Example sentences of "he [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only she could tell him how she longed for him to carry her off , but would n't that make him think her wanton ? |
| 2 | Her brain whirling , Luce allowed him to carry her downstairs without further protest . |
| 3 | I tried to stop him bringing her , but he 's clearly besotted . ’ |
| 4 | She snuggled down and began to drift to sleep , memories of Alain holding her here as she wept on that first day , memories of him bringing her up to bed after he had kissed her in the kitchen , fluttering like moths in the light , easing her into sleep . |
| 5 | Gina had remained silent after Rune 's surprise announcement , allowing him to conduct her through the gates and across the road to the Mercedes . |
| 6 | She was suddenly far too aware that they were alone and would n't be disturbed until morning , too aware that the man whose overpowering masculine strength filled the room was her husband and had certain rights , too aware that the last frail layer of her protective façade had been shattered forever when she had wept in his arms and let him comfort her . |
| 7 | Every time he looked her way , that frightening compulsion went sweeping through her , the urge to let him look , let him absorb her until nothing was left and she no longer existed as a separate , individual entity . |
| 8 | Yet she desperately wanted him to acknowledge her , to have some impact on his contained life . |
| 9 | It reassured him to see her sitting there , so thoughtful and placid . |
| 10 | It had indeed been , as it happened , impossible for him to see her at the times she suggested . |
| 11 | Some weeks later my brother and I were passing through London , and I asked if I might bring him to see her . |
| 12 | And yet his knowledge was as nothing beside the compulsion that drove him to see her again . |
| 13 | She felt sorry for him again , and worried because it must hurt him to see her like that . |
| 14 | There was no reason for him to see her again . |
| 15 | She said , looking down , although it was too dark for him to see her blushing , ‘ That first time — I wanted to meet you , Miguelito , very much . |
| 16 | The truth was , of course , that hard-nosed journalist though she was , Margie was as attracted to Hugo as was almost every other woman who met him and she actually wanted him to like her . |
| 17 | Piers was bending over her , and she felt him helping her up . |
| 18 | Invention or not it made him want her more completely , and he put his arms beneath her shoulders , liking her up and off him . |
| 19 | She had never been ashamed of her body before — why should she let him make her feel this way ? |
| 20 | It would be possible for him to wear her down , so she must be ultra-careful and protect herself . |
| 21 | She was worried about catching public transport in such a condition and went to her son 's office to ask him to drive her home . |
| 22 | It did not displease him ; she would make him a suitable wife , and would know her place when , as he hoped still , he had elevated his position enough to enable him to support her . |
| 23 | It did not displease him ; she would make him a suitable wife , and would know her place when , as he hoped still , he had elevated his position enough to enable him to support her . |
| 24 | Edouard , moved by her words , lifted his hand gently to touch her arm and , to his horror , she flinched as if she expected him to hit her . |
| 25 | He said she had become like a stone and tempted him to treat her as one and hurl her away . |
| 26 | Even her fiercely independent streak appealed to him , excited him , challenged him to tame her . |
| 27 | To feel him touching her , to see him looking at her with his heart washed clean of all the old hatred . |
| 28 | She had n't expected him to greet her with ecstatic joy — his emotions were n't extreme like Lowell 's thankfully — but neither had she expected a degree of embarrassment . |
| 29 | The thought of all those blonde movie stars in Palm Springs pursuing him made her feel quite sick . |
| 30 | She crawled along to it , and a moment later they were face to face through a large chink , Tristram grinning , his teeth white and his face sun-darkened , and the sight of him made her feel safe and loved again , as if she had arrived home . |