Example sentences of "he [verb] her in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let him drown her in the deep water , too weak even to raise her hands to cling to him . |
| 2 | Then , before she realised what was happening , he fastened her in the double stirrups , binding her hands and feet . |
| 3 | While Blanche tries to pass him in one of the passages he grabs her and he hurts her in the cruellest and most brutal way . |
| 4 | ‘ You will not be coming back , ’ he assured her in the same arrogant tone . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He addressed her in the same way as he had her mistress , with the deference due to age . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He took Ellie by her forearm , and marched her down the landing and the painted uncarpeted stairs into the living room , where he sat her in the big chair in the corner . |
| 13 | " But Comrade Alice , " he reproved her in the gentlest way , " it is important . |
| 14 | And did n't he desert her in the same heartless way ? |