Example sentences of "he [verb] she [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he laid her down on the horsehair sofa , and said Mrs Patten would not be in yet , and there was time ; and time there was , and what had happened last night was repeated , once and then again , until she , flushed and dishevelled , pulled down her dress , and said ‘ She is coming . |
| 2 | He pinned her down at the CI5 computer centre , and over the phone briefly explained what he and Doyle needed of her . |
| 3 | Rodney went up and Siobhan reached Tamara down to him and he passed her on to me . |
| 4 | He passed her by without a glance , but she could feel the cold waves of antipathy issuing from him , and shivered . |
| 5 | But beneath it she understood , accepted , found it far easier to hate him , when he fought her back to the bed , than to ignore him ; the bitings and scratchings of anger coming near enough to passion so that when he entered her again she found it possible , in her loathing , her detestation , her bitter resentment , to wrap her own strong , hard limbs about him in a grip designed to wound and crush him but which could also excite . |
| 6 | He asked her out to lunch because he hoped that she had missed him . |
| 7 | Four days later he asked her out to dinner , and she walked home without her feet touching the pavement . |
| 8 | He nodded , and reaching out for her hand , he led her through into the sitting-room and sat down with her on the settee opposite the picture . |
| 9 | He led her up to the bedrooms , the floors and stairs wooden , fans whirring overhead in the steamy heat , mosquito netting over every door and window . |
| 10 | Still gripping her wrist , he led her over to the French windows . |
| 11 | After he had taken two large brandies , very fast ( too fast for what looked like a very fine marque ) , he led her over to the sofa and sitting beside her , put his arm around her . |
| 12 | Still offering no explanation , he led her down to the riverbank and then the rest of the way back to the centre . |
| 13 | He led her back into the lounge and steered her to her chair . |
| 14 | He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest . |
| 15 | But his reaction was difficult to define because he merely gave a small shrug and , taking Lucy 's hand , he led her back along the path , where the darkness continued to be broken by the moon 's rays filtering through the trees . |
| 16 | He led her out into the huge marble-floored foyer . |
| 17 | ‘ There are two sides to our operation , ’ he had explained , when he led her out of the office block and across a bleak enclosed courtyard , where footsteps had scored a diagonal path through the snow , towards a high windowless wall of corrugated iron . |
| 18 | He led her out of the bedroom and onto the terrace where Victoria was waiting . |
| 19 | He led her out to his car . |
| 20 | He led her in through yet another heavy door : they entered a wide , tiled hallway that gave onto wide , tiled rooms . |
| 21 | When he got her on to the pavement , she sagged against the school wall and would not move . |
| 22 | He sought her out with his hands but she pushed him away as if he would hurt her and no reassurance satisfied her . |
| 23 | In view of what Marc had said about the next few days , Sarella was surprised when he sought her out before dinner . |
| 24 | To Rachel 's growing misery the strained air of politeness continued between herself and David throughout the rest of the week , then on Friday morning , the day before Family Day , he sought her out in her office . |
| 25 | He propelled her over to the sink and turned on the cold tap , holding her hand beneath it . |
| 26 | The following afternoon he invited her round for another meal . |
| 27 | In the hall , he helped her on with her coat , his hand resting on her shoulder for a moment — or so it seemed . |
| 28 | Belov brought her some broth about an hour later , and he helped her up to the bowl . |
| 29 | He helped her out of her things and put them on hangers so they would be less creased by morning . |
| 30 | He stood aside to admit her ; in the tiny entrance hall he helped her off with her coat without touching her . |