Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [verb] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This man she 's married finally came to his senses , but he was refusing to marry her at one point . |
| 2 | It certainly was n't because he was trying to save her from a Fate Worse than Death . |
| 3 | Merrill sensed that he was trying to put her at her ease , building a bridge over the rift that divided them , to get the evening off to a good start . |
| 4 | He was trying to put her in the wrong again . |
| 5 | Atrimonides was grabbing wildly at her , desperately flailing his hands and feet , and Cheryl realized he was trying to use her as a reaction mass to slow his own fall . |
| 6 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |
| 7 | The words were spoken with a provocative , sidelong glance and Melissa was sure that , just for the hell of it , he was trying to trick her into questioning him over his relationship with Rose . |
| 8 | He was determined to torment her in any way he could . |
| 9 | She could not possibly have known the misery such a revelation would cause him , because now he was forbidden to call her by any other name and he knew from painful experience that Tom Fish would not relent until he had his way . |
| 10 | And this goblin came along one day and says to this peedie fairy that like he was coming to get her in the morning . |
| 11 | But now he was going to see her in the flesh . |
| 12 | He was going to lose her for good and was powerless to stop the inexorable wheel of Fortune from taking her from him . |
| 13 | There was also fear that he was going to punish her in some unpleasant way for Jason 's actions , and other , deeper fears that even now she refused to acknowledge . |
| 14 | He looked as if he was going to tell her to be quiet , and Maggie 's temper rose . |
| 15 | He was going to walk her to her other job in the bar , across the Jardin du Luxembourg ; perhaps they 'd sit in the late sunshine , near the thin young naked girl who looked exposed and hence signified Truth , the inscription said . |
| 16 | Yet he it was who had set up a meeting with ‘ Miguelito ’ quite deliberately , knowing that he was going to dupe her into going . |