Example sentences of "she [verb] him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She failed him as a great ‘ silver ’ power , as a naval power at Trafalgar , and by 1807 her domestic polities were so confused by court intrigue that she appeared scarcely a reliable political ally . |
| 2 | She flung him into the Grand Canal . |
| 3 | Phyl would have stayed in show business without the help of Littler but she was fortunate in that she met him at the right time , when he was building up his pantomime empire . |
| 4 | She led him to the dismal apartment rented to her by Louis . |
| 5 | She led him into the comfortable drawing-room at the front of the house , and disappeared . |
| 6 | She led him into the semicircular hall with its high vaulted ceiling from which a chandelier threw its bright light over the pale lemon and white walls . |
| 7 | Then gradually , imperceptibly , she led him into the trickier terrain of the past . |
| 8 | She led him through the main tannery to where a pile of raw sheep skins lay , and still with her light eyes on him lay down . |
| 9 | He caught them and tried to hold her still but she fought him like a spitting cat . |
| 10 | Why could n't she treat him with the same cool indifference as he showed her ? |
| 11 | Fergus felt a surge of real anger now , because how dare she treat him as an inferior , how dare she speak to him as if he was no more than one of her serfs , a possession , a pawn , a thing . |
| 12 | When they were settled down with their drinks she asked him about the learned society . |
| 13 | Hubert James Bainbridge , tenth earl of Donnington , called out to his daughter as she passed him on the opposite side of the street , but she did not hear him . |
| 14 | She passed him with a fractional quickening of her pace . |
| 15 | She found him behind a tall potted plant in the far corner where , she suspected , he had been deliberately steered by the proprietor in order that as few people as possible should be aware of his presence in the establishment . |
| 16 | She found him in a small single room that was obviously intended to be his dressing-room or study , furnished with a single bed , rows of built-in cupboards , and under the window a desk and chair . |
| 17 | She fixed him with a glittering emerald stare . |
| 18 | She mimicked him with an Italian accent which always made him laugh . |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't need to come down with me , ’ she advised him in a stifled tone as she moved towards the door . |
| 20 | Relations between the Prime Minister and Nigel Lawson may still be strained ( she blames him for the present difficulties ) . |
| 21 | She recognised him as a kindred spirit , with the same happy-go-lucky , questing attitude to life which she herself possessed . |
| 22 | Despite her antagonism , she recognised him as an awesome adversary . |
| 23 | Has she met him in the Three Pigeons ? |
| 24 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
| 25 | Mildred slid him carefully into her pocket and raced up the stairs to her room , where she transferred him to a small box with holes in the lid which she had prepared specially for the journey . |
| 26 | ‘ Your picnic is ready , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm so pleased , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes — keep your fingers crossed — I think I 've actually found someone at last , ’ she told him with a thankful sigh . |
| 29 | ‘ And for my own , ’ she told him with a small smile . |
| 30 | She told him about the new high-tensile fencing they were putting up , and the ten acres of daffodil bulbs they were planting as an experiment rather than consigning the field to set-aside . |