Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb past] he [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Out in the dark cold hall she stopped him at the foot of the stairs .
2 Without hesitation she kicked him under the chin , the full weight of the kick throwing him flat on the floor .
3 In the dawn grey with sea mist she drove him to the airport .
4 Then one day she rang him with the triumphant news that she had finished .
5 On one occasion she threw him on the floor and on another she had deliberately broken his toys .
6 He saved too the note she sent requesting ‘ Big choc. cake , ginger biscuits , Twiglets ’ just as he has kept the clipping she sent him from the Daily Telegraph about academic failures who become gifted and successful later in life .
7 When they reached Perugia she dropped him opposite the Questura .
8 With a shrill yelp she nipped him in the hind leg and he shot away in alarm .
9 With some relief she deposited him with the receptionist to await emergency treatment .
10 The next time he went to church she waylaid him after the evening service , and tried to persuade him to enter the hall , where — as he had guessed — a cup of tea was about to be made .
11 He now faces the agony of receiving a letter she told him on the phone that she 'd written the day before she died .
12 When they were settled down with their drinks she asked him about the learned society .
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