Example sentences of "he [verb] her to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the crackle of the flames , the creak of the floorboard , and the weight of their bodies returned , he lowered her to the carpet before the fire and sat himself beside her , leaning so that his face was only inches above hers . |
| 2 | With a groan he lowered her to the quilt and brought his head down . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He hugged her to him and insisted that she had a drink on the house . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He requested her to parcel up most carefully in an oiled cloth his other gun and have it sent to him . |
| 7 | And no doubt now he expected her to be suitably softened up by her two days ' grieving , ready to fall back into his arms on the strength of one calculated gesture . |
| 8 | Perhaps he expected her to curtsy . |
| 9 | He led her to it and was delighted to find that she accepted the lair at once . |
| 10 | He led her to a chair . |
| 11 | He led her to the door and opened it for her . |
| 12 | Then he led her to his bed and let her sleep , childlike in her position as she sucked her thumb . |
| 13 | He led her to the dining room where the table shone with the gleam of heavy silver , the intricate curves of candelabra . |
| 14 | He led her to the far room where she had found Leo . |
| 15 | Quickly he led her to the saddle , pushing her face down onto its hard smooth surface , his hands caressing her intimately all the while , keeping her mind dark , her senses inflamed . |
| 16 | Placing a hand on her shoulder , he led her to an ornate , gilded mirror hanging above the carved stone fireplace . |
| 17 | He led her to a door ; the door opened out onto the street . |
| 18 | He led her to a waiting taxi and , as he held the door for her , for a brief instant their eyes met . |
| 19 | He led her to a tiny table in one corner , and she resolutely ignored the fact that nearly everyone else — the place was surprisingly crowded — wore slinky and fashionable black . |
| 20 | He led her to the car , helped her in and started the engine . |
| 21 | They strolled outside again and he led her to a relatively quiet spot and they drank and shared the cake between them . |
| 22 | He led her to the last desk in the line , on which she could see a sheaf of pink sheets of paper . |
| 23 | He led her to a shady café , where small tables were set out in the shadow of some tall plane trees , whose leafy patterns fell over the white tables . |
| 24 | He propelled her to where Dauntless was sitting , in wide-eyed tension , upon a pile of sacking . |
| 25 | Charles was one such , and he invited her to Highgrove to work her magic . |
| 26 | He invited her to lunch at his club for international journalists in Carlton House Terrace . |
| 27 | He invited her to a performance of Verdi 's Requiem — one of her favourite works — at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 28 | He jerked her to him . |
| 29 | Fingers like a vice on her wrist , he jerked her to her feet . |
| 30 | Whitlock asked as he helped her to her feet . |