Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't told him in the beginning because it was totally unimportant to her — her family was not religious — and then , after they had been married a while and she had discovered he was extremely intolerant about various classes of people — not Jews , in fact , but Negroes and Catholics — she had been afraid to tell him in case he should think she had deliberately concealed her origins because she had not trusted him . |
| 2 | ‘ They seem to think I should stand on my own two feet — which is only right and proper , ’ she added hastily in case he should think she was whingeing . |
| 3 | She thought then that she could take anything but that he should know she loved him . |
| 4 | He must think she was going to faint again . |
| 5 | He must think she was babbling like a schoolgirl , but there was nothing even remotely schoolgirlish about her growing awareness of this man . |
| 6 | He must know she was coming by now , too . |
| 7 | Not only was he enjoying trying to blame the fire on Lisa , when surely he must know she had enough problems already , but that reference to ‘ poor , downtrodden Nigel ’ was almost shocking in its coldness . |
| 8 | He hated her ; that was why he had made those foul accusations when surely he must know she was not capable of such treachery . |
| 9 | Perhaps , if she made herself useful , he might decide she could stay — for a while at least , just until she got something else sorted out . |
| 10 | If it would have caught Meredith 's attention she would n't have minded a bone lodging in her gullet , but then there was always the risk he might think she was merely coughing — she could choke for nothing . |
| 11 | A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England . |
| 12 | He could tell she was very annoyed by the way she jogged her foot up and down as she stared at the window . |
| 13 | He could tell she was upset by the words she used : bad words he had often heard from the men who worked with the pigs or came to the house to drink with Buddie in the music-room . |
| 14 | He could tell she had n't really got her nose in the Reverend Abraham . |
| 15 | He could tell she 'd been used to ordering people about at one time . |
| 16 | Surely he could tell she was acting now for all she was worth ? |
| 17 | ‘ Very much , ’ she replied , but she somehow still felt upset that he could think she would go behind his back and cross-examine his secretary . |
| 18 | Hurt that he could think she would do that pest of an interview through Lubor , she was certain then that she did n't even like Ven Gajdusek — much less was she attracted to him ! |
| 19 | She saw his lips curve at her challenge , and before he could protest she crossed quickly to him . |
| 20 | They had been hustled off the boat separately , and her inquisitor had simply ignored her demands to have Clive brought in so that he could confirm she had had no knowledge of what was going on . |
| 21 | He could pretend she was a good housewife , cook and mother to other men who were disgruntled at their wives , brilliant careers . |
| 22 | Before he could speak she said : ‘ I 'm famished . |
| 23 | Once there , he could claim she was dead ; in the West , she might build a new life . |
| 24 | She was looking at him questioningly but he could see she had caught his drift . |
| 25 | He could see she was preparing for a party . |
| 26 | He could see she was agitated . |
| 27 | Jack hissed furiously , but he could see she was not to be harried . |
| 28 | He could see she was recovering her composure . |
| 29 | she had fat knees in ginger stockings which kept straying apart … he could see she was wearing apricot knickers ; |
| 30 | He could see she was recovering . |