Example sentences of "him and [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miranda faced him and schooled her features . |
| 2 | Marrying him was one thing ; loving him and defying her family and Father Dowd had taken more courage and determination than she knew was in her . |
| 3 | Standing close to him in the hallway , she looked up at him and bit her lip . |
| 4 | Shelley smiled at him and wagged her finger . |
| 5 | Impatiently , Cleo turned away from him and directed her attention back to Apanage 's machinations . |
| 6 | She leaned closer to him and lay her head against his shoulder . |
| 7 | The waitress stepped back from him and wrenched her arm free . |
| 8 | So , ‘ Goodnight , Ven , ’ she bade him for a third time , only this time she stretched up to him and touched her lips to his cheek . |
| 9 | She leaned towards him and lowered her voice . |
| 10 | What would it be like to explore and learn every inch of him with her fingertips , to touch and taste him and fill her lungs with the delicious musky scent that was uniquely his ? |
| 11 | Robyn glanced to where he pointed and then looked up at him and folded her arms . |
| 12 | She was still pondering this , as well as thinking about Faye Hamilton and the long difficult journey through pregnancy that lay ahead , when she became aware that Dr Russell was laughing to himself — just a quiet chuckle at first , but as he realised she was watching him and saw her bemused expression the sound grew to a full-throated and resonant guffaw . |
| 13 | She felt ashamed that she had left him and made her own escape . |
| 14 | At the same time he was aware that he was growing hard to understand and that he must have fallen into spitting , because the corset buyer opposite was glaring at him and wiping her face with a lace handkerchief . |
| 15 | Someone at the next table echoed that in a foreign accent and Ruth turned to smile at him and raise her glass in a mutual toast . |
| 16 | ‘ 'Ere , I 've got one o' them there gramophone fings , ’ she said , looking up at him and slipping her hands into the armholes of her stained flowery apron . |
| 17 | She knelt in front of him and raised her crossed hands . |
| 18 | But she resisted the urge to turn and glance at him and kept her eyes fixed straight ahead . |
| 19 | She came over and put her arms round him , knelt in front of him and buried her head in his shoulder . |
| 20 | She threw her arms around him and buried her head on his huge chest , loving the solidity there . |
| 21 | He lifted her almost off her feet , pulling her against him and crushing her lips with his . |
| 22 | Before she could break away one arm had snaked round her shoulders , pulling her towards him and crushing her face against his chest , then his dark head was obliterating the light , his hot lips seeking hers and to her shame finding them without any difficulty . |
| 23 | Disgruntled , he turned sharply away , leaving her staring after him and shaking her head , disappointment and frustration written on her face . |
| 24 | Modigliani did not recognize her when she met him and brandished her knife on the corner of the Rue Delambre and the Boulevard Montparnasse . |
| 25 | Without time to do more than yell in protest as he set off , Sarella launched herself after him and did her utmost to keep pace . |
| 26 | Why are you doing this ? ’ he asked savagely , spinning her to face him and gripping her arms tightly . |
| 27 | I put his age at forty , but even among men twenty years younger he would have been accounted handsome , and he knew it , for his expression showed both confidence and amusement as he continued to hold Ellen 's hand , and he showed even more amusement when she suddenly realised just what liberty she was thus granting him and jerked her fingers swiftly away . |
| 28 | She had a terrible temper , and it always made him double up when she swore at him and clenched her fists . |
| 29 | Bunty 's death — lively , stupefyingly alluring Bunty who had stretched out her bare leg to him and put her fingertips on his lips — annulled by a group of people because a performance must go on ? |
| 30 | The Woman glared at him and put her hand on Tug 's arm . |