Example sentences of "he [verb] she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It never was when she invited him to meet her at the flat ; she was keeping him and Stock out of each other 's way . |
| 2 | However , she allowed him to squire her to the desk , without comment and with a straight face , told him the number of her key , though keys were almost an affectation at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , more for ornament than use , and let him take it down for her and escort her to the foot of the oak staircase , which wound in slightly drunken lurches about a narrow well , the polished treads hollowed by centuries of use . |
| 3 | Rachel 's pulses thundered as she allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor beneath the flashing lights . |
| 4 | Rachel allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor , but his callous dismissal of the unfortunate Domino was symptomatic of the kind of man he was . |
| 5 | Numbly Rory allowed him to lead her to the dance floor , moving automatically into his arms as though she 'd always belonged there . |
| 6 | But still less did she want to make a scene or create any kind of curiosity amongst the people she had just left , so she allowed him to lead her from the room , saying , ‘ Yes , we needed to discuss those — er — charts , did n't we , Dr Russell ? ’ in case anyone was still listening . |
| 7 | She had expected him to lead her around the side of the house towards the gravelled front courtyard ; instead he headed in the opposite direction , down through the wide grass path into the garden itself . |
| 8 | It protested at once , so she let him carry her to the living-room . |
| 9 | She allowed him to corner her in the pantry . |
| 10 | She had been surprised to find that he did n't feel it beneath him to help her in the house . |
| 11 | Mr Sunderland himself had driven her home in his car , and she had begged him to leave her at the gate so as not to alarm her family . |
| 12 | The most upsetting thing was that it made her realise just how much she had been allowing him to guide her in the decision , putting her desire to leave the nurses ' home and her pleasure at Dr Entwistle 's recommendation very much in second place . |
| 13 | She would n't let him take her to the Aber House Hotel . |
| 14 | And her suppliant 's face , round and even in this twilight , thickly flushed in the hectic way that he had seen before , repulsed him and made him take her by the arm she had raised and move it like a detached limb back to her side . |
| 15 | She forbade him to accompany her beyond the door and walked alone over the golden sand past the flower-beds to the gate . |
| 16 | Miserably she allowed him to settle her in the taxi . |
| 17 | She wanted Roman 's arms around her , she wanted to feel him againt her without the barrier of clothes , but there were things she had to say before she could allow that to happen . |
| 18 | She waited for him to invite her into the car and out for the day . |
| 19 | I found him cursing her for the border . |
| 20 | But she would have preferred him to admire her from the beginning , without the encouragement of her valentine . |
| 21 | From the beginning , from that electrifying moment when she 'd felt him watching her at the Fabbiano showing , she 'd wanted his kisses , wanted the thrust of his body into hers . |
| 22 | Leonora whirled round , flushing as she found him watching her from the doorway . |
| 23 | I was impressed , then I noticed him clocking her in the mirror behind the bar . |
| 24 | She did n't want him following her to the bedroom . |
| 25 | For two years after they married , she put up with his violent temper which once led him to throw her across the lawn and punch her , breaking bones in her hand and finger . |
| 26 | He lowered her over the fountain until Robyn could see her own reflection in the water . |
| 27 | When the crackle of the flames , the creak of the floorboard , and the weight of their bodies returned , he lowered her to the carpet before the fire and sat himself beside her , leaning so that his face was only inches above hers . |
| 28 | Then he lowered her to the ground and shifted over her , and for a second it was like it had been before and fear touched her , but then his lips came down and brushed her mouth , and she was lost . |
| 29 | With a groan he lowered her to the quilt and brought his head down . |
| 30 | Pushing the coverlet aside , he laid her on the bed , and sat down beside her , studying her white face . |