Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] her [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He drove her to the very edge of ecstasy and then , as the quivering tide of sensation gathered momentum , he tipped her over and down into the fiery vortex . |
| 32 | He showed her over the nearby castle , took her for long drives , and on the last day of his — as he called it — ‘ snatched holiday ’ , seemingly relaxed and happy to be playing truant from the demands of his busy life , he drove to Bettystown . |
| 33 | He joined her on the cushioned seat . |
| 34 | She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning . |
| 35 | However , if Ross had been suffering from boredom , he managed to hide the fact very well when , only a few days later , he contacted her at the small London flat she was temporarily sharing with some friends from university , and invited her out to dinner . |
| 36 | He addressed her in the same way as he had her mistress , with the deference due to age . |
| 37 | Jacob saw something in Rachel that was very special , and he loved her in the true sense of the word ; the word ‘ love ’ in Hebrew , which is the original language of the Bible , comes from the root of the word meaning ‘ to give ’ , or ‘ to want to give ’ . |
| 38 | He pulled her down the small corridor that led to the steps to the attics . |
| 39 | Scarcely giving her time to say goodbye , and giving Faye no time to admire Belinda 's outfit , as the latter was wistfully hoping she might do , he whisked her down the front steps , opened the passenger door of the red sports car and bundled her inside . |
| 40 | They stepped off the kerb and Nicolo slipped his arm around Caroline 's waist as he guided her to the other side of the street . |
| 41 | ‘ Oh , I hope I shall always be Kingy to you , Miss Sally-Anne , ’ making it clear that he included her in the charmed circle of his friends . |
| 42 | She was there at the departmental conference and he included her in the general nod and smile as he entered the executive producer 's office , but his eyes were guarded , and not just on her account . |
| 43 | He took her to the Regal Arms Hotel . |
| 44 | After threatening Miss Slater with a knife , he took her to the converted pub in Newark , Nottinghamshire , he used as a workshop for his tool repair business . |
| 45 | He took her to the deserted camp laundry : a large hut with a great copper the size of a steam-engine , a line of deep sinks , and rows of drying lines . |
| 46 | He took her to the biggest house , whose womenfolk she knew well . |
| 47 | He took her into the next room , performed a little pantomime of swivelling hips and stormy eyes , then wrapped his arm around her . |
| 48 | Before others his attitude was deferential and circumspect but when they rode alone , he treated her with the easy familiarity of an equal . |
| 49 | He treated her with the greatest courtesy , concerned that she should not be tired , or bored ; that the holiday should be nothing less than perfect . |
| 50 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
| 51 | Ruth swung to see his eyes had changed to cold hostility and the set of his jaw was so damned determined it chilled her to the very marrow of her bones . |
| 52 | Scooping the suitcase out of Ellie 's hand , he assisted her down the front steps towards her car . |
| 53 | He put her behind the mic and the first hit was ‘ Shame ’ , an unstoppable , enormous disco and pop hit in 1977 . |
| 54 | He remembered her in the old days , singing at parties for hours and then turning up for rehearsal next day without any sign of strain or tiredness in her voice . |
| 55 | ‘ We 're nearly there , ’ he said soothingly , and a few moments later he escorted her through the elaborate palm Court which was the entrance to the Royal Hotel . |
| 56 | In due course we might look closer at that episode with the Gilberd : she admits after much blushing and prevarication that he accused her in the High Street delicatessen of baby-snatching — did it openly , in a loud voice . |
| 57 | He reminded her of the ancient tradition of Christianity in that part of Ireland , one that dated back to the first century after the crucifixion , before Rome was supreme . |
| 58 | He reminded her of the mad professor in her comics . |
| 59 | She wondered why he did n't step across it ; he reminded her of the white mice they had let out of the cage one day . |
| 60 | It reminded her of the first time she 'd seen him . |