Example sentences of "[prep] him [verb] she [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been surprised to find that he did n't feel it beneath him to help her in the house . |
| 2 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 3 | They were still close enough to shore for him to return her to the police if she admitted she was not an experienced ocean sailor . |
| 4 | It had indeed been , as it happened , impossible for him to see her at the times she suggested . |
| 5 | She waited for him to invite her into the car and out for the day . |
| 6 | This time there was no need for him to force her up the dark steps of the barn ; she walked in front of him determinedly . |
| 7 | For him to endorse her as a ‘ major literary figure ’ sticks in his gullet . |
| 8 | Forced on to what she really meant to say , Kate fumbles for words , absurdly feeling she has to simplify , patronise in order for him to understand her in a language foreign to him , that she must not hurt his feelings , he is part of the oppressed majority , colonised daily by the people she has come to work for . |