Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course , ’ she replied smilingly , and did n't need him to wait with her by the lift or to see her safely inside . |
| 2 | Yet she was not surprised to find him waiting for her outside the church , apparently absorbed in the design of an iron pineapple on the railings . |
| 3 | How she managed to find a smile for Ivo when she saw him waiting for her in the foyer , she did n't know . |
| 4 | She went upstairs and slung her bikini bottoms in a bag , along with her suntan oil and a towel , and ran downstairs , to find him waiting for her by the front door . |
| 5 | She solicitously asked if all was well , sending constant messages to enquire if there was anything lacking , or inviting him to walk with her in the sweet-smelling orchard outside the convent church . |
| 6 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 7 | She could not picture him behind the grim walls of Swansea Prison , instead she remembered him riding with her in the park , smiling down at her with his dark eyes , making her feel so small and helpless . |
| 8 | She 'll lie down and let him walk over her till the end of her days . |
| 9 | She knew he cared , he showed it , but he would n't say the things she wanted to hear — that he cared for her to the exclusion of all others , and wanted her in his life to the exclusion of all others . |
| 10 | It was he who after a particularly violent disagreement , suggested that Joan should be invited to pay them another visit — though he referred to her as the lady Anne , as had been agreed . |
| 11 | He proposed to her at the offices of Faber and Faber ; after she had accepted , he explained that he would have asked her much sooner if he had known her real feelings towards him , but she had been so formal with him that he was not even sure if she liked him — which , after eight years , suggests an odd insecurity or impercipience . |
| 12 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 13 | He knelt beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 14 | Perhaps , thought Robert , as he trudged after her towards the iron gates , this was a signal for their lovemaking to become more decorous . |
| 15 | The door was slammed wide , and he came at her with the speed of the vehicle that should have killed him two nights before . |
| 16 | ‘ He came at her from the front then ? ’ |
| 17 | He seemed to her like the kind of man who loved to provoke reaction . |
| 18 | When Adam had a document for Miranda to sign that he thought she might argue about , he always included it in a sheaf of other papers he handed to her at the end of the day , when she was exhausted . |
| 19 | After an early morning breakfast with Paula , he walked with her to the garage where the BMW was parked . |
| 20 | He walked with her to the door of the hall and watched her stepping it out across the square , her shoulders back , her head defiantly erect . |
| 21 | When he returned with her to the Judge 's House two hours later , he found Mrs Wood waiting outside it . |
| 22 | His forehead was ripped dark in the starlight but his cheekbones still gleamed ( an image superimposed : the sunset slanting over him as he grinned at her in the freighter ) the way she remembered . |
| 23 | He stepped past her into the room , then turned to face her , his face set in uncompromising lines . |
| 24 | As she moved to push him away , he stepped with her into the lift , pressed the button for her floor , and , as the lift doors closed , he pulled her closer and aimed a kiss at her mouth . |
| 25 | How the hell was he going to get the information he required from her with the conductor prattling about ? |
| 26 | He waved to her from the gate , where she stood like any housewife seeing off her man . |
| 27 | He talked to her about the play , the characters . |
| 28 | Nevertheless when the Sun story appeared he talked to her on the phone for an hour , her in tears . |
| 29 | He thought of her on the night train to Newcastle ( where he knew of a kindly , broadminded landlady who would see her through her trouble– , and shuddered sympathetically . |
| 30 | He thought of her as the child , though she was married and a mother . |