Example sentences of "she [vb past] him [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead she made him stop in the next street ; she did n't want Uncle Vernon storming up the basement steps and putting his oar in . |
| 2 | When Tallis went quickly to the long-house , where Wynne-Jones had gone for extra safety , she found him huddled in a corner , shaking violently , his body wrapped in skins and his bird-feather cloak . |
| 3 | She found him standing in front of the fireplace , his eyes fixed on the clock . |
| 4 | She found him lying in a pool of blood in his cot . |
| 5 | So then she cut through the dining room and into the lounge , where she found him sitting in front of the big Sony TV . |
| 6 | She let him go in alone to break the news to Chris . |
| 7 | She imagined him standing in some white-tiled institutional lavatory , suffering from nervous nausea . |
| 8 | Two days later she allowed him to stand in her stable while she ate . |
| 9 | ’ She sensed him draw in his breath with great effort . |
| 10 | She heard him draw in breath sharply , but he made no other sound . |
| 11 | She heard him shriek in agony as the blade pierced it , cutting through the web of skin between his thumb and index finger . |
| 12 | Then she heard him say in Spanish , ‘ You want to meet her again ? ’ |
| 13 | She watched him sprawl in a cane chair on the terrace , light a cigar , and pick up a book , uncaring of the many and varied insects homing in on the light above him . |
| 14 | She watched him undress in the easy manner of a long-standing husband before his wife . |
| 15 | A tantalising wriggle freed her magnificent breasts , and she saw him gawk in wonder at the delicately rounded snow-white globes . |
| 16 | She saw him draw in his breath as he drank in her youthful beauty . |
| 17 | She smiled when she saw him attired in Norfolk jacket and cords — his idea of how the conqueror would dress . |
| 18 | On the morning she saw him standing in the body of the church , dark as a gypsy in his morning suit . |
| 19 | Hovering long enough to make sure it was n't for her , she left him talking in clipped , terse monosyllables and slipped away quietly to her bedroom , trying to suppress her curiosity about the caller . |
| 20 | He was n't to know the truth , and yet , against all reason , she wanted him to believe in her innocence . |