Example sentences of "he hold her [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She reached up to kiss him , and as he held her to him he was aware of her slender nakedness beneath the ivory silk robe . |
| 2 | He held her to him and she started to weep hysterically . |
| 3 | But oh , how much she loved him when he held her to his heart , and was gentle , like now . |
| 4 | Stiffly , she tried to wriggle free of his arms , but he held her against him , restraining her until she stopped writhing . |
| 5 | He held her against him for a moment . |
| 6 | Slowly his mouth released hers as he held her against him , the movement of his breath stirring her hair . |
| 7 | He held her against him , nursing her as though she had been a small child , while looking down into her face . |
| 8 | He held her against him , and she heard his heart beating hard against his powerful chest . |
| 9 | He held her against his tweed-upholstered person while he waded out of the pond , but put her down immediately when he touched dry land . |
| 10 | Before he fell asleep he held her in his arms and said , ‘ Ye do n't know what it means to me , coming home again . |
| 11 | And her face broke and she said , ‘ Oh Wyn , oh Wyn ’ , and he held her in his arms , and from where I crouched in the elbow of the stairs I saw his face and it was the face of the fox that Hywel killed , and the face of the stoat that he beat with a stick in the hen-yard , and the face of the dog that savaged the ewes . |
| 12 | The comment was flippant , but she pressed her face against Roman 's shoulder , shivering , desperately seeking the comforting power of muscle and sinew as he held her in his arms . |
| 13 | For five whole minutes he held her in his arms and kissed her again and again . |
| 14 | He held her in his arms , still and warm , and after a while in that darkness he felt as though he held nothing at all ; it was like when a limb , having been left in the same position for too long a time , somehow loses all reference to the body , and for those instants before some willed movement the very location and attitude of that arm or leg is quite unknown . |
| 15 | He held her in his arms for a long minute . |
| 16 | He held her from him and she knew she was blushing all over . |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe you do n't know as much about me as you think , ’ Niall said huskily , a wealth of controlled feeling in the way he held her from him to look down at her . |
| 18 | She was n't even aware of having spoken the words aloud until she saw his face tauten with some undefinable emotion as he held her from him . |