Example sentences of "he [verb] she [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throwing back its bearskin cover , he lowered her carefully to the mattress and stood looking down at her . |
| 2 | As he hugged her brusquely to him , she was aware of the tense muscles of his jawline against her cheek , and knew what an effort he was making to hold himself in check . |
| 3 | Rodney went up and Siobhan reached Tamara down to him and he passed her on to me . |
| 4 | But beneath it she understood , accepted , found it far easier to hate him , when he fought her back to the bed , than to ignore him ; the bitings and scratchings of anger coming near enough to passion so that when he entered her again she found it possible , in her loathing , her detestation , her bitter resentment , to wrap her own strong , hard limbs about him in a grip designed to wound and crush him but which could also excite . |
| 5 | He asked her out to lunch because he hoped that she had missed him . |
| 6 | Four days later he asked her out to dinner , and she walked home without her feet touching the pavement . |
| 7 | He led her upstairs to Rose 's room . |
| 8 | Apparently Richard thought so , too , for after a moment he led her away to the bar . |
| 9 | He led her up to the bedrooms , the floors and stairs wooden , fans whirring overhead in the steamy heat , mosquito netting over every door and window . |
| 10 | Still gripping her wrist , he led her over to the French windows . |
| 11 | After he had taken two large brandies , very fast ( too fast for what looked like a very fine marque ) , he led her over to the sofa and sitting beside her , put his arm around her . |
| 12 | Still offering no explanation , he led her down to the riverbank and then the rest of the way back to the centre . |
| 13 | He led her out to his car . |
| 14 | He led her gently to the sofa and sat down with her , holding her hand . |
| 15 | When he got her on to the pavement , she sagged against the school wall and would not move . |
| 16 | He propelled her over to the sink and turned on the cold tap , holding her hand beneath it . |
| 17 | Belov brought her some broth about an hour later , and he helped her up to the bowl . |
| 18 | She was shivering against him , and he helped her back to the fire and bundled her in his own bedroll ; but she kept her arms about him . |
| 19 | With a tiny sigh she crossed the room towards him and he drew her on to his lap , his arms tight about her . |
| 20 | ‘ Nico , ’ she 'd sigh , as he drew her down to the sand , ‘ my Nico . ’ |
| 21 | He bore her down to the carpet , his face hard against hers , one hand pulling up her skirts , and when she still struggled struck her a blow which left her half stunned on the floor , for him to do as he would with her . |
| 22 | Levering himself up to sit back on his heels and pulling her easily with him , he lifted her on to his lap , so that she found herself straddling him , her naked breasts pressed against the sensuous roughness of his chest , with only thin swimming costumes protecting her from ultimate intimacy . |
| 23 | She wound her arms around his neck , eagerly accepting his heated kisses until he lifted her on to the bed and came down on top of her , covering her and dominating her . |
| 24 | His hands closed around her waist , and without effort he lifted her on to the poolside , and flipped himself easily out beside her . |
| 25 | He told her not to be silly . " |
| 26 | Taxi driver Alan Macdonald was so enraged by Linda 's story that he drove her straight to the Daily Mirror . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're a bit quiet , ’ said Meredith as he drove her back to Rose Cottage that evening . |
| 28 | He drove her back to Greystones , still talking fluently of things that mattered not at all . |
| 29 | Though he could n't see her , the darkness was a black canvas , and he painted her there to perfection , her beauty gazing down on him . |
| 30 | He did n't score so he turned her over to me . ’ |