Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had dinner at a good restaurant round the corner and then I took her to Sammy 's Bowery Follies , a popular nostalgic show in lower Manhatten . |
| 2 | Then I told her about my Tante Frieda in the Great War , who found herself matching the curtains at an embassy party . |
| 3 | Then I found her outside the kitchen door , crying , she 'd lost her shoes what with one thing and another and she was too ashamed to come back into the house . |
| 4 | Then she held her at arm 's length and frowned a little . |
| 5 | ‘ Then we told her about Steve being missing . |
| 6 | Then they carried her to a part of the banqueting hall where the flying bugs were no longer ankle deep . |
| 7 | Then they hit her like two separate blows . |
| 8 | Then he looked her in the eye . |
| 9 | Then he led her to his bed and let her sleep , childlike in her position as she sucked her thumb . |
| 10 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |
| 11 | Then he divested her of her stockings , tossing them into a shimmering heap on the floor . |
| 12 | Then he laid her on the bed and feasted his eyes on her , slender and seductive , totally naked except for the glowing ruby that flashed fire whenever she moved her hand . |
| 13 | Then he ignored her for the rest of the evening . |
| 14 | Then he took her into a long flat-roofed building like a small aircraft hangar . |
| 15 | But then he took her by surprise . |
| 16 | Then he lowered her to the ground and shifted over her , and for a second it was like it had been before and fear touched her , but then his lips came down and brushed her mouth , and she was lost . |
| 17 | Then he pinned her against the wall , took up a karate stance and began punching her in the breast and armpit . |
| 18 | Then he surprised her by asking , ‘ Just one thing bothers me . |
| 19 | Then he surprised her by smiling . |
| 20 | ‘ But then he got her into the trouble in the first place . |
| 21 | Then he hugged her to him , feeling her warmth and softness , the length of her thighs against his , the muscles of her back under his palms , the satin of her neck at his mouth . |
| 22 | ‘ Carissima , ’ he said in an urgent whisper , and then he swung her into his arms and his mouth dropped to hers , slanting across her lips with a hot , savage passion that drove the last bit of rational thought from her mind . |
| 23 | They passed through the hall again ; then he followed her across the lawn to where a rough wooden table was placed near the trunk of a large oak tree , to which was nailed an equally rough seat . |
| 24 | Then he disappointed her by saying he was checking whether it was possible for someone to go in and out unobserved , and how crowded it would be at that time of day . |
| 25 | Then he dumped her in a ditch beside the Denver to West Dereham road , just two miles from her home . |
| 26 | Then he disconcerted her by laughing again , but the sound was laced with a derision she found intolerable . |
| 27 | Then he drew her against himself and kissed her roughly . |
| 28 | Then he pulled her to him , and kissed her and this time stayed kissing her , and when she did not struggle , he pressed on , and went down to the ground with her and months of longing for her flooded him almost instantly , so that he had no time to swing with her long , cool firmness as he had dreamed of so often , but the instant release in contact with her swept away all his turbulence . |
| 29 | Then he pulled her towards him and asked her to give him a kiss , but she pulled away quickly when she saw Mum 's scowl . |
| 30 | And then he pulled her in close again and ravaged her neck so that Robyn shrieked aloud and knew all the while that she was falling deeper and deeper … |