Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb past] him [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Most people are wrong most of the time , ’ he said , with such firmness that she slid him another look , surprised ; he was strong behind his gentleness and hesitancy , she thought — strong in a way that was n't common . |
| 2 | from Pilkingtons and there 's little , she said you would n't notice it but there 's little like , little things on and when he did the grouting yesterday she said that she said it was awful , she did n't like it at all so she told him this morning |
| 3 | Until she saw him each day her small face was blank with anxiety . |
| 4 | She knew perfectly well that if she gave him any warning he 'd find some excuse to refuse to see her , so , having dumped her own things in her flat , she went straight round to his , hoping to catch him before he went out . |
| 5 | He was a bright boy , good at his lessons , but she told him that cleverness was only a virtue if you worked hard and used it to good purpose . |
| 6 | When she met him one day in the forest , Narcissus said to her : ‘ I suppose you are yet another of these women who find me so very attractive . ’ |
| 7 | When she met him that evening and explained her predicament , he was happy to fall in with her plans . |
| 8 | Incidentally , the hero of the end of the week , when the going was really hard , namely our Church Officer 's young grandson , Steven Massey , said to Frances Robertson when she offered him this form of sustenance ‘ Well , I do n't know about the Turkish , but you 're certainly a delight . ’ |
| 9 | It almost broke her heart when she saw that darting look of imitation cross his face as she brought him bad news . |
| 10 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |