Example sentences of "she [verb] he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says he wants to play . |
| 2 | Their Lord was a merciful Lord and if she had sinned as she believed He existed to forgive sinners . |
| 3 | She sensed him wanting to release a far greater fury than he dared . |
| 4 | And as she fell she sensed him plunge to meet her like a meteor on fire , heard the sound he made against her sundered throat . |
| 5 | Feeling shaken rigid , she watched him move to sit on the side of the bed when , to her further distress , even while his breathing was ragged , she saw him grab up his shirt and trousers . |
| 6 | She watched him check to make sure each man wore a woollen jersey under his wet suit , plus woollen socks and rubber-soled trainers on his feet . |
| 7 | But when Uccello died in his eighties , ‘ He left a daughter who could design , and a wife who used to say that Paolo would remain the night long in his study to work out the lines of his perspective , and that when she called him to come to rest , he replied , ‘ Oh what a sweet thing this perspective is ! ’ |
| 8 | She savoured the endearment — and yes , she knew he longed to make love . |
| 9 | His wife had been an islander by birth and after she died he decided to live there where they had spent many happy holidays . |
| 10 | She saw him begin to walk towards her . |
| 11 | He cried out then , in some species of unutterable agony , and she felt him move to cover her , while his hands signalled his purpose to her eager limbs . |
| 12 | ‘ Stop it ! ’ she hissed as she felt him begin to pull her towards him . |
| 13 | She remembered him trying to tell her , sometimes , about the sky and the Thing and where nomes first came from , and she 'd never really understood , any more than he 'd understood about the little frogs . |
| 14 | He did not know what had possessed him the night before , yet , gradually , the sweetness she gave him began to dissolve his confusion ; his vivid spurt of pleasure returned to him and he looked across at her and asked , ‘ Will you be coming to the passeggiata next Saturday ? ’ |
| 15 | And she said he has to go trotting to Exeter two or three times a week now . |
| 16 | She forced him to learn to talk again . |
| 17 | She wanted him to learn to count , begin to write , and above all to speak English . |
| 18 | When she refused he threatened to kill her and pushed a knife against her . |
| 19 | First , her solicitor had seemed unsympathetic and , secondly , her husband had written to let her know he wished to sell their house . |
| 20 | Not many women reach her years and have as much — for everything he can imagine her wanting he hastens to provide ; and it is bestowed as if she were a young and lovely creature at her first ball , and when he helps her down the stairs or into a taxi — for she is getting frail — he turns her into Gloriana . |
| 21 | She was amazed at his ambition ; he had given her to understand he wanted to give up the theatre . |
| 22 | Did his opinion of her prompt him to try to scotch any possibility of a friendship developing between Rob and herself ? |