Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt him pushing her backwards on the overstuffed settee and she let him . |
| 2 | The heat smouldering between their bodies had intensified , and with a light-headed sensation she felt him crush her convulsively against the lean hardness of his hips , and felt the powerful stirrings of male arousal , triggering a small explosion of response inside her . |
| 3 | Her earliest memory was of him holding her tightly by the hand , when she was just a toddler , in case she strayed too near the rushing river . |
| 4 | Not nine months out of the convent , and she was behaving like a trollop , encouraging him to hold her tightly round the waist , tossing back her head to laugh , looking into his face with a silly , fatuous smile . |
| 5 | Naked except for the band round his belly ; yet something about him marked him immediately as a singular character . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , Archie has a boat , and he says he can take us out to the bird islands , and I 'm sure we could get him to take you somewhere in the Land-Rover where you can fish . |
| 7 | Throwing back its bearskin cover , he lowered her carefully to the mattress and stood looking down at her . |
| 8 | He hated them before the war and he hates them now with a depth you gentlemen here would find hard to understand . ’ |
| 9 | Well away from the beaten track he laid her gently on a bed of moss and bracken , and she opened her arms to him , loath to lose his touch for even a second . |
| 10 | The light from the hall spilled across the multi-coloured counterpane , and he laid her gently in the middle . |
| 11 | Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table . |
| 12 | There he stabbed him repeatedly on the head , body and neck . |
| 13 | When my hon. Friend meets the chairman of the East Cumbria authority , will he congratulate him warmly on the fact that having , since 1982-83 , secured a budget increase , after inflation , of almost 15 per cent . |
| 14 | He pecked her lightly on the cheek . |
| 15 | She drew herself up , stilling her racing pulses , as he asked her now with a wave at the drinks table , ‘ Would you care to indulge in a drink before dinner ? ’ |
| 16 | Apparently Richard thought so , too , for after a moment he led her away to the bar . |
| 17 | When he led her away down the back steps the Tibetan followed and so did most of the crowd . |
| 18 | He led her gently to the sofa and sat down with her , holding her hand . |
| 19 | When they arrived at the barn , he led her silently by the hand , through the living-room , and then up along the gallery to his bedroom . |
| 20 | I wished everyone goodnight and he led me upstairs into a small dormitory room . |
| 21 | I arrived early and he led me upstairs to a comfortable polish-scented lounge and made coffee , before returning to the bar to finish off . |
| 22 | He wiped it away with the edge of his sleeve . |
| 23 | He prodded me playfully in the chest . |
| 24 | He looks me straight in the eyes as he takes his hand from my glass . |
| 25 | Fred breezed into the office , his lined face breaking into a disbelieving grin when he found her already behind the desk . |
| 26 | He regarded her steadily across the table . |
| 27 | Deane waddled about seemingly distracted by something ( not the ball I might add ) and when he had a clear chance he headed it safely into the arms of Grobblebum . |
| 28 | He moved her firmly towards the hatchway . |
| 29 | He scrawled it quickly on the back of his card . |
| 30 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |