Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not had a chance to mention it to Charlotte Hanover before their … their contretemps of the other night , and assumed that he would have the decency to realize that she would not , in any case , want him to accompany her now . |
| 2 | as if it invited him to touch her . |
| 3 | It never was when she invited him to meet her at the flat ; she was keeping him and Stock out of each other 's way . |
| 4 | She invited him to follow her , and the officer took the unusual course of agreeing . |
| 5 | On the evening before his body was found she had organised a baby-sitter to look after their two children and invited him to accompany her to a function at Dowman 's British Steel Club , but he had refused to go and instead went out alone . |
| 6 | Why had she allowed herself to respond like that , invited him to kiss her that way ? |
| 7 | Only her resolve not to irritate him prevented her from letting the scissors stray towards his temptingly close ears , and she swallowed hard on the furious retort which jumped to her lips . |
| 8 | She felt the shivers again as she ate her meal and frequently looked up to find him watching her , his eyes on the glitter of her silvery hair . |
| 9 | She had no idea how exhausted she would be , how lethargic , and she opened her eyes slowly to find him watching her , his breathing still ragged . |
| 10 | She turned to find him watching her . |
| 11 | She darted a look at Niall 's profile , only to find him studying her in a way she found oddly disturbing . |
| 12 | Pushing an errant strand of hair from her eyes , she turned to look at him , and found him watching her . |
| 13 | Leonora whirled round , flushing as she found him watching her from the doorway . |
| 14 | I found him cursing her for the border . |
| 15 | ‘ Forget it — I 'm not talking to you in your suite ! ’ she snapped , chagrined by the way she had let him lead her . |
| 16 | But instead , she had let him drive her back to the flat ; had stood by in mute acquiescence while he 'd ransacked her drawers and cupboards and packed her a bag . |
| 17 | Why could n't she have let him take her to one of those ? |
| 18 | The bloke was a fucking nutter and she had let him tie her up ! |
| 19 | But no , she let him tell her what to do — him that was the cause of it all — and what does he do but fix up for her to go and see this Dr Graham ? |
| 20 | She let him accompany her into the small lounge where the set was kept in segregation from the vocal and gregarious fishermen , and settle her in a comfortable chair , cheek by jowl with a single elderly lady , who seemed pleased to have company , and disposed to conversation . |
| 21 | It protested at once , so she let him carry her to the living-room . |
| 22 | Like a zombie she let him lead her from Tivoli , allowed him to fasten the seatbelt of the Mercedes round her , followed him into the apartment , standing motionless while he switched on the soft wall lighting . |
| 23 | No , Caroline thought , as she let him lead her down to the ancient ground , no , it had n't . |
| 24 | She let him give her a hug , kissed him lightly . |
| 25 | She let him pass her , fifty yards to the east ; the temptation to shout was wrong but she waited until he was at the hedge . |
| 26 | Too confused to respond , Sarella let him mould her beneath his touch until he ran his hands violently over her hips , locking her tight in a way that seemed shockingly intimate after the coldness that had preceded it , and then she felt a searing rapport as her body responded hungrily to his touch . |
| 27 | She let him drown her in the deep water , too weak even to raise her hands to cling to him . |
| 28 | She wanted to see him in loons ; she let him buy her those boots . |
| 29 | She let him help her down from the carriage and lead her inside a shop where there was a strong , pastoral smell of grain , and Sarah wrinkled up her nose to sniff it . |
| 30 | But she let him help her into a chair . |