Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an unsecured loan … now they want him to secure it against the house . |
| 2 | It was an unsecured loan … now they want him to secure it against the house . |
| 3 | He used to listen to American Football on the American Forces Network and was so enthused with it that he wrote to the American Embassy , who invited him to visit them for the day . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I caught him watching me in the third . |
| 6 | Leonora whirled round , flushing as she found him watching her from the doorway . |
| 7 | I found him cursing her for the border . |
| 8 | If the Soviet Union had kept proper watch on Mr Castro , it would never have let him pull it into the missile crisis of 1962 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It protested at once , so she let him carry her to the living-room . |
| 11 | She let him drown her in the deep water , too weak even to raise her hands to cling to him . |
| 12 | She had expected him to lead her around the side of the house towards the gravelled front courtyard ; instead he headed in the opposite direction , down through the wide grass path into the garden itself . |
| 13 | The good lady thought that he was shy , and constantly twitted him to bring him into the talk ; Paul hoped that she would get over it as the days passed , and this proved to be the case . |
| 14 | ‘ I expect he did it for the insurance , ’ Dangerfield said . |
| 15 | She forbade him to accompany her beyond the door and walked alone over the golden sand past the flower-beds to the gate . |
| 16 | I was impressed , then I noticed him clocking her in the mirror behind the bar . |
| 17 | so I told him to keep them on the back of that door . |
| 18 | From the beginning , from that electrifying moment when she 'd felt him watching her at the Fabbiano showing , she 'd wanted his kisses , wanted the thrust of his body into hers . |
| 19 | He spurred forward to Moray 's side , urging him to bring him to the Regent , earls or none . |
| 20 | From verse one , it plunges straight in with the fervency of love : ‘ Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth . ’ |
| 21 | Give Durkin all the facts and let him publish them in the Eye-Witness . ’ |
| 22 | Let him see her as the successful career-woman she was . |
| 23 | ‘ Several people who were present say he was n't , and a cabby says he delivered him to the Post on Friday afternoon . |
| 24 | I do n't know why he 's suddenly decided he wants me off the team … ’ |
| 25 | When it was done he ordered her into the sleeping-bag . |
| 26 | I could almost see him ticking me off the list of people to inform of his change of address . |
| 27 | He 's a nice boy , ’ she said tolerantly , and a shade absurdly in view of the fact that she was perhaps two years his senior , ‘ but somehow I do n't see him making it to the top . |
| 28 | However , she allowed him to squire her to the desk , without comment and with a straight face , told him the number of her key , though keys were almost an affectation at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , more for ornament than use , and let him take it down for her and escort her to the foot of the oak staircase , which wound in slightly drunken lurches about a narrow well , the polished treads hollowed by centuries of use . |
| 29 | Forcing herself to assume a composure she was far from feeling , Gina allowed him to usher her from the small lobby behind the front door into a living-room of graceful proportions . |
| 30 | Miserably she allowed him to settle her in the taxi . |