Example sentences of "he could [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was holding on for dear life , leaning into him , lifting on tiptoe so that he could gather her close , hold her tightly in his arms , while his tongue slipped into her mouth , while his hand swept up her ribs and lightly cupped her breast … |
| 2 | He could offer her financial security ; a home — on Møn ; his fidelity . … |
| 3 | She had always resented Luke , and feared the way he made her feel — because she must have sensed from the beginning the power he could and did have over her ; because he had deprived her of himself when he had had her dismissed from that very first job back in South Africa ; because something had led him to misjudge and despise her , and he was unable to see the truth ; because she had always known that he could break her heart … |
| 4 | He could command her responses as easily as though he held her in thrall , and that made her more than a little afraid . |
| 5 | He could tell her face to face how sorry he was for the incident of the previous night . |
| 6 | And in the meantime , since he had spoken of things she ought to learn , she would see if he could tell her just what it was that women like Marie Moon and Audrey Covington-Pym did to stop themselves from bearing child after child after child . |
| 7 | He was using her to advance himself somehow , for the sake of his family , and he intended to bind her to him before the party , so that he could demand her total loyalty . |
| 8 | When he could smell her perfume and hear the soft rustle of her skirt , he closed the door fully and held his breath . |
| 9 | He could smell her fear . |
| 10 | Marc demanded savagely , dragging her chin up so that he could analyse her reaction . |
| 11 | He wondered if he could do her dreadful job ; or rather , how long he could stand it if he ever tried it . |
| 12 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 13 | He had n't been thinking anything of the sort and last night he had only suggested he could settle her business for her with a phone call to the manager , whom he knew well , because he wanted to take her out today instead of waiting outside hotels for her . |
| 14 | That meant he did n't take her anger seriously , thought he could beat her hands down , and that surely gave her the advantage ? |
| 15 | He could feel her breath against his face . |
| 16 | She was peering over his shoulder , he could feel her breath on his neck , warm and then nothing , warm and then nothing . |
| 17 | He could feel her hot soaked cheeks , her wet hair , her lips against his cheek , the bars of her ribs , the softness of her breasts , the contrasting bullet hardness of her nipples . |
| 18 | He could feel her heart pounding . |
| 19 | Adam held her by the shoulders ; through the gauze , he could feel her warm flesh . |
| 20 | His fingers met the soft , masking texture of cloth , but beneath them he could feel her warmth , the firm softness of her sex . |
| 21 | Her lips were parted and he could feel her heartbeat against his chest . |
| 22 | He could feel her tears staining his shirt . |
| 23 | But it never seemed right ; she would kiss him , for not very long , at the end of each meeting , and he could hold her , feel his arms around her narrow back , his body briefly against hers , but he could feel her tense if his hands went lower than the small of her back , and when he tried to kiss her more deeply , or hold her tighter , she would break away , shaking her head . |
| 24 | Yet the favours and appointments she showered on him must surely have given Bothwell reason to assume that he could interpret her secret wishes . |
| 25 | He had read her letters to him so many times that he could recognize her large , childish writing at a glance . |
| 26 | She saw him scowl darkly as he scanned the page , and wondered for a few moments if perhaps , although he could speak her tongue almost as if he 'd been born in her country , he did not read English so well . |
| 27 | He could sense her nervousness and paused deliberately to light a cigarette , as he ambled casually towards her . |
| 28 | She hesitated and he could sense her reluctance to continue . |
| 29 | He could sense her fear . |
| 30 | When he was a child and his mother was ill , he thought he could make her better by writing a play . |