
| 18 | Answer me ! ’ she shouted when he did n't say anything . |
| 19 | She rose as he came towards her . |
| 20 | She moved when he came in , her shoulders sliding up the curved enamel , her breasts breaking the surface . |
| 21 | She stopped as he began to shake with suppressed laughter , then added indignantly , ‘ I 'm serious , Robert . |
| 22 | Do n't touch me ! ’ she added as he began to carefully straighten her leg and probe the flesh at the top of her boot . |
| 23 | After all , ’ she added as he looked back at her impassively , ‘ it accounts for only a fraction of your business interests . |
| 24 | ‘ It was good of you to get in touch with me , Simon , ’ she murmured as he hooked down the loft-ladder and she followed him up into the roof space . |
| 25 | Would she do as he wanted ? |
| 26 | ‘ How — er — how did you know that I lived here ? ’ she muttered as he led her inside the lift , reaching across to push the correct floor button . |
| 27 | She turned as he reached her , hardly out of breath after his steep climb . |
| 28 | She shrieked when he went near her with the scissors , and had to be held down by the nurse so that he could take off about twelve inches of her golden curls . |
| 29 | She sighed as he kissed her again . |
| 30 | Well , let me tell you that any reasonably proficient woman can fool a man into thinking — ow ! ’ she yelled as he grasped her shoulders in a painful grip . |